Queen Moon and the citizens of Mewni looked at the destruction left by the beaten up car. Everyone was too confused to question anyone or comprehend what just happened. Heckapoo regained her composure and looked up at Queen Moon.
"Your highness?" Heckapoo asked Moon. "I believe you have questions to answer".
Moon came down from her judge's chair to meet with Heckapoo.
"And just what kind of questions would that be?" Moon asked her.
"You never told me the Book of Spells was gone. Did you know about that?" Heckapoo asked, looking Moon right in the eye. Moon could've said no, but she knew quite well it was gone and there was nothing anyone could do about it.
"I did" Moon replied.
"And you didn't bother to tell anyone?" Heckapoo asked.
"I didn't because to be quite fair, it is none of your business" Moon said.
"It's very much apart of our business!" Heckapoo yelled. "I am apart of the Magic High Commission and I need to know when an important piece of literature such as the Book of Spells has been destroyed! How has Star been learning anything?"
Moon turned away and walked towards the door she entered in.
"Don't walk away from me, Butterfly!" Heckapoo yelled at her. Moon stopped right in her tracks. She then slowly turned towards Heckapoo.
"You want to know why I hid that information from you?" Moon said. "Because I knew once you and the rest of the Magic High Commission knew about it, you would go on a hunting party. You would freak out and do things that are not apart of your job. Toffee destroyed the book and now no one, good or evil, can use it. Star has been able to fend for herself quite well without it and she made one good point during her speech. Eclipsa's chapter is gone as well. Nothing good nor bad can come from that book and to be quite honest, good riddance!"
Moon walked towards the door and walked through it. Heckapoo, Rhombus and Omnitraxus stood there not knowing how to respond. The citizens started to walk slowly out of the courtroom asking themselves questions that they might never get the answer to.
Meanwhile, Star and Marco followed a road that had fresh tire tracks. They had a feeling these came from Meteora's car plus they had more help with Star using the All Seeing Eye to see where Meteora had taken Eclipsa. They ran and ran until they came to a forest that had glimmering trees. It was a place that looked magical but still had that eerie feeling to it. They slowly walked through the forest, hoping they wouldn't lose their way if they needed to get out.
"Do you see anything, Star?" Marco asked.
"No, I don't. Though for some reason, I feel kind of...peaceful...being in this place." Star replied. She was right, the forest did give off a calming feeling to her and it seemed like that calming feeling made her feel like even if she got lost, she wouldn't care. She looked at Marco and thought about their friendship as a whole. Why did she feel so tense towards him? She was with Tom so it couldn't be because she still had feelings for him. Or did she? She was so confused and now this incident with Meteora didn't make things any easier.
"I see something." Star said. She saw a light shining through some trees. Her and Marco followed it and sure enough, it was Meteora's car. Both her and Gemini opened their doors and got out, followed by Eclipsa in the back seat.
"Eclipsa!" Star yelled. All three of them walked slowly towards Star and Marco. The two got into a fighting stance since they didn't know what was going to happen. Meteora stopped infront of Star and smiled.
"Welcome, Butterfly." Meteora said. "Looks like you found us. Quite quickly as a matter of fact."
"What do you want with Eclipsa?" Star asked her.
"Did you forget, Star? She's her mother." Marco answered.
"Exactly. I crashed your petty little trial to rescue my mother. So many years without seeing her." Meteora said, hugging Eclipsa.
"It's good to see you too" Eclipsa said. Star and Marco relaxed for a bit and watched a happy moment happen infront of them.
"Aww! I love seeing family reunions!" Star said happily. Marco looked at her and smiled as well but not because of Meteora and Eclipsa reuniting, but for how cute Star looked. It had been a while since he had seen Star smile. After the Stump almost killed him, Star and all of their friends, Star continued to focus on fulfilling her princess role. Less and less time had been spent together. There were less adventures to go on and it seemed like Star and Marco had been slipping away, but in the end, they knew they were always going to be best friends so Marco didn't think much of it. Also, when he wasn't spending time with Star, he was spending time with Kelly. It seemed like Stump Day brought the two closer together and they decided to spend more time together. Going for Goblin Dogs, walking on the shores of Lake Lava Beach, just laughing and having good times.
Suddenly, Marco came back to her senses. "Sorry, but this reunion is gonna have to be cut short!" Marco said. "Eclipsa still belongs to the Butterfly kingdom and she needs to come back."
"If you think you're going to take her away from me, you're wrong!" Meteora yelled.
"Hold on there, hun." Eclipsa said. "You can't fight against your own kind, now can you?"
"Own kind? What are you talking about?" Star asked.
"I'm talking about Marco being a monster like my daughter." Eclipsa answered. Marco was very stumped.
"Whaaaaat?" Both Marco and Star said.
"Pfft. I'm a fully functional human being! I'm not a monster." Marco said.
"But yet, you are." Eclipsa said. "You see, I went back and saw your history with the All Seeing Eye spell. All the way back to when Princess Star went to Earth. You, Marco, wanted to win a competition but needed help, so Star cast a spell on your arm which turned it into a squid arm. What she didn't know is that spell fuses your blood stream with monster blood, and even if you cast the spell that makes your arm go back to normal, your blood stream does not, and therefore you are now considered a hybrid. Part human and part monster."
Marco was confused. He didn't want to believe what Eclipsa was telling him. He looked at Star who was just as confused as he was.
"Marco, i'm sorry, I didn't know that would happen." Star said, panicking.
"Wait, how do you know all this?" Marco asked Eclipsa.
"Because...i'm the one who made the monster arm spell." Eclipsa answered.
Marco was definitely shaking now. He didn't know how to take this. Him, part monster? He never considered the thought of him being a monster ever in his life. He fell to his knees. Star went to comfort him.
"Are you okay, Marco?" Star asked. Marco pushed Star away gently.
"Please...don't do anything right now." Marco replied. Star looked back at Eclipsa then to Marco. She didn't know what to do. Marco got back up off his knees and ran away from Eclipsa and Meteora. Star quickly chased after him. Eclipsa looked at Meteora.
"Oops. Did I say too much?" Eclipsa asked her.
"Not at all, mother. He had to know. Though why didn't you tell him everything?" Meteora asked her in response.
"Right now is not the time. He'll find out sooner or later." Eclipsa answered. The All Seeing Eye appeared next to Eclipsa showing Marco with tears in his eyes running as fast as he can out of the forest with Star right behind him. Eclipsa's smile seemed to grow a bit bigger watching the scene unfold.
