...Here it is.
It had been a few days since Star went out on her walk across Royal Woods which ended up with her at Jackie's house. Due to Star passing out after her fight, if it could even be called that, with Ludo's army she had spent the night at Jackie's place. Worried at first, Lincoln went over Jackie's house the next morning to check on Star.
And it seemed Star was…alright. While the princess was a bit freaked out at first according to Jackie, the platinum blond was able to reassure her that everything was alright and Star didn't do anything bad. So once all was said and done, Lincoln had taken Star back home.
And it looked like things were doing better for the Mewman princess as she hasn't glowed purple since that day and while she did have a few moments of weakness, it wasn't anything too bad to worry so much about. Star seemed to be back to her usual happy, smiling, and danger seeking self.
And as of this moment, danger seeking was certainly true.
Currently Star and Lincoln were venturing inside a cave in another dimension. Star smiled eagerly as they approached some sort of round structure with multiple tubes coming out of it. Meanwhile Lincoln was constantly looking in every direction for any potential danger as the area they were in wasn't exactly…welcoming. However, the white-haired boy looked and flinched as he saw Star put her hands in one of the tubes. "Some of these have sandwiches in them." Star told Lincoln as she reached deeper into the tube her hand was in.
"Star. I really don't think this is a good idea." Lincoln deadpanned at Star. He's seen enough movie to know that sticking your arm in something you probably shouldn't stick it into is just asking it to be maimed, cut off, or eaten. Sometimes all the above. "Are you sure this is safe."
"…I never said that." Star stated as she continued to reach in the tube for the sandwich. "Come on Lincoln, you try."
"Star I'm not gonna risk my hand for a sandwich." Lincoln said to the Princess firmly. He wished Star wouldn't either. He liked Star, he really did, but he would wish she would think a little more about this kinda stuff and the possible dangers. While Lincoln certainly did live a life with danger just living in a house with so many girls, when it came to stuff like this it was really on a different level. Losing limbs levels.
"Meh, suit yourself." Star shrugged as she reached even deeper to get the sandwich. But this proved to be a rather poor decision as Star suddenly screamed as the tube sucked up Stars upper half leaving her legs constantly kicking and struggling.
"Star!" Lincoln called out to his friend in concern as he raced over to her and grabbed her legs. "I gotcha! I gotcha!" Lincoln then started pulling on Star as hard as he can to free her and, with some effort, managed to pull the princess free of the tube.
Star simply smiled at Lincoln as she pointed to her other hand where she was carrying the fruits of her efforts. A sandwich. Lincoln rolled his eyes, but as he did this suddenly steam blew out of all the tubes on the structure they were on. Lincoln quickly released Star as both he and the Mewman backed away off of the structure as it emerged from the ground revealing it to be some sort of beast. Lincoln and Star froze as the beast let out a yawn and then, with its glowing green eyes looked to Lincoln and Star…and then the sandwich in Stars hands.
Its sandwich.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Star and Lincoln yelled as they could now be seen running for their lives from the beast as it roared and chased after the pair, enraged that its sandwich had been stolen.
"OH CRAPBASKETS!" Lincoln yelled as they approached a cliff. With no other way to go, there was only one option. "JUMP!" Lincoln yelled as he threw a fireball at the beast to slow it down as he and Star jumped off the cliff.
Star was quick to act as they fell and used her wand and created a giant strawberry sponge cake that they proceeded to bounce on and jump high into the air and once again started falling down. Thankfully they didn't have to worry about breaking their fall as the trees did it for them. The duo crashed through the leaves and branches of a few trees before narrowly avoiding falling on the ground by getting tangled up in a few vines.
Meanwhile the sandwich landed in a perfect stack right in front of Star.
Lincoln flinched as he saw the beast still chasing them as it landed on the ground right in front of the cliff while releasing more steam from its tubes. "Star, we better get ou-" Lincoln cut himself off as he saw Star trying to reach out for the sandwich. Either oblivious or uncaring of the beast approaching them. "STAR! We gotta get out of here! Pay attention!"
"Just a little closer..." Star said as she continued to reach for the sandwich, her mouth drooling at the thought of eating what was considered one of the best sandwich's in the multiverse.
Lincoln growls in frustration as he concentrated his elemental power in his left hand, specifically his left pointer finger, and managed to produce a small blue flame coming out of his index finger similar to a blowtorch. With his blowtorch finger, Lincoln was able to cut the vines holding him and fall to the ground on his feet.
After freeing himself, the Loud boy took out his trusty dimensional scissors and quickly opened up a portal back home as he saw the beast quickly approaching. "Come on!" Lincoln yelled as he grabbed Star's leg and pulled her as hard as he could towards the portal.
"SANDWICH!" Star yelled as the beast arrived right as Lincoln had dragged himself and Star into the portal. Star only managed to grab half of the sandwich with the other half getting smashed by the beast as it roared at the portal Lincoln and Star escaped into.
Star and Lincoln could now be seen inside the hallway of the upper half of the Loud House. Lincoln was breathing heavily at the insanely close call they had while Star looked to the half of a sandwich in her hand and frown. "I had it in my hands Lincoln." Star said, angry that Lincoln caused her to only get half the sandwich. "I have no idea what you were thinking."
"What was I thinking?!" Lincoln yelled as he stood up and glared at Star right in the eyes. "What were you thinking?!" Before Star could say anything, the beast's hand emerged from the still open portal and grabbed Lincoln's hand and tried to pull him through the portal once more. But the Loud boy responded quickly as he created an icicle with his right hand and proceeded to stab the beast's hand with it causing the hand to let go and quickly retreat through the portal that Lincoln was quick to close.
But Star simply went back to glaring at Lincoln after he closed the portal as she showed off the half of a sandwich in her hand. "We went through all that trouble and this sad little scrap of sandwich is all we have to show for it!" Star said angrily as if Lincoln had stopped freaking out about the beast and trust her that she'd be ok, they would have a whole sandwich with them.
"That's because it's not worth dying for a stupid piece of food!" Lincoln yelled back at Star as he slapped the sandwich out of Star's hand, causing it to splatter on the wall. "Why do you always do stuff like this?! Going out intentionally looking for deadly situations that have little to no reward! It's like your self-destructive or something!"
Star gasped at what Lincoln said before meeting his glare and stating. "I am not self-destructive!" loudly as she crossed her arms. "I can take care of myself Lincoln! I thought you trusted me!"
"I do trust you! I just wish you didn't go out looking for death quests every single day! I'm not against danger, but its not something I go looking for!" After his rant, Lincoln simply sighed while rubbing his head before walking past Star towards his room. "Ya know what…I'm going to my room."
"I hate it when you act like this." Star said as she glared down at the floor before looking to the back of Lincoln's head. "It makes me wonder why we're even friends." Star then said as she scrapped the Sandwich off the wall and into her hands.
Meanwhile Lincoln simply glared at Star, mad at the princess's overreaction, before slamming the door. Walking up to his bed and putting a pillow over his mouth to muffle a frustrated scream. "What is with her?!" Lincoln yelled after removing his face from the pillow and started pacing around the room. "I can't help it if I worry about her?! She's just so…crazy sometimes! And not in the good way!" Lincoln then sighed as he leaned against his wall. "I'd just wish she'd be a little more careful sometime-O!"
Lincoln was cut off by a sudden prick in his neck.
"Ok who's the wise…" Lincoln took whatever stabbed his neck out and flinched to see that it was a tranquilizer dart. "Oh no…" And just like that, Lincoln fell to the ground unconscious.
THE NEXT MORNING
"Ugh…you'll never catch me coppers…" Star mumbled in her sleep. Star seemed to have had a rough night as shone by the fact she had fallen asleep in her day cloths, her hair was all over the place and messy, and she had a lot of drool leaking out of her mouth.
"AH! I'M INNOCENT!" Star yelled as her dream made her wake right up. The princess looked around and saw she was in fact not in a court room and proceeded to wipe away all the drool from her face away and look outside and saw it was morning. "How long was I asleep?" Star questioned as she looked to her vanity and saw that the half-sandwich on a plate.
Star then reached into her pocket and pulled out her hand mirror phone and checked the time and saw it was 8 AM. Star was rather surprised at how long she slept. After her and Lincoln's fight the other day, Star had come up to her room and screamed into her pillow…before eventually passing out.
Star let out a loud yawn as she stood up off her bed and walked over to the sandwich and decided to have it for breakfast. "So good..." Star let out as she quickly devoured the rest of the sandwich. But as Star was eating, she spotted something attached to her vanity mirror that meant a lot to her.
A picture she took with her and Lincoln.
Star sighed guiltily as she looked at it. That was the picture they had taken together after the day they spent nothing but playing Card Wars with each other. It was a really fun day where she got to spend time with her best friend, someone she pretty much thought of as a brother, playing a super fun game. It just reminded her of all the other fun times they've had together.
Which just made her feel all the more guilty for how she acted yesterday.
Maybe Lincoln was right. She could be careless and often times risked her neck for things that didn't seem worth it like a sandwich. Granted a super delicious sandwich. But still, a sandwich. So maybe it was time she apologized to Lincoln and maybe see if there's anything she can do for him in return for dealing with her super wild antics all the time.
Hopping out of her room, Star looked towards Lincoln's room…and stopped. Maybe…she should wait. Today was a day off from school for some reason she forgot and whenever this rare opportunity happened Lincoln liked to sleep in. So, waking him up before he got up himself would probably only worsen his mood.
The princess decided to simply head downstairs and wait on the couch for Lincoln to get up. She could hear some of the other members of the Loud family walking around in the dining room and kitchen, as well as the shower running, so it was safe to assume she wasn't the first one up.
Using her wand, Star conjured up a notebook and pencil as she quickly started brain storming ways to apologize to Lincoln and make it up to him.
BEEP-BEEP!
"Huh?" Star let out as she heard the sound of a car horn coming from outside. Like, the driveway to this house nearby. While she did want to apologize to Lincoln, her curiosity couldn't help but take over in this moment to see who was coming to the Loud House. Getting off the couch, the princess headed over to the window and looked outside to see a blue car parking in the driveway. A blue car she didn't recognize.
"What the…" Star let out as she raised a brow at seeing a blond woman that she could guess was maybe in her very early 20's. Eager to meet this woman to learn who she was, Star went over to the door and waited for the woman to approach.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
The princess didn't have to wait long for what she could guess was the woman to knock at the door. Not wasting anytime, Star opened up the door and was immediately greeted with the sight of a tall blond woman that was about 20-years-old that had blue eyes. Her blond hair was the same shade of blond as Lana and Lola. She wore a brown jacket with the back having the mark of a place called Fairway University. Under the jacket was a light blue shirt with a collar with the woman also wearing a brown skirt that went to her knees and blue tops.
"Uuuum…hello random lady I've never met." Star awkwardly greeted with a wave. "What are you doing here?"
"I think the more accurate question is what are you literally doing here?" The blond woman asked Star with a raised brow. Star was about to say that she lived here, but a sudden gasp from the woman cut the princess off. "Wait a minute, aren't you the exchange student staying here? Star right?"
"Uuuuuuh…yeeeees?" Star answered as she awkwardly looked around and reached a hand behind her back. Star was ready to grab her wand incase this woman isn't all that she appears to be. "How do you know my name?"
"Well Lincoln literally won't shut up about you whenever we talk." The woman stated with a smile on her face as she looked down at Star. "You're practically all he talks about."
Star's eyes widened at the woman's words. She knew Lincoln? Well then who was she? Who was this woman in front of the princess? Star doesn't believe that Lincoln had told her anything about the woman in front of her. And considering Lincoln was both asleep and mad at her, that left Star with one and/or two options. "Mr and Mrs Loud!" Star called out to the two people who should certainly know who this was. "There's some lady at the door saying she knows Lincoln!"
"Coming Star." The princess heard the sound of Rita's voice coming from the kitchen. Meanwhile the blond woman gave a bright smile as she heard the voice. They both watched as Rita Loud came into the room holding a mug of coffee in her hand. "Alright Star, what's this about-" However, Rita froze as she saw who exactly the 'lady at the door' was.
"Hehe." The woman laughed as she looked at the Loud mother in the eye. "Hi mommy."
"Mommy?!" Star let out in surprise as she looked to Rita who was still starring at the woman who seemed to be another one of Rita's kids.
Rita had dropped her mug on the floor which thankfully didn't break but still did spill coffee on the floor. But Rita didn't care as a shaky smile soon came to her face as her eyes went misty. The blond woman's eyes also went a bit teary as she held her hands out for a hug.
"LORI!"
Before Star realized what happened, she watched as Rita quickly ran over to the woman she called Lori and quickly hugged the 20-year-old as hard as she could while shedding a few tears of happiness. "Oh my baby!" Rita cried as she held on tight. "Why didn't you tell us you were visiting?"
"Hehehe, sorry." The woman known as Lori apologized as she hugged Rita back with a warm smile on her face. "I just wanted to surprise you guys."
"Well you certainly surprised me sweetie." Rita told her oldest daughter before calling out. "EVERYONE! GET IN HERE QUICK!"
Nearly everyone in the house almost instantly responded to Rita's call as Lynn Sr, Leni, Lynn, and Lana all peaked their heads out the entrance to the kitchen. Luna, Lucy, Lisa, and Lily peaked their heads out the entrance to the dining room. Meanwhile Luan, Lola, and Lisa all peaked their heads out from upstairs. The only one not present seemed to be Lincoln.
All the present members of the Loud family gasped in unison as they saw Lori with Rita and Star at the front door and all proceeded to quickly run over there themselves. Meanwhile Star quickly got out of the way before she was stampeded by Louds. "LORI!" Everyone but Star and Rita said in unison at the girl herself as they quickly enveloped the 20-year-old in a giant family hug.
"Hahaha!" Lori laughed happily as she was enveloped by her entire family. "Hey guys! Miss me?"
"YES!" Everyone responded in unison.
"Hi big sister!" Lily said as she hugged Lori's leg tightly.
"It's good to see you again older sister unit." Lisa greeted her oldest sister with a small smile on her face.
"We didn't know you were coming!" Lana and Lola said to Lori in unison.
"Welcome home big sister." Lucy said in her usual tone, but with a tiny smile on the goths pale face.
"Haha! What's up Lors?" Lynn asked with a hearty laugh.
"You must be taking chemistry in college Lori." Luan said with her usual grin on her face as she hugged Lori tightly. "Because you certainly got a reaction out of me! Hahaha! Get it?"
"I can't believe you're here dude!" Luna said with a giant smile on her face. "This is killer!"
"I totes can't contain my excitement!" Leni stated with a large grin on her face as she held the sister who used to be her roommate tightly. "We're, like, gonna have so much fun now that you're here!"
"I can't believe it!" Lynn Sr bawled out with tears practically raining from his eyes. "My first little girl is back!"
"Oh you guys…" Lori said with misty eyes of her own. "I can't tell you how happy I am to see you again."
"Uuuuuh, ok I'm a little lost here." Star awkwardly said as she simply watched the whole scene take place in front of her. Thankfully she seemed to get everyones attention as the princess asked. "Who is this exactly and why is everyone crying over her?"
"Star…" Luna began as she leaned against Lori's left shoulder. The rocker then gestured her hand to the 20-year-old she was leaning on. "This is Lori Loud, oldest sibling of the Loud family!"
Star's eyes widened as she looked at Lori and let out an, "Oooooooooh!" Star then gave her usual big and wide smile to the oldest Loud sibling. "So you're the Lori Lincoln told me about!"
"Guilty as charged." Lori admitted as she looked down at the princess and smiled. The oldest sister then looked around and noticed a distinct lack of white hair in the room. "Speaking of Lincoln, where is he?"
"Oh, I'm pretty sure he's upstairs sleeping." Star explained as she gestured her head to the stairs. "Ya know how he likes to take advantage of days where he can sleep."
"Hehe, yeah." Lori said with a sigh as memories of the old days where she lived in the house came to her.
"Let me get Stincoln up." Lynn offered as she was about to head upstairs. "He should know better then to sleep while his biggest sister is in town."
"No, no, none of that Lynn." Lori told Lynn in a firm yet calm tone as she put a hand on the athlete's shoulder. "Let Lincoln get his sleep. We can meet up when he wakes up." Lori then looked to the princess and knelt down to meet Star's eyes. "Honestly right now I'd like to learn more about the exchange student staying at my old house."
"Well first of all my name is Star Butterfly." Star excitedly greeted the oldest Loud sister as she took out her wand and, exactly the same as she did when she first met Lincoln, twirled around and used her wand to create a rainbow above her. "I'm a magical princess from another dimension." Also similar to when she first met Lincoln, the rainbow above her quickly caught fire.
Thankfully, and somewhat conveniently, Rita took out a bucket of water and pour it over the flaming rainbow and extinguished it. "Star." Rita began in a firm tone. "What have we told you?"
"No making rainbows in the house." Star sheepishly said as an embarrassed blush came to the Mewmans face. "Sorry Mrs. Loud."
"Wow, you literally are magical." Lori said with an amazed tone as she ran a hand through her hair. "Even with what Lincoln, Ronnie Anne, and Carlota told me I had my doubts." Lori admitted as she gave Star a smile. "But seeing it for myself as well the expansions to the house, looks like it's true."
"You have a lot to catch up on sweetie." Lola stated with a smirk on her face as she patted Lori on the back. "So, so, much."
"Like my laser puppies!" Lily said with an excited smile as she quickly whistled. "Come here puppies!" Suddenly high-pitched whipping was heard from upstairs and everyone watched as all eight of Lily's laser puppies hopped downstairs and quickly jumped up on top of Lily and started licking her. "Hehehe, hello puppies!"
"Aaaaaww." Lori let out as she went to pick up one of the puppies which happily licked her face in response. "They're so cute!"
However, everyone flinched as the puppy's eyes all start glowing red. "Uh-oh, they rapid fire whenever they're excited!" Lily said as everyone but Lori quickly panicked. "Everyone duck and cover."
With Lucy dragging Lori down, the entire Loud family and Star all quickly crouched down toward the floor as all the laser puppies quickly started firing lasers from their eyes all over the room. After about a minute, the laser barrage ended with Lori staring at the puppies with widened eyes as one of them walking over to the oldest sister and licking her cheek. "Ok…adorable and deadly." Lori let out with a nervous chuckle as the puppy licking her happily barked.
"Yeah, like Lola said." Rita explained to her oldest daughter with a chuckle. "You have a lot to catch up on."
And so the family and Star decided to catch Lori up. With everyone gathered in the living room, they all told Lori stories of whats been happening ever since the princess of Mewni came to live on earth at the Loud House. Each sibling told their personal favorite story like Lana telling her about the time Star killed a hydra, Lynn telling about the time River came to visit, leaving out the part about the party, Leni telling Lori about Quest Buy and so on.
"So then it turns out Lincoln was ok with having the spells I kinda casted on him." Star explained to Lori as the princess was currently telling Lori about the time she tried to fix Lincoln's arm with magic. "So then he ended up with fire and ice powers and helps me out blasting Ludo's army whenever they come for my wand!"
"Fire and ice powers huh? Well certainly didn't expect that." Lori said with a chuckle as even with the magic stuff, she wasn't expecting Lincoln to gain super powers. "Wait, is that why is hands are black and white when he video chats me? I thought it was either some cool video chat feature or because of Lisa's experiments."
"I will admit, for a while I wanted nothing to do with magic." Lisa explained as she remembered not too long ago where she wanted to keep Star and her magic far away from her. "But after a certain experience and some wise words from the oldest being in existence I decided it's best to just…enjoy life and accept that some things just can't or don't even need explanations."
"…You're literally the last person I thought would say that." Lori stated in a surprised tone. Normally Lisa when discovering something new she would spend countless hours trying to figure it out. "Looks like Lincoln isn't the only one who changed."
"Oh speaking of Lincoln, and you're gonna love this." Leni began with a sly smirk as she couldn't wait to tell Lori this next part. "But it looks like he's crushing on a new lady~"
"Oooooo~" Lori let out, certainly interested in this bit of news. "Is that right?"
"Oh yeah, totally." Star confirmed with a sly smile on her face. "They deny it but it's obvious they got a thang for each other."
"And she's a totally hot gal to!" Luan punned with Lori not really getting it due to never meeting this girl before. "Hahahaha!"
"Anyway…" Lori awkwardly said before looking back to everyone else with a smirk. "Any chance I get to meet this girl while I'm here?"
"Mmmmm, well it depends on if she visits or not." Luna explained to Lori as she knew how this girl just liked to pop in on Lincoln randomly to hang out and do stuff with. Always also going out for Flippees. "But she's been visiting more often lately so I'm sure she'll pop sooner or later dude."
"Oh alright." Lori said, a bit disappointed that her meeting this girl would be up to chance. "Can I at least get a name?"
"Sure!" Lana began with a wide grin. "Her name is-
"Hekapoo in the house bitches!"
Before Lana could finish, a familiar voice to everyone but Lori spoke up as a portal that looked like it was made of fire opened up right above the coffee table in the living room and everyone watched as the maker of dimension scissors herself dropped down from the portal and landed on the table.
"Hekapoo!" Everyone but Lori said in unison as the magical being smirked at everyone as she put her hands to her hips.
"The one and only." Hekapoo said with her usual swagger as she brushed a bit of her hair back. Just then the magical beings visible eye fell upon Lori causing her to raise a brow. "Who's the bean pole?"
Lori frowned at the girl who just intruded in on her family's home rudeness before saying. "My name is Lori Loud. And you are?"
"Seriously, there's another one of you?" Hekapoo asked with a surprised look before turning to Rita. Not even acknowledging Lori's question. "What are you? Part rabbit?"
"Excuse me?" Lori interrupted Hekapoo with a harsh tone and clearing her throat rather loudly. "You still haven't answered my question. Who. Are. You?"
"Uh, Lori…" Lucy began in her usual tone. "This is Hekapoo. The girl that has a thing for Lincoln."
"WHAT?!" Lori shouted in surprise as Hekapoo growled.
"Grrrrrr, how many times do we have to keep telling you people, we are not a thing!" Hekapoo yelled as the flame over her head grew more intense, a shade of red on her cheeks. "Ugh, I get enough teasing from Rhombulus I don't need it from you people either!"
"Aw come on Hekapoo~" Lola said with a smirk as she nudged the magical being with her shoulder. "Why're you denying yourself such a catch?"
"Ugh, ok I'm not dealing with this." Hekapoo simply ignored Lola's question as the scissor maker jumped off the coffee table. "I'm just here to hang with snowball, where is he?"
"That's…a good question actually." Lori admitted as she checked her phone with her eyes widening at the time it showed. "It's already one. Lincoln never sleeps past noon." The rest of the Loud family mutter together, wondering whats going on with Lincoln.
Meanwhile Star worries the reason Lincoln isn't out of his room yet is because of her. "Is he that upset about the fight yesterday that we won't come out of his room?" Star whispered to herself before looking up the stairs and announcing to everyone. "I'm gonna check on him."
"Yeah me to." Lori said as she started following Star up the stairs. "I gotta see my little bro after all."
"Make some room for me sister." Hekapoo said as she started heading up along with Star and Lori. "Gotta make sure snowball didn't get into anything without me."
And so, the trio proceeded to head up to the hallway of the Loud House where all the rooms were. Heading over to the door leading to Lincoln's room. Star was the leading woman in the group so she was the first to reach Lincoln's door and knock on it. "Lincoln? You up buddy?" Star asked as she leaned her ear against the door.
…
No response.
"Lincoln?" Star knocked again only to once again not get a response.
"Yo snowball open up!" Hekapoo yelled as she loudly yelled as well as pounded on the door. "Its Hekapoo!"
…
Still no response.
"Ok something feels really wrong here." Lori said in a worried tone. The oldest Loud sibling was sensing something off here. Normally Lincoln wouldn't be so…isolated and unresponsive to everyone. "We should just head in." Deciding the best course of action, Lori simply opened up the door to Lincoln's room. While normally Lori would like to look around at her little brother now expanded room, there was one thing keeping her from admiring it…
One of Lincoln's jackets floating in the middle of the room…
"What the…" Hekapoo silently let out as the three girls slowly approached the jacket. "Is your house haunted or something?"
"Maybe." Star let out as Lori's eyes widened. "Alright ghost, get ready to re-meet your maker…" Star then took out her wand and pointed it at the floating jacket when-
"Bzzzzzzzz!" The three girls all flinched, with Hekapoo taking out her scissor daggers, as the jacket turned around and revealing none other than the fly monster being the one to make the jacket float. Before the three could question the fly monster spoke to the three of them in a buzzing but threatening voice. "If you ever want to see the boy alive again, bring the wand to Ludo's Castle today. And you better come alone."
The girls were left with agape mouths as the fly monster simply flew out the window, still carrying Lincoln's jacket.
"Alright, you got me here, what do you want with me?" Currently at what was formerly Ludo's castle, Was Lincoln Loud himself who could be seen imprisoned inside a glass box, and further trapped by being strained to a chair. Unlike the chair in Saint Olga's however, Lincoln found himself unable to break free of this one as no matter how much he amped up his powers the locks on the chair wouldn't freeze or melt one bit.
And the one Lincoln was glaring at was none other than the one who tranquilized and took him captive was the lizard himself, Toffee.
"What?" Toffee said in response to Lincoln's question.
"Oh! Oh! Tell him what you are gonna do to him!" Perched on top of Toffee's chair was the fly monster who had returned recently and was giving Lincoln an unsettling grin. "Wait'll you hear this! Hehehe!"
"Do you mind?" Toffee said to the fly monster as he shook the monster off his perch causing the overgrown fly to buzz away angrily. Toffee then got up and proceeded to take off his black suit and hang it up on a post that was about as tall as Toffee himself and had a mirror in the front of it.
"Look, if you're after the wand, it's harder to get than you think." Lincoln said as he watched Toffee pick up a sandwich and head towards the glass box the Loud boy was currently trapped inside. "Lots of people have tried."
A doorway then opened up in the glass allowing Toffee to step through and place the sandwich on the table in front of Lincoln. "Eat something." Toffee said as he pushed the sandwich towards Lincoln. "I'd hate for my guest to starve."
Lincoln then looked at the locks restraining his arms and then looked back to Toffee and waved his hands around a bit. "Um…"
"Of course." Toffee said as he took out a remote and pushed a button on it, releasing Lincoln from the chair. "Where are my manners."
"Alright…and now that I'm free…" Lincoln said as he stood up and glared at Toffee. The Loud boy then aimed both of his arms at the lizard and ignited his left and released mist with his right. "Whats to stop me from doing this?"
"Oh please, go ahead." Toffee said in his usual tone, not the least bit threatened or put off as he sat down in a chair he dragged inside the box. "Don't let me stop you."
Lincoln looked right into Toffee's eyes, glaring harshly…before lowering his arms and sitting back in the chair. "Nah, it's never that easy." Lincoln stated as a tiny smirk appeared on Toffee's face. "Either you're immune to fire and ice, or you got something that'll make it so it doesn't matter that I attack."
"Smart boy." Toffee complimented as Lincoln began to harshly munch on the sandwich. "That's why I honestly respect you Lincoln. In a multiverse full of fools and brutes, people like us are diamonds in the rough and in more circumstances, should stick together. Honestly, it's a shame how some things turn out, but I suppose that's just life for you."
"What are you getting at?" Lincoln asked after finishing the sandwich.
"…How about we play a game to past the time." Toffee said, catching Lincoln off guard a bit, as the lizard reached under his seat and pulled out a box. A box containing a chess set. "It's gonna be awhile before they show up." Lincoln simply huffed, but watched as Toffee set up the game. Lincoln was the white side and Toffee was the black side. "You may have the first move."
Lincoln decided to play along with Toffee and move one of his pawns two spaces. The two then simply played chess in silence for a bit and seemed to be at even odds as both were steadily taking away the other pieces.
It was silent until Toffee spoke up again. "You know, consider me impressed." Toffee said with his usual professional tone. "No one's lasted this long against me before in this game. I guess you really are something special."
"…Where are you going with this?" Lincoln said as he knew Toffee had something to say.
"Oh nothing, it's just a shame how people like us a treated sometimes." Toffee stated as Lincoln rose a brow while taking one of Toffee's bishops. "How the strategist and big thinkers are taken for granted. How they're always begging for help when they have no other choice but during all other times, they treat us like a rug and walk all over us. Showing no appreciation for us or our work. I'm…positive you know the feeling."
"Well…" Lincoln tried to think of words to respond with as the lizard's words honestly did hit a bit close to home. "Maybe…"
"I'm just saying, it's a shame how your sisters take advantage of you just about every day." Toffee continued as he took one of Lincoln's pawns. "Like how they all mistreated you when you got those headphones and just wanted some peace and quiet."
Lincoln froze. He nearly dropped the chess piece in his hand as he looked at Toffee. "How…How do you know that?" Lincoln demanded to know how this monster knew about an incident from 3 years ago.
"I have ways of getting information." Toffee stated as he reached inside his white shirt. "I have ears, eyes, sources across many dimensions. And I gathered plenty of information about you Lincoln Loud." Toffee then pulled out a file that had Lincoln's name labeled in red on it. Toffee proceeded to take one of Lincoln's Knights before looking into the file.
"Now let's see what exactly we got here." Toffee said as he read through the file. "Let see, you suspected that your sister Lori's boyfriend was cheating on her and wanted to help. Even if you were wrong you were simply looking out for your sister, yet your other sisters lashed out at you. Four of your sisters got you dates to a school dance and forced you to go and show each of them a good time, not really giving you a choice in the matter. When your oldest sisters were fighting over something as stupid as a dress, you were the one suffering the most out of something that had nothing to do with you and when you tried to fix when no one, not even your parents, tried they got mad at you. When you taught your little sister Lola to read, the rest of the family got mad and blamed you for losing a contest. When you mentioned a convention that could give them the opportunity to be in a movie, they were more then happy with ditching you and your friend and taking the roles for themselves, not even thanking you in the end as if it weren't for you, they wouldn't even know about the opportunity."
"…" Lincoln was now breathing heavily as he couldn't think of a response. His hands were shaky as he moved his queen to claim Toffee's own queen.
"Not to mention, you constantly make sacrifices for them. You go out of your way to do things to make your sisters happy while you usually end up as the butt of the joke. Yet when was the last time one of them sacrificed something for you?" Lincoln once again didn't response. "I thought so."
"And need I mention…" Toffee then closed up the file and put it back into his shirt.
"The luck incident."
Lincoln's eyes widened as he completely froze. Toffee simply moved his pawn to claim one of Lincoln's Rooks. "Tell me Lincoln." Toffee said in the tone he's spoke with the whole time while looking deep into Lincoln's eyes. "What kind of family, locks their brother and son outside, sells all their belongings, and then forces him to wear a squirrel suit for as something as stupid and superstitious as…'luck?' Well?"
…Lincoln didn't respond. His eyes were shadowed by his hair as the Loud Boy used his bishop to claim Toffee's king. "Checkmate." Lincoln said in a dark tone as he glared hard at Toffee.
"Hmmm, you actually beat me. Kudos." Toffee said, not fazed at all as he simply put away the chess set. Once it was put away, Toffee reopened the door to the glass box and started walking out of it. "Just think about what I said. People like us…people like you deserve better then to be walked all over by selfish, simple minded, fools."
And with that, Toffee exited the box, leaving Lincoln once again trapped alone by himself with the words Toffee said going through his mind.
"LINCOLN'S BEEN WHAT?!" Star, Lori, and Hekapoo just finished telling the Loud family what the fly monster told them. About how Lincoln had been kidnapped and how Star was to go alone and bring the wand over to Ludo's castle.
"But how?!" Lynn yelled as she stomped furiously on the floor. "How could they capture him with his fire and ice powers?!"
"Maybe the caught him by surprise or something, I don't know!" Star said in a worried tone. "All I know is that the little fly man said 'If you ever want to see Lincoln alive again-"
"That's a horrible impression." Hekapoo cut Star off as she took out and twirled her scissor daggers around. "The point is, they are really gonna regret taking Snowball if I have anything to say about it."
"Same with us dude." Luna said as she and the rest of the sisters stepped up to Star. "If our little bro is in trouble, then we're gonna do something about it."
"No." Star said firmly, surprising the entire Loud family. "The little fly man said for me to come alone." Star then took out her scissors and was about to portal over to where Ludo's castle was located, but was stopped by a firm hand on her shoulder.
Looking, she saw it was Lori's hand on her shoulder with the oldest sibling as well as the other sisters and Hekapoo giving Star a firm look. "Sorry Star, but we are literally coming with you. End of story." Lori said with a tone that left no room for argument. "Look, I may be new to this magic stuff, but Lincoln is still our brother. And if he's in trouble, then we'll be damn sure to go rescue him no matter what."
"YEAH!" The rest of the sisters said in unison.
"Look princess, we're coming with you." Hekapoo stated as she crossed her arms at Star. "And there's nothing you can do to stop us."
Star looked to everyone and saw it was true. Looks like she wasn't coming alone. And that thought actually made the princess smile. "Thanks guys…" Star said before turning to Rita and Lynn Sr. "Don't worry Mr. and Mrs. Loud. I promise we'll bring Lincoln home safe and sound."
"We know Star." Rita said with confidence that everything will end alright. With Star, Hekapoo, and her daughters teaming up, they can take on any monster that had kidnapped her son.
"Just be careful ok?" Lynn Sr said in a worried tone.
"Don't worry daddy." Lily reassured her father. "We'll be back before you can say Lynnsaugna." The parents then watched as Star opened a portal with her dimensional scissors with the princess, Hekapoo, and all their daughters walking into it.
The rescue team soon found themselves in a dark and dreary field. Looking forward, they all spotted Ludo's castle and wasted no time in running to the location. It was only a matter of time before they rescue Lincoln.
"You are not even going to open it?" Suddenly the group all gasped and stopped as they heard the annoyingly familiar voice. "Wait what's that?" Looking, the group of 12 gasped as they saw Ludo and Buff Frog sitting next to each other on a log.
And next to that was a burlap sack with something struggling inside of it.
"LINCOLN!" Everyone yelled in unison as the group quickly charged at the two monsters. Before Ludo or Buff Frog had the chance to respond Ludo was quickly blasted by Star and her wand with Buff Frog being upper-cutted by Hekapoo and then received a round house kick from Lynn.
"Don't worry Linky! We got you!" Lola said as she and Lana approached the burlap sack and quickly untying it.
"Alright Lincoln! You're fr-what the?" However, the contents of the sack wasn't their brother and was something that made Lola cringe in disgust and Lana's eyes to sparkle as she gasped. "TADPOLES!"
"Tadpoles?" Lori asked with a raised brow as Buff Frog sat up again and looked at the sack.
"Tadpoles?" Buff Frog asked to make sure he wasn't hearing things. Ludo had gotten him that gift to try and buy back his friendship. Ludo got Buff Frog tadpoles to raise. He…had given Buff Frog the gift of fatherhood!
And then the frog monster was punched in the gut by a mad Luan.
"Ah! Where are my flip-flops?" Ludo was both confused and scared, especially with his robe up allowing everyone to see his skinny and frail body as well as the tiny underwear he had.
Just then the bird monster flinched as Hekapoo pointed a scissor dagger right at his neck and looked to see Hekapoo, Star, and all of Lincoln's sisters glaring down at him with Lily holding a rather large rock. "Alright bird man, you're gonna tell us where my big brother is." Lily said in a…surprisingly threatening tone as she poked Ludo's head with the rock she was carrying. "Nice and easy."
"Y-Y-You're brother?" Ludo asked in a confused and frightened tone.
"She is talking about fire and ice boy." Buff Frog stated as Star aimed her wand at him, ready to blast if necessary. "Please, no more violence."
"Then tell us where our brother is!" Leni yelled to the two monsters.
"I swear, I have no idea where your brother is!" Ludo said to Leni, still fearful of his life. "Honest!"
"Likely story." Lisa said as she held a beaker of some sort of substance in her hand and ready to use it at any time.
"That fly dude Star told us about said to meet you dudes at the castle." Luna stated as she gave a harsh look to Ludo. "So where's my bro?!"
"It is…no longer his castle." Buff Frog pointed out as he stood up and looked to the Lincoln rescue group.
The entire group rose a brow in confusion as Ludo sighs and nods. "He's right." Ludo said in a distraught tone as he kicked the ground. "It's Toffee's castle now."
While most of the group had no idea who this Toffee person was and was just more confused. All expect one. Hekapoo. The magical being knew that name all to well and quickly yelled. "WHAT?! TOFFEE?!" Hekapoo yelled in a tone of both panic and disbelief. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!"
Before anyone could ask Hekapoo what was up, suddenly the sound of giggling was heard and everyone looked to Buff Frog playing with one of the tadpoles. "Ludo gave me babies." Buff Frog explained to everyone.
"Well thank you for making our day awkward." Hekapoo deadpanned at the amphibious monster before rubbing her head with her hand. "Toffee…of all monsters it had to be Toffee."
"Hekapoo, tell us." Luan asked, not making any jokes right now. "Who is Toffee?"
"Really, really bad news." Hekapoo stated in a serious tone. "The point is, we gotta go get Lincoln. Now!" The rest of the group's eyes widened with a few gasping as they all proceeded to quickly head towards what was now Toffee's castle.
"W-W-Wait!" Ludo called out to them as he tried to follow the group of 12. "Wait! Wait!"
"Ludo, I-I wanted to say thank you." Buff Frog stopped Ludo as he spoke to the bird monster with a smile as he held a few of the tadpoles in his arms. "For giving me the gift of fatherhood..."
"That wasn't a gift you dingaling! It was a bribe." Ludo pointed out making Buff Frog's eyes widen. "You see, the plan was, I buy your friendship with gifts because 'we're friends.' Then in return, you kick Toffee out of the castle for me because 'we're friends.' But then Star showed up and I don't need you anymore, you big ol' meatball!" Ludo then walked away, following the group ready to storm the castle with Buff Frog frowning at him.
A few minutes later, Star, Hekapoo, and the Loud sisters were now in front of the gates leading into the castle with Ludo having caught up. "Good luck getting in there." Ludo said with a smug smile.
"Uh, there are literally keys in the door." Lori said as she pointed to some keys right in the locks of the gate.
"That's obviously part of Toffee's plan." Ludo stated.
"They're your keys dumb ass." Hekapoo stated as she pointed to the keys that had Ludo's name on them.
"…Those aren't mine." Ludo said meekly.
Everyone simply rolled their eyes in unison as they all headed inside the castle. Ludo quickly tried to keep up with everyone as he climbs up on the walls of the castle to try and keep up with everyone. "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! You have no idea... how powerful Toffee is!" Ludo told them while occasionally tripping on wall spikes. "What you need is the element of surprise!" Ludo then fell off the wall and landed in front of the group making them all stop and giving annoyed glares to Ludo. "Lucky for you, I know this castle like the back of my hand!" Ludo then showed off the back of his right hand which had a big castle shaped mole on it.
"…Ugh…" Lola let out as her cheeks went green and puffed up with everyone else also giving a disgusted reaction. All except Lana who honestly thought it was cool.
"I sneak us all into the castle and you all proceed to beat up Toffee." Ludo said before letting out a maniacal laugh. "It's the circle of life."
"Does anyone know what this dude is talking about?" Luna whispered to everyone who simply shook their heads.
"So what do you say, do we have a deal?" Ludo asked Star as he held out the hand with the castle mole on it.
"I'm not touching the hand with the mole on it." Star stated as she pointed to Ludo's hand.
"Fine…" Ludo let out as he held out his other hand.
"Actually, I don't wanna touch any of your skin with my skin." Star stated as she pushed Ludo's hand down with her foot.
Right as the group was about to head into the castle and leave Ludo behind, Buff Frog suddenly appeared holding all of his tadpoles. "Don't trust him." Buff Frog said as he started walking towards a stone fountain with everyones eyes on him. "I will guide you all."
"We don't really trust you either." Hekapoo said while glaring at Buff Frog.
"I am father now." Buff Frog stated as he put his tadpoles into the fountain. "I would like my children to grow up inside castle." Everyone then watched as the amphibious monster grabbed some vines from a nearby tree. "You don't have to trust me, but consider alternative."
Buff Frog then pointed to Ludo and everyone watched as Ludo tried to reach out and grab Stars wand with the princess blasting Ludo away. "…He has a point." Lucy admitted as Buff Frog used the vines to strap the fountain to his back like a sort of backpack. Muttering something in Russian, Buff Frog went over to a door leading into the castle and tore it open.
"Let's go." Buff Frog said as Ludo quickly sped inside and laughing the whole time.
But before Star, Hekapoo, and the Loud sisters could head inside, Buff Frog quickly stopped them and said. "Whoa, whoa, before you go inside, I must tell you. Toffee is not like Ludo." Buff Frog warned the group while pointing at Star. "He knows about you, and he does not like your magic."
Before Star could speak up, Hekapoo beat her to it. "Trust me, I've dealt with Toffee before." Hekapoo stated as bad memories of the lizard came to her mind. "I know what he's all about." Hekapoo then gestured everyone to head inside which they all did with Buff Frog worried about how things would turn out.
With Buff Frog guiding them, the group now found themselves in a hallway that lead to the room Toffee was in. They watched as the lizard prepared to eat a sandwich while shooing the fly monster away as the over sized insect offered to put a stack of pillows on his chair just like with Ludo.
"Lincoln!" The Louds sister and Star quietly called out as they saw Lincoln trapped inside of the glass box with his head down.
"Alright everyone, here's the plan, I'll use my scissors to open up a portal inside of Lincoln's cage and pull him out." Hekapoo whispered to everyone as she was taking the lead on this mission. "Once he's out we'll go out and Star you use your magic to try and restrain Toffee. Then I can call up the magic high commission and we can finally put that guy away once and for all."
Everyone nodded in approval of the plan as Hekapoo took out her dimensional scissors. "Alright, here it goes…" Hekapoo then swiped the air with her scissors, thinking only about Lincoln's cel…
And nothing happened.
"What?!" Hekapoo let out in shock and surprised while everyone gasped as Hekapoo kept swiping her scissors through the air only for nothing to happen still. "What's going on!"
"Box must be infused with Tramorfidian crystal." Buff Frog guess as he took a look at Lincoln's prison. "Portal's won't work inside it."
"Damn it!" Hekapoo cursed as the sisters looked down in sadness. "Well, guess that only leaves plan B…"
"What's plan B?" Leni asked as they all watched Hekapoo split her scissors in half and turning them into scissor daggers."
"We go and bust some heads…" Hekapoo said as she gripped her daggers tightly.
"That is not good plan." Buff Frog was quick to be the only one who disagreed as Star readied her wand and the Loud sisters also got ready to go and fight.
"CHARGE!" Hekapoo yelled as she, Star, and the Loud sisters all charged into the room Toffee and his monster army were with Buff Frog catching up after being halted by Ludo for a second.
"You made it." Toffee said as he quickly saw Star and her group approaching. While he did tell Star to come alone, the lizard didn't really care. It wouldn't matter in the end.
Star's only response to Toffee was sending a powerful blast from her wand at him which sent Toffee to the ground and even blew off his arm.
Hekapoo then proceeded to make three clones of herself and quickly went to overwhelming the four monsters that were guarding Lincoln's cage as the Loud boy gasped to see two of his friends and all his sisters, even Lori, there to rescue him. "Don't worry snowball!" One of the Hekapoo said as she slashed Beard Deer with her scissor daggers. "We're here to save ya!"
"You guys…" Lincoln let out with a small smile as he watched everyone outside fight.
Lisa was quickly confronted by the lobster monster, but proceeded to take out the beaker she had earlier and splashed the monster with the liquid. "Bleh! What is this…stuff…" The lobster monster said before everything around him start twisting around and gained rainbow colors. "Woooooah…I can see everything…"
Lana and Lola then both jumped at the two headed monster with each twin proceeding to beat up a head each.
Just then Star jumped in front of the cage containing Lincoln and pointed her wand at it. "Super Sonic Leech Bomb!" Star then fired a group of green leeches out of her wand that stuck to the glass. Lincoln backed up as he saw the leech's beep like bombs and bombs they were as they all exploded at once.
…but not one bit of damage was down to the glass.
"What?!" Leni gasped as she and Lori proceeded to double team the giraffe monster by twisting around its neck like a pretzel.
Just then the giant reptilian monster slammed its non-human arm down at Star and pinned her to the ground. But Buff Frog was quick to come to the princess's rescue as he tackled the bulky monster. "Oh hey Buff Frog." The large monster greeted before Buff Frog punched him in the nose, knocking him out.
Meanwhile Lynn and Luna were teaming up against the bear unicorn as they practically played a makeshift game of ping pong with the monster as they punched and kicked him to and from each other.
And it was actually Lily who managed to take down the large monster with spike balls for hands as the smallest Loud had grabbed a spare vine from outside and used it to sling the large stone she had right at the monster's face, bringing it down instantly.
Luan and Lucy made a surprising team as Lucy scared a purple alligator monster allowing for Luan to slam down a bucket of ice water a top the gators head.
Star then tried to break the glass again as she manipulated the magic from her wand to take the shape of a bazooka and fired a magic missile at the glass box. But just like with the leech's, the missile had no effect.
And this point, Star has had enough.
As more monsters came into the room, Star started glowing purple as the princess created a barrier between her and the monsters as she approached the glass prison. "NO." Star said in a dark and threatening tone, causing Hekapoo, Lincoln, and the Loud sisters to be quite surprised.
Star then grabbed her wand with both of her hands and focused on nothing but the cage in front of her. Her body and wand glowed a bright purple as suddenly an outline of a giant butterfly-like creature appeared around Star as the princess muttered a spell…
"Chaos Destruction Sphere."
A large purple orb of pure magic was then shot out of Star's wand resulting in-
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!
A large explosion that shook the entire castle. Star coughed as herself and her wand stopped glowing and everyone looked as the dust cleared to see that the glass containing Lincoln was now destroyed. "LINCOLN!" Star let out as she quickly ran over to the white-head.
Lincoln seemed to have the same idea as Star which result in the two of them bumping into each other and landing on the floor on their buts. "Ow!" Lincoln let out as Hekapoo and his sisters either giggled or breathed sighs of relief.
"Sorry, I was just excited." Star apologized as Lincoln simply laughed a bit and start to get up. "Come on, come on, let's get out of here!" Lincoln couldn't agree more with that…only as he left the glass around the box suddenly regrew around him. Everyone gasped as they watched Lincoln become trapped once more. "Oh no…"
"LINCOLN!" Hekapoo and her clones along with Lincoln's sisters yelled as they all, along with Buff Frog, all surrounded the glass once again trapping Lincoln.
"Everyone stand back!" Star yelled as she pointed her wand at the glass again.
"That's not going to work again. That crystal is twice as strong now." Suddenly the voice of Toffee got everyone's attention as they watched the lizard get up. And then, massively surprising everyone but Hekapoo, they all watched as Toffee suddenly regrew the arm Star blasted off in a matter of seconds. "Now…let's get down to business." Toffee then took out a remote out of his pocket and pressed a button on it…causing the cage to containing Lincoln to start sinking to the floor.
"No, no, no, no, no! Stop, stop, stop, stop!" Star let out as everyone let out horrified gasped in response as they all tried to halt the progression of the sinking cage by grabbing it.
"LINCOLN!" His sisters called out to him as they could only watch in horror as the cage threaten to flatten their brother in front of him. Even Lincoln tried to halt the progress as he made ice pillars to try and stop the cages descent, but the cage easily crushed and broke his ice.
"Grrrrr, LET HIM GO!" Hekapoo asked as…tears started falling from her eyes. The magical being glared harsher than she ever did before in her long life as she actually cried over the possibility of Lincoln losing her life. "LET HIM GO RIGHT NOW!"
"The great Hekapoo begging." Toffee commented as a tiny smirk came to his face. "This is certainly a surprise."
"JUST LET HIM GO!" Hekapoo begged as she used all her strength to try and stop the box from lowering any more. "I'LL DO ANYTHING! PLEASE!"
"In that case…" Toffee said as everyone looked and hoped the lizard would be willing to let them him go. "No."
Toffee quickly crushed those hopes as everyone quickly tried their best to both break the crystal again and stop it from lowering. "LINKY!" Lily cried as she put her hands on the glass to try and stop it.
"I LITERALLY JUST CAME BACK!" Lori yelled with her massacre running due to her tears. "I'M NOT ABOUT TO LOSE YOU!"
Star breathed heavily at the situation and the reaction of the Loud sister. Leni and Luna completely breaking down in tears, Lisa and Lucy showing heavy emotion, and all of them look desperate to save their brother.
So, seeing no other option, Star frowned as she jumped up on the long table and placed her wand on a plate in front of Toffee. "Fine. Take it." Star said as she pushed the plate over to the lizard. "Now let Lincoln go!"
Just then Ludo jumped up onto the table ready to take the wand, only for the chicken monster to catch Ludo in his beak. "Do you think I'm like Ludo?" Toffee said to Star with narrowed eyes. The sounds of Ludo struggling quickly annoyed the lizard as he told the giant chicken. "Just swallow it." Following orders, the chicken monster quickly swallowed Ludo whole. Toffee then pushed the plate with the wand on it back to Star and said. "I don't want your wand. Destroy it."
Star's eyes widened as she let out a surprised. "Whaaaaaaa-"
"Aaaaaaat." Lincoln, the Loud sister, and Hekapoo said in unison as Lincoln was forced on his beck, the roof of the cage threating to crush him at any moment now.
"…Surprise!" Toffee let out as he suddenly gained a chilling and sadistic smile before his f ace quickly went back to normal.
"I-I can't." Star admitted. "I don't even know how."
"Yes you do." Toffee said as he leaned closer to Star. "It's the first spell your mother taught you."
Star gasped. It…It couldn't be. "The Whispering Spell…"
"Exactly." Toffee confirmed with a whisper. The lizard monster then looked to the cage again and saw it was so close to killing Lincoln with the sisters and Hekapoo crying as they still tried to stop it. "Looks like they really want Lincoln back. So what'll it be princess? The wand, or him?"
Stars lips quiver as a single tear escapes from her eyes. Getting on her knees, Star picked up her wand and said. "I'm sorry." Everyone then watched as Star whispered at a volume they couldn't hear to the wand. The wand begins to lose its colors, the star crystal in the middle begins to turn black and the wings disintegrates.
The top of the wand then opened up as a tiny unicorn ghost flew out of the wand and went over to Star's ear and whispered something only the princess could hear…
"…I was never your wand…"
Toffee simply gives a cold look as Star gasped and more tears went down her eyes. It was complete. Her wand, her family's most important heirloom…was destroyed. "Now let Lincoln go."
Staying true to his word, Toffee pressed a button on the same remote as before and, before Lincoln could be crush, the box rose back from the ground and a door opened up inside. Everyone now cried tears of joy at Lincoln being alright as Star quickly came over and proceeded to shove everyone inside the box. "Hey! What's the big deal?" Hekapoo yelled at the princess.
"Run." The princess said to Buff Frog before closing the door to the glass box. Buff Frog nodded as he checked the fountain on his back to make sure all of his babies were safely inside before running away.
"Star, what's going on?" Lincoln asked as his sisters and Hekapoo quickly hugged him. "Why'd you shove us all in the thing that almost killed me?"
"Its not over." Star said as she pointed to her dead wand.
"Gentlemen." Toffee said to all the monsters in the room as he stood up. "It's been a pleasure." Suddenly the wand began to shake violently as a beacon of magic erupted from it. The chicken monster cried out in surprise as it suddenly laid an egg and ran away along with the rest of the army. Meanwhile Toffee simply stood there and smirked as-
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!
A massive explosion occurred, devastating everyone in the area.
After a few minutes, the dust finally settled and the glass box appeared to be one of few things that survived the explosion as the entire castle was blown to smithereens. The door of the box opened up allowing for Lincoln, Star, and the Loud sisters to step out. Meanwhile Hekapoo was still clinging onto Lincoln like a koala, refusing to let go.
"Holy shamoly…" The entire Loud family let out as they looked at all the damage that occurred from the explosion.
"Um, Hekapoo." Lincoln let out in an awkward tone and with a blush on his face as he speaks to the magical being clinging onto him. "You can…You can let go."
"Nope. Not letting you go yet." Hekapoo immediately answered as she only hung on tighter to Lincoln. "I swear I gotta shrink you and keep you in my pocket…
"What?" Lincoln questioned.
"Nothing!" Hekapoo quickly said.
"Everyone look!" Star then got everyones attention as she pointed to the egg the giant chicken laid which was now shaking. "Nature!" But everyone then groaned in disgust as it was Ludo who emerged from the egg.
Taking a look around, Ludo turned to the group and asked. "Where is my castle?"
"It's gone." Star answered.
"And where is your wand?" Ludo asked, not seeing the princess carrying the wand anymore.
"That's gone to." Star answered the little bird monster again.
"Everything?" Ludo said with sadness before glaring at Star and busting his legs out of the shell and standing up. "WE ARE NO LONGER FRIENDS!"
"We never were friends." Star deadpanned at Ludo.
"You are now my mortal enemy!" Ludo said as he took out a pair of dimensional scissors. "This day I vow-" Star had enough of the little bird monster as she took the scissors from Ludo, used them to open a portal that led to who knows where, and threw Ludo in.
Suddenly something crashed not to far away from everyone. They all quickly go to check it out and see that it's the empty and dead wand Star had to destroy. Star looks at the wand with sadness as everyone around was quick to hug and comfort Star as the princess no doubt suffered a great loss.
"Mi scusi." An unknown voice speaking Italian got everyones attention as they all looked to see a tiny horse with a brief case next to them. They watched as the tiny horse opened up the case revealing a horn inside which he quickly stuck to his forehead. "Quando ero un cavallino, la mamma mi ha detto che verrà il giorno in cui sarò chiamato ad adempiere una responsabilità più grande di me, più grande di questa dimensione. Per me quel giorno è oggi!"
Everyone simply watched as the now tiny unicorn walked into the wand and closed it up, the wand then sinking into the ground. Looking around awkwardly, suddenly the ground began to shake as crystals emerged around the group. Then one giant crystal emerged right in front of Star.
Opening up, the crystal showed to have a now restored wand inside. Star held her hand out as the new wand floated down to her. It looked the same as before, only the star gem in the center was now split in half. "Woah…" Star let out as she looked at the wand with sparkles in her eyes.
"So pretty…" Lily commented.
"Hmmm…" Hekapoo hummed as she took a close look at the wand. Specifically, the gem. "Certainly…interesting."
Everyone then heard the sounds of galloping and looked to see a group of warnicorns approaching them, all of them having knights of Mewni riding them. A warnicorn with two knights riding on it approached the group with one of the knights quickly jumped off the warnicorn and suddenly hugged Lincoln. "Lincoln! You're alright!" The knight said, his voice muffled by the helmet.
"Uh, do I know you?" Lincoln asked while looking around awkwardly.
"Lincoln! Its your dad!" The knight said as he lifted up his face plate to show it was none other than Lynn Sr.
"Dad!" Lincoln said happily as he and his dad hugged again.
"We got worried so we came here as fast as we could!" The knight still on the warnicorn said as they lifted up their faceplate to reveal themselves to be Rita. Rita then tried to jump off the warnicorn but ended up falling upside down and hanging on by her legs. "Just come here and hug your mother Lincoln."
"This is kinda awkward mom…" Lincoln said as he hugged his upside-down mother with the girls all giggling in response.
"It's not awkward!" Rita said with a smile as she patted her son on the back. "Don't make it awkward!"
"So wait," Star spoke up, getting the Loud parents attention. "How did you two even get here?"
"They used your mirror." Another knight that approached them said as he took off his helmet revealing himself as Star's dad, the king of Mewni.
Later, Star, Hekapoo, and the entire Loud family were now in the palace of Mewni. Stars parents were on their thrones as the princess stood before them and explained everything that happened to them. "So. Basically…" River began, his teeth whistling with every s he ended up saying. "Just to recap-"
"You are not going to do that, are you?" Moon asked her husband in an annoyed tone.
"What, my dear?" River asked his wife.
"You know that thing when you talk and every time that you get to a word with an 'S' you have that little whistle in your front teeth?" Moon explained as she pointed to her husband's teeth for emphasize. "I love you honey, I just can't deal with that today." The queen of Mewni then got up from her throne and approached her daughter. "Star, you have abused your magic, frightened Mr. and Mrs. Loud, and destroyed your wand. Did I leave anything out?"
"Uhh, well there's a bunch of other stuff you don't know about." Star said before being shushed by Lincoln. "No, I think that's everything. But look, the wand's fine! Sort of."
"Its, uh…" Moon let out as she looked at the wand and noticed how there was only half of a gem in the middle. Moon then looked to Hekapoo who simply shrugged before telling Star. "I'll take it and get it cleaned for you."
"Please don't be mad." Star asked with a worried tone. "That looks like a mad face-" Moon then cut off Star by suddenly hugging her daughter. As Moon hugged her daughter, one of Moon's hair pieces fell off with Star trying to reattach it. "So you're not mad?"
"Oh, I'm always mad." Moon told her daughter with a smile. "But I'm happy that you're safe."
Star then smiles as she hugs her mother back. But a warnicorns whining got the princess's attention as she separated from her mother and went over to Rita and Lynn Sr, both still wearing their armor and Rita still upside down on the warnicorn. "Mr. and Mrs. Loud I'm really sorry we made you worry."
"We're sorry to mom." Lincoln apologized with the rest of the sisters nodding in unison.
"We're just glad that everyone's okay." Rita reassured everyone before managing to sit right-side up on the warnicorn again. "And look at me! I'm riding a unicorn! I did it 6-year-old me!"
However, Rita ended up slapping the warnicorn's butt which frightened the creature and sent it running out the throne room. "Don't worry honey! I'm coming!" Lynn Sr said as he and his daughters all took after Rita.
"Uuuuuuh…" Star let out to her mother as she pointed to the scene.
"Go ahead." Moon allowed.
"Hey guys wait up!" Star said as she ran after the Louds.
The only one remaining in the room being Lincoln. "Um, excuse me, Queen Moon." Lincoln said as he walked up the Star's mother. "I was wondering if I could ask you something?"
"What is it?" Moon asked Lincoln.
"Well its just…I was wondering if maybe you could take it a little easier on Star." Lincoln explained, causing Moon's eyes to widen a bit. "Its just…Star's been through a lot lately and I can tell it's taking its toll. So I'm just asking if maybe you could be a little less strict and harsh with her."
"Well…I suppose it would be for the best…" Moon said as she could only imagine how Star felt when she had to destroy the wand. Maybe it would help her daughter to just relax a bit and help clear her head. But just then, Moon took a closer look at Lincoln and noticed…how familiar he looked. "Hold on…have we…have we met before?"
"Um…what?" Lincoln asked both he and Hekapoo raised a brow.
"I'm sorry its just…for some reason you look so familiar to me." Moon said as she circled around Lincoln to take a closer look at him. "White hair…orange jacket…green eyes…is it just a coincidence?" Shaking her head to get the strange feeling of great déjà vu out of her, Moon simply said. "Um, never mind. Its not important. Anyway, you should probably go catch up with your family."
"Oh yeah, you're right! Don't worry guys, imma com-" But as Lincoln ran out, Hekapoo suddenly jumped on top of his shoulders. "Hekapoo? What are you doing?! I'm not a horse!"
"You are now!" Hekapoo said with a grin as she slapped the back of Lincoln's head. "Now mush!" Lincoln simply groaned as he ran out while carrying Hekapoo.
River laughed at the scene with Moon's attention now on the wand. Specifically, the crystal. "River, we're gonna have to call Glossaryck." Moon said in a foreboding tone.
"The wand…has been cleaved."
And there it is people! The end of season 1.
I can't tell you how much me and Petrus enjoyed working on this. We've just had so much fun with it. And its not ending here! We still have so much planned. But what have you guys thought of the fic so far. What was your favorite chapter so far and why? I'm really curious to hear all your opinions.
Also, a little fun fact about this fic, it was originally an excuse to do Stellacoln. That's right. Stellacoln happens to me my second fav Lincoln ship in the show and is Petrus's favorite. And then after some talking it eventually became...Stella x Lincoln x Hekapoo. Thats right, a harem. I'm honestly no longer against them. After watching anime like Monster Musume, and reading fics like Lincoln Loud and the Ghoul School I honestly think they can be something both really sweet and fun if done right.
But after some talking with Petrus we ended up only coming up with moments with Hekapoo such as shipping fluff and character development and...well...couldn't think of much for Stella. Especially in that second department. So we decided to cut Stella out.
Does this mean no harems in this fic?
Well I won't say anything so just read and find out as the series goes on. But I'm positive you guys will like what we've came up with.
So with all that said, remember to fav, follow, and leave a review and stay tuned for the start of season 2...
"My New Wand"