Chapter 63: Toffee
Ludo had become full dictator, projecting himself as the perfect angel who saved the kingdom. Even though the truth was he took over, turned the true king into a puppet and just turned a children's choir into a flock of songbirds for signing off key.
He had his rat awkward play him off after that.
As he head back into the castle, one of his rats was replaced by someone in a cheap costume.
That person began to beat him up.
"What's going on!" yelled Ludo he went to grab the elevator phone, 'Manfred!"
The person removed the mask revealing that it was Star.
"What…" said Ludo, "star Butterfly?"
"Where the hell are my dad and brothers?" asked Star.
He used his wand hand to destroy the rat suit she was wearing.
Thankfully only the rat suit was the only thing harmed.
He move to use another spell but the wand hand started to speaking to him.
"What? This is a bad time." Said Ludo, "Excuse me I have to take this."
"What…" said Star, "But you're talking to you hand…"
However that was when the Spider got the drop on her tying her in web.
"Okay so my hand says that I cant' destroy so I have to put you in the dungeon." Said Ludo.
"Damn it! I asked where my dad and brothers!" yelled Star as she struggled.
"You're father… well I have to put a little show for you later so you can see what he is now." Said Ludo, "I've come up with so many show for him."
"What's that supposed to mean!" yelled Star.
"As for your brothers." Said Ludo with a scowl, "I'd rather not think about it…"
"What's that supposed to mean!" yelled Star.
"You don't need to know!" said Ludo.
Star glared at Ludo.
"Damn it! You're being controlled." Said Star.
"Yes! By my lust for power!" said Ludo.
"No! Toffee! Toffee is the one controlling you." Said Star.
"But Toffee is dead. IT was all me! Did you see what I did! My flag!" Said Ludo, "It was me! ME! ME! ME!"
That was when the eagle showed up and grabbed the still webbed up Star and began to fly her away.
'It's your wand!" yelled Star as she was flown away.
Ludo became concerned as she was flown away.
She was locked up in the dungeon while she was grumbling.
However she didn't know there were two people in rat costumes outside the dungeon she was being held in. Although their costumes were actually much better and cuter than hers.
The two nodded to each other and fought off the real rats.
The door opened and the two people in rat suits entered, they removed their heads revealing Luffy and Marco.
"Luffy! Marco!" cried Star.
"Hi-yah!" yelled Marco trying to chop the handcuff with a karate chop… it did not work.
Luffy started laughing.
"Should have used the key we stole." Said Marco.
He un-cuffed her and she hugged her best friend and brother crying.
"It's okay." Said Luffy.
"Shush, I need this." Whispered Star.
After breaking the hug.
"About your dad…" said Marco.
"What did Ludo do?" asked Star.
"He turned him into a puppet." Said Luffy.
"What!" yelled Star, "How is that even possible?"
Both Marco and Luffy gave her looks.
"Oh right… stupid question." Said Star, "But we have way worse problems!"
"It will be fine." Said Luffy.
Marco started whispering.
The vent opened and Ace, Sabo, Reiju and the three performers came out.
"Ace! Sabo!" cried Star hugging her two older brothers.
She then looked t the other four.
"Hey Reiju." She said happy to see Reiju helping out her knowing her past would be a big help, "And uh… you three!"
"Seriously." Muttered Ruberiot.
"I'm not happy with you." Said Star.
"What did I do?" asked Ruberiot.
Star, Marco and her brothers all glared at him.
"It's obvious its part of Song Day." Said Reiju.
"Yeah, you probably made things awkward between Star and Marco." Said Foolduke earning a nod from Mime.
"I was just telling the truth through music!" said Ruberiot.
"Look none of them is important right now… what we need to talk about is Ludo." Said Ace taking charge.
Hey took out a map.
"All right!" said Marco, "This virtual pet is Ludo. And this wad of 1300 is us. While the feather represents his spider and bird. Their with him almost all the time but every five hours they leave to feed and then we'll hit them with…"
"A rubber chicken." Said Foolduke.
"We've been through this! We're not doing the rubber chicken." Said Sabo.
"Yes. Because I have a scathing parody song!" said Ruberiot.
"Oh sure a parody song!" said Foolduke, "That will help!"
"It's much better than your idea!" yelled Ruberiot.
"Will you two stop! Or do I have to do what I did last time." Said Reiju.
"No thanks!" said Foolduke.
"I don't mind." Said Ruberiot blushing a little.
"What did she do?" asked Star.
"Tell you later." Said Ace.
"Anyways… the plan has been Reiju trying to drug Ludo and we attack while unconscious... but…" said Marco.
"I don't know why but the drugs aren't working. Sabo even stole a book from the library about Kappa biology but it still hasn't worked." Said Reiju.
"I think I know why." Said Star, "You saw his wand hand, right?"
"Of course it's kind of hard to miss." Said Ace.
"Doesn't it look familiar?" asked Star.
"Son of a!" yelled Sabo.
"What is it?" asked Luffy.
"Toffee's in the wand… and it's fused with his hand…" said Star.
"Then it's probably giving him Toffee's regeneration." Said Sabo, "That's why the drugs weren't working! Because of Toffee's biology is already fighting it off."
"Okay… this is worse than I thought…" muttered Ace.
"Okay… we're going to need a brand new set of plans." Said Sabo.
However it should be noted that they didn't leave the dungeon when they planned out any of this.
Why is that important, because Ludo came in with a tray.
"Star I've been thinking what you've been saying." Said Ludo.
Then he noticed the planning being done.
"Guards!" he yelled.
The rats swarmed in chaining all but Star to the walls.
"You can't salience but you can't silence the resistance!" yelled Ruberiot.
"You are coming with me!" said Ludo magically changing up Star and dragging her out.
Once they were gone.
"All right!" said Ace.
He got out of his chains, Luffy began to try to get out of his while Marco teleported out but of course landed face first.
"So what are we going to do now?" asked Sabo.
Reiju pulled on her chains, breaking them, but she as still cuffed.
"I don't know." Said Reiju.
That was when they saw a pair of rats coming into the room, but thankfully it was only two rats.
Luffy managed to get out of his cuffs.
"All right there only two of them! We should be able to handle it!" said Luffy.
That was when someone grabbed the two rats and started to beat them up.
"Buff Frog!" cheered Luffy.
"Boys!" cheered Buff Frog, "And also…"
He revealed he was working with Queen Moon.
"Moon!" said Sabo revealed that she was there.
Queen Moon walked over and cut off Sabo's chains with a chop.
"Where's Star." Said Queen Moon.
"Ludo took her." Muttered Ace.
"I hate those rats!" yelled Luffy.
"We have to find her." Said Marco.
That was when he accidently teleported somewhere, he was still have problems teleporting.
"What happened?" asked Queen Moon.
"We'll explain later." Sighed Sabo.
"So uh…" said Buff Frog, "What about Arts and Craft friends?"
"Maybe it's better if you stay out of the rest of it." Said Luffy.
"Yeah… you three have been kind of…" said Sabo trying to find the right word.
"Useless." Said Reiju bluntly.
"Aw…" asked Ruberiot.
"What…" said Foolduke.
The mime shrugged as if saying "Fair enough"
Meanwhile Marco had teleported to a tower, he saw that a tower not too far away was Star talking to Ludo rather silly.
He didn't say anything but he had a bad feeling.
Back with the others…
"All right!" said Buff Frog.
He grabbed Sabo and Queen Moon.
Luffy grabbed Reiju. While just used his fire to propel himself.
He began to look for Marco. That was when he saw them.
"Hey! Up here"! he called out.
They all got to the tower, and saw Star with Ludo.
Star was so focused with Ludo that she didn't see Marco arrived.
"Hey Mommy…" said Star looking like she was going to cry.
That was when they saw a green ghostly unicorn flying around.
"I'm so sorry…" she cried.
"The Whispering Spell…" said Queen Moon, "Star you have to get out of there! Run away now!"
"It's too late for that…" sighed Star.
"So does that mean it's over?" asked Ludo.
"I'm afraid it's not over yet." Said Star.
"What do you mean it's not…" said Ludo.
That was when Ludo's gem began to crack. Then it exploded engulfing the whole tower they were in.
"No!" cried Queen Moon.
"Star!" yelled Ace.
"It cant be…" said Sabo.
"We have to get there now!" yelled Queen Moon.
"I'm on it!" said Luffy.
He wrapped on of his arm around them.
However none of them argued. Because it would be the fastest away. They ripped for a hard landed as Luffy shouted "Gum Gum Rocket!"
They of course landed hard and found Ludo just laying there. Thankfully they all recovered quickly.
"Ludo! Where's Star." Said Queen Moon.
Ludo's eyes opened and they were a solid pink.
"Okay that's not normal!" said Ace.
Mom?" said Ludo in Star's voice, "Mom I'm in here."
"You're in Ludo?" asked Luffy.
"Yeah…" sighed the Star possessed Ludo.
"Oh thanks goodness!" said Queen Moon hugging Ludo's body.
"Are you inside Ludo's body?" asked Sabo.
"Actually I'm in a weird gooey place." Said Star, "I don't know what it is, but there creepy green goo everywhere."
"Okay… we're figure out where you." Said Queen Moon.
However Ludo's eyes closed.
"I got a bad feeling about this." Said Reiju.
"Who are you any way?" asked Buff Frog.
"A friend don't worry." Said Marco.
However they tried to wake up Ludo but his eyes opened and was now solid green.
"Hello Moon." Said Ludo now speaking in Toffee's voice.
"Toffee." Growled out Queen Moon.
Everyone else got ready to fight, but Queen Moon waved her arm in the hold back manor. The Toffee Possessed Ludo began to hover
"Give us back Star!" she demanded
"Of course, if you give me something in return!" said Toffee possessed Ludo holding up the hand, "Something that belongs to me!"
Queen Moon took out the bottle containing the finger.
"Take it!" she said.
Toffee possessed Ludo seemed to be staring off.
"Why is he doing that." Said Luffy.
"I think Star is with him." growled Sabo.
"Now your majesty? Do we have a deal?" asked Toffee.
Queen Moon gave him the finger.
The finger forced back with the hand, and then form the finger the rest of Toffee's original body and even suit grow around Ludo. Toffee then vomited up Ludo.
Toffee looked at his body in shock surprised at the results.
"Now… where's Star?" asked Queen Moon.
Toffee showed off the blackened jewel in his hand and then crushed it into dust.
"She's gone!" said Toffee.
Everyone stared at Toffee in shock.
Queen Moon's cheek marks turned black then she started crying then ran toward Toffee as she began to fight him. Toffee had the upper hand was easily blocking her punches. That was when Queen Moon took out the wand placed it directly at his heart.
"I call upon the darkness to me from deepest depths of earth and sea! From ancient evils unawoken break the one who can't be broken! From blackest night! I pledge my soul and crush my heart to blackest coal! To summon forth deadly power to see my hated foe devoured!" she called out.
But nothing happened.
Queen Moon cried even more.
"Are you done yet?" asked Toffee.
That was when a fist punched through Toffee's chest from the back.
It was shocking that it happened, but also who did it.
Marco, he had tears in his eyes as he removed his fist.
However the hole regenerated.
He turned around and face Marco, Marco tripped backwards as Toffee approached him.
Marco then waved his hand as Toffee still approached him.
Then Toffee fell into a portal and nearby a portal spat him out.
"How!" Toffee getting up, "I got rid of all magic!"
Ace's fist caught on fire and Luffy stretched his finger.
"I'm going to take a guess and say Devil Fruit aren't magic!" said Marco waving his hand as his new power activated.
Toffee though a portal that appeared beneath him. Right in front of Ace, Luffy and Sabo.
All of them look absolutely furious.
"You made a mistake Toffee!" said Sabo punching Toffee with a blackened fist.
"You should have let her live!" growled Ace as flame licked his body.
He let out a pillar of fire at Toffee.
When the flames receded, Toffee was burnt but still alive.
"Gum Gum Bazooka!" called out Luffy launching him.
Toffee was sent flying.
However thanks to Marco's new portal powers he was sent through the portal, however his legs didn't make it through the portal.
However he just regrew new ones, only for him to be once against set on fire.
Sabo grabbed the air behind him and realized that that rats had confiscated his pipe. Which was his main weapon.
However he noticed Queen Moon nearby, trying to put the remains of the crystal back into the wand. Reiju and Buff Frog both watched her unsure what to do thanks to the fact that Buff Frog barley knew her and Reiju just met her minutes before.
"Go…" said Luffy, "He's ours."
Sabo being the one sibling without powers nodded, he also knew that since he was the closest to Moon he should comfort her.
"Sabo… I thought… I thought if…" Queen Moon.
Sabo fell to his knees in front of her and then hugged her while crying.
Queen Moon also cried.
Reiju looked at Sabo.
And looked at Toffee, she hadn't known Star for long and admittingly she was closer to Marco and Luffy. But she had to.
Especially since her own brother couldn't help avenge her. She watched at Luffy used Gum Gum Gatling on Toffee, fiercer and harder than he had ever used.
"Marco!" called out Reiju, "Send him back a bit!"
"What?" asked Marco.
They realized that she was stepping into Sabo's place since he couldn't do much in the fight.
"All right." Said Marco.
Once Luffy was done with the attack, Toffee was sent through a portal.
Toffee looked at them far away.
That was when he watched as Reiju breathed a cloud of purple smoke from her mouth, the smoke hit him and once it cleared he was coughing up blood.
"That won't work!" called out Toffee, "I'm already regenerating and flushing it out of my system!"
However he saw Ace sent create a fireball in his hand, a fireball that only got bigger and bigger until it was miniature sun.
"Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor!" called out Ace.
Toffee watched in horror as the miniature sun collided it with him.
Almost everyone stood in shock at this.
"That… that was…" said Queen Moon.
"Incredible." Gasped Buff Frog.
"That's Ace for you." Laughed Sabo.
Meanwhile Star had tried to fix everything. The goop that she was in was once magic… until Toffee got to. There were still flecks of golden magic, but whenever she tried to get to it they would fade and it was too late. She tired to get at one but it was too deep.
An the next thing she knew she woke up in a strange void. With Glossaryck poking her with a spoon.
"Star! Can you tell me how it is." Said Glossaryck .
"What?" asked Star.
"Can you tell me if it needs more salt or not." Said Glossaryck forcing the spoon into her mouth.
She spat it out with a sound of disgust.
"Needs more salt." He said .
"Glossaryck?" she finally let out, "You died! I watched you die!"
"Yeah… and…" said Glossaryck with a shrug.
She began to cry.
"No! No! No! This means I died! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" yelled Star, "It never got better! I never got better! Why didn't it get better?"
Broke down crying.
"I'll never see my mom or dad… or my brothers or Marco…" said Star, "I'll never be able see Ace work out his problems with Whitebeard, or see Luffy become a pirate… or work out my problems with Marco!"
"star!" said Glossaryck.
"Beach day was a lie!" she yelled out Star, "It was a horrible lie that promised… and it's gone!"
"Star!" said Glossaryck.
"You died for nothing!" cried Star, "You died to save me! And what it was only a few days since then! I'm a damn screw up! A fudging screw up!"
"Still avoiding the F and S words I see." Said Glossaryck.
"Yeah…" sniffed Star.
Glossaryck sighed.
"Look none of that matters or where we are. All that matters is that there's soup here… it's not magic but it's soup! Just regular old soup!" said Glossaryck.
That was when Star saw a fleck of gold in the water.
"Oh I see what you're doing." Laughed Star.
"What am I doing?" asked Glossaryck.
"This is of your damn mind games. You're showing me how to get out of here on my own." Laughed Star, "Oh you didn't think I'd catch on, but I hate to break it to you, I'm a dipper not a skimmer."
"What are you doing?" asked Glossaryck.
"I'm getting us out here." Said Star.
"It's boiling!" yelled Glossaryck.
"Dip DOOOOOWN!" she yelled.
Then she placed her hands into the soup as it started to glow she did scream from the pain, but she did take out the speck of gold, that turned into a small unicorn with blank eyes. And there was an explosion of light that spread through her location. And went to the Magic Sanctuary, with glowing gold magic being splashed on the pods that octant the Magic High Commission.
Back with the fight, the smoke cleared from Ace's attack and everyone was shock.
Toffee regenerated, "That… that was a noble effort! But none of this can stop me!" mocked Toffee, "You'll just be wasting your energy!"
That was when Luffy lunged at him.
And punched him, again and again and again and again!
Until Toffee's face was bloody.
But he still regenerated.
"Doing this won't bring back your sister!" said Toffee .
"She's still alive!" yelled Luffy, "Star wouldn't die that easily!"
"sorry but she's dead." Said Toffee.
"Toffee!" called out Ludo nearby, "I just want to know one thing? Did I play any part?"
"No!" said Toffee even though he getting mercilessly beaten.
"WRONG ANSWER!" yelled Luffy continued to beat him up.
Toffee just regenerated.
"Look I hate to break it to you… but she was never your sister. She's some girl you met when you were children." Said Toffee, "I never know why you just decided to be siblings…"
Luffy just glared at him. It was a glare that made Toffee freeze.
"She is my sister no matter what anyone says!" yelled Luffy, "And I know it! I can feel it! That she's still alive!"
Nearby the wand laid next to Queen Moon and Sabo as they both hugged and cried.
Then it started to glow and float up to sky. The blackened pieces of the wand flew up and it merging back together with the other half of the crystal. Creating a new wand, wit was now a darker shade of lavender, with a swirly handle, the wings were now butterfly shaped and the charger was now a dark purple diamond and it had matching horns to Star's headband. Star appeared from a rift grabbed the new wand and with a transformation she entered Mewberty form. But it was now a glowing gold form with larger horn.
"Star!" called out Queen Moon.
"See I told you!" laughed Luffy giving the biggest grin imaginable.
"Hi mom!" called out Star seeing her mother first, also her voice was very deep and rather creepy.
"Hi sweetie! Don't you look nice." Said Queen Moon.
"Where's Toffee!" Star demanded.
"Over here!" yelled Luffy.
Star glared Toffee.
"Luffy!" called out Marco.
A portal opened up and Luffy jumped through it to join the others.
Toffee looked at Star very pale.
She then sent out a bright gold stream of magic at him tat practically melted him.
She then sent out a wave of magic that spread through the kingdom. Where King River was he turned back to human.
"I'm a real boy!" he cheered.
And the flock of birds that was once a children's choir returned to normal.
Star having uses way too much magic slowly fell to the ground.
Thankfully Ace managed to catch her.
"Ace!" said Star.
"Don't do that again!" said Ace.
"Hey! I'm the one trying keep Luffy from killing himself by accident." Said Star, "You think I want to die like that?"
Ace laughed.
"Star!" called out Luffy.
He flung himself at them, crashing into them.
"Luffy!" yelled Star.
That was when Marco teleported on top of them.
"Sorry!" called out Marco, "Really didn't mean to."
"You teleported?" asked Star.
"I finally ate the Devil Fruit." Said Marco.
Star smiled, "Gross." She laughed.
"Star." Said Queen Moon.
Luffy and Marco got off Star and Queen Moon ran to hugging her.
"Oh my baby!" she cried
Star just hugged her back.
Sabo tapped Queen Moon's shoulder.
"I guess you want a hug too" she said.
"No…" said Sabo.
Both Star and Queen Moon gave him a look.
"That's not what I meant." Said Sabo blush a little.
He instead pointed Toffee was still alive… through if someone call that living it would be a loose definition, he was goo covering a skeleton (which they could see) and melted eyes.
"You think you've won!" yelled Toffee, "Ha! I make the plans! I do! Me! Only I know how this turns out!"
That was when a pillar suddenly crushed him.
"Turns out you're dead." Said Ludo, who began to gloat at his remains.
"Is he really gone?" asked Marco.
"He looks gone." Said Sabo.
"Yeah… becoming goo and getting crushed… looks dead to me." Said Luffy.
That was when Queen Moon winced.
"Is everything all right?" asked Sabo.
Queen Moon and saw tainted veins had grown.
"Eclipsa!" she cured.
"What?" asked Sabo
"I'll be right back." Said Queen Moon, "And hug your sister! You're the only that hasn't' hugged her yet."
Sabo was worried.
"Sabo!" called out Star.
Star hugged Sabo and of course he hugged her back.
Ludo gave them a minute to hug some more then knew he had to do it.
"Princess!" called out Ludo.
They turned to him.
"Okay I think we can both agree that I need to work out some things." Said Ludo who held up a pair of dimensional scissors.
"You want me to cut off the beard." Said Star.
"What no…" said Ludo, "I want you to throw me back into the void. I need to find myself."
Star used the scissors to open up a portal and Ludo jumped into her arms.
"I'm ready!" he said.
"Uh… do you want to say goodbye to them." She said.
Ludo saw who was going pointing to, the Eagle and Spider.
He said his goodbyes. She then tossed him into the portal and created a bag of chips for him.
"Good luck." She said.
"Star!" called out King River.
"Dad!" she said.
He hugged her.
"Wait! You were turned into a puppet!" said Marco.
"I changed him back!" said Star, "Took a lot out of me…"
"But I'm a real boy again ." said King River, "I know I'm a man but I keep wanting to say boy… is that weird?"
"Yeah…" said Sabo.
"Kind of…" said Ace.
"Not at all." Said Marco.
Those from Mewni and Blue Dimension looked at Marco confused.
"It's an earth thing." He admitted.
"Where Moon Pie?" asked King River.
"There was something she had to do." Said Sabo, "I'm sure she'll be back soon."
Queen Moon had gone to where Eclipsa was crystalized to check on it. She didn't see any cracks thinking that the deal wasn't reached.
However as she left the cracks did form and soon the Queen of Darkness would be free!
Next Time: To celebrate Ludo's and Toffee's defeat, a banquet is held in the honor of most of the heroes! Durring this time Star and Marco are finally able to talk about her crush. What else will happen? Find out next time!
A/N: I'm planning to go in a different direction for the first leg of Season 3 (IE: The stuff in between now and Lint Catcher) due to the fact that well that whole "Marco's on earth I'll never see him again" was bullcrap... and this story is already about Star having a Interdimensional brother so yeah... I hope you like the direction I choose to go for that portion!