Ch 4 Eye for Adventure and A Movie
"Look, I know that you don't really trust me Moon, but please understand I do not desire any harm to befall on you or Star's boyfriend."
"I'm her boyfriend!" Tom corrected clearly angry that he was not seen as Star's boyfriend.
"Oh, really? I didn't know sorry, dear," Eclipsa halfheartedly apologized.
"Ignore him Eclipsa," to Eclipsa this sounded more like an order than anything else. "He's not important right now. So Eclipsa, what's your plan?" Stare asked not caring that what her mom would say about it or how hurt Tom was feeling right now.
"Star, I don't think that's a very wise idea…"
"All in favor of having Eclipsa, Queen of Darkness, helping me find my squire Marco Diaz raise your hands."
As Star announce the voting Kelly was the very first person to raise her hand followed by Jorby then by all princesses and many others in the crowd. Star looked over at Tom and shot him a death glare causing him to stand up straight and raise his hand with the rest.
"Star, are we really doing this?" Moon asked but got no response from Star.
Instead, all she got was Star counting all the raise hands in the air silently numbering them as quickly as she could. Rolling her eyes Moon decided to play along with this and hoped for the best.
"Fine, then we do it your way. All in favor of not having Eclipsa 'Queen of Darkness' help find Marco," Moon emphasizing the queen of darkness bit.
The first to raise their hands in support of the queen was her ever loyal knights and guards followed next by the squires (Higgs among them) and some of the people in the crowd.
"1 2 3 4… it's a tie," Star called out. "Okay now, did anyone not vote?"
"Ahem I didn't," Pony Head called out, "Because you know, on the account of the fact I don't have any hands."
"So, Pony Head ya or nay? Come on girl, you're the tiebreaker here!"
"You know on any other day I would have voted in not finding the Earth turd. However, I do owe him for 'sort' of saving me from St O's and then inadvertently turning it into the most booming party place ever, so…" Pony Head paused in the air not doing anything. "Oh right, you may not be able to tell, but I am like raising my horn in the air in voting for finding Marco."
"Yes! I win! In your face, Mom!" Star gloated grabbing hold of Pony Head and Kelly before pulling them into a hug.
Moon scowled at Star for her not so graceful win. Kelly seeing this nudged at Star to gain her attention and pointed at Moon. Seeing the disappointing look her mother was giving her, all of Star's victory cheer left her immediately fizzled out.
"Sorry Mom," Star apologized.
Closing her eyes, Moon took a deep breath as she massaged her temples.
"It's fine Star. Just do whatever it is you and Eclipsa need to do to find Marco while I'll just try and keep the damage to a minimum."
"Mom, Eclipsa is not a bad person. She's not going to set fire to the castle by helping me find Marco."
"I was referring more to you, Star."
"Fair point. Okay, Eclipsa, what's your plan for helping me find my best friend slash squire?"
"Simple my dear when I was the one in the passion of the wand back in my day I made a spell made for just this occasion. It's called the All-Seeing Eye spell, it allows the user to see events happening in other areas and it pretty much can double as a tracking spell if you use it right."
Upon hearing this, Star's eyes widen in the realization of such a simple answer as to why she didn't think of this from the start she did not really know or really cared right now. But now that she thought about it, it might have been because of all the stress she's been going through lately. Moon, on the other hand, was more shocked than anything else.
"Star," Moon called out to her daughter. "You can't use that spell, that spell is part of the forbidden chapter and I forbid you from using it!"
"Oh, come on Mom, I've used that spell plenty of times."
"Whaaaaaaaat!?" Moon could not describe the shock she was feeling when Star told her that she had used a spell from the forbidden chapter, while also implying she had used it not once but multiple times.
"You know I hate to butt in on this lovely mother and daughter moment but really, are they still calling my chapter that?"
"How many times have you used spells from the forbidden chapter?"
"Ahhhhh~" Star hesitated in answering that question.
"Star!" Moon's voice became firmer as she pushed for a definitive answer.
"Excuse me, my question has yet to be answered," she got no response. "I'm now starting to feel like I'm being ignored here."
"A… few times," Star gave a vague answer as she herself didn't really remember how many times she did use those spells.
"Star! A few times is one too many. Using those spells can have very serious repercussions," Moon's voice seemingly having lost a bit of its strength as she rubbed her cursed marked arms.
"Yep, I'm very much being ignored here."
"Oh, come on Mom. Nothing really bad has ever happened when I used any of them, well nothing that bad… kind of," Star mumbled as she remembered the time she nearly hurt Marco and Jackie that one time.
"Oh look I'm escaping~ and later on~ I'm going to raise an army of darkness~ Evil villainess laugh mwaahaahaaa~" Eclipsa exclaimed in an overly dramatic and musical fashion.
"What happened Star?!" Moon asked Star, still ignoring Eclipsa's fake attempts to escape and plans to conquer Mewni.
"Nothing too big I could not handle. Besides, it happens during the fritz so a lot of things weren't working."
"That's the entire point, Star!" Moon screamed at Star. "With the fritz going on then, that spells could have done more damage than it would usually do," Moon specified.
"WILL ALL THREE OF YOU SHUT UP?!" Kelly shouted at the top of her lungs, obtaining the attention of all three of the royals.
Kelly stomped her way towards the Butterflies with a look of announce and frustration very visible on her face. All three of the royals stood there just waiting for something to happen to them as the closer Kelly got to them.
"Star, you should have already known that you had a way to find Marco, but you let that bit slip out of your head. Star, you are one of my closest friends so I'm not going to sugar coat it out of respect. You have wasted so much time because you are air-headed that's trying to be something that you're not."
Star felt as if her heart was just stabbed with a dull butter knife as one of her friends had just insulted her to her face. However, Star saw it was coming from a good place. This was just some constructive criticism from a friend to help her improve herself, she hoped.
Moon, on the other hand, saw the distress and pain emanating from her daughter and felt she needed to step in.
"Now see here I don't think you-"
"Oh, and don't get me started on you! You're the worst out of the three!"
Moon now had a confused look on her face as she didn't quite get how she was worse than Star or Eclipsa.
"How am I worse than them?"
"MOM!"
"Sorry Star but come on!"
"No one is perfect Moon, we all have our faults. Like I have some self-control issues when it comes to dark magic and chocolate."
'Did she just equate the use of dark magic and her chocolate cravings as the same level of fault' Moon wondered to herself in bewilderment.
"You have no faith in Star's ability to do things on her own, you constantly need to insert yourself in and do things your way. Because of you, we are now standing around arguing with each other on how to find Marco as well as giving Star a lecture on the use of dark magic. You don't trust her to do things by herself. She's fifteen years old, she can handle a little bit of forbidden magic."
"Well it looks like I'm still being ignored."
"And you, Eclipsa! Not everything is about you. Because right now it's about me, I mean Star," Kelly corrected herself, "finding Marco. You'll have all the attention you want when your trial has started."
'Did she just say it was about her finding Marco?' Star began to think but she just brushed it off a just a slip of the tongue. Or was it? A little nagging voice whispered in her head?
"Star!" Kelly called out to Star, snapping her out of her thoughts "Snap out of it!"
"Yes! Sorry, got a little lost in my mind space-thingy"
"Well Star, start paying attention now," Kelly instructed Star as she nodded in agreement. "As of right now, Eclipsa's idea on finding Marco is the easiest and fastest course of action we've got." Kelly explained to Star and anyone else that was listening to her.
Moon was about to object to this course of the plan but was beaten to the punch by Kelly.
"NO!" Kelly quickly spoke over Moon "We don't have the time for your complaint and as I said before have some faith in your daughter."
Closing her mouth Moon had reflected on Kelly's words on having a bit more faith in Star's abilities to handle this. But that did not mean she did take any precautions if things didn't pan out well as she was readying an array of counter and protective spells in her head, just in case.
"And you, Eclipsa" Kelly pointed out at her she reached into her hair and rummaged through it for a bit before she pulled out a family-sized candy bar and gave it to Eclipsa.
"Oh, why thank you dear," Eclipsa thanked Kelly, "but why though?"
Kelly just shrugged her shoulders "Just think of it as a thank you for tell Star, no that's not the right word, for 'reminding' Star of the fact she can use this 'All-Seeing Eye' spell thing."
Eclipsa's eyes became sadden at what she just heard Kelly said. "Don't be too hard on her dear," Eclipsa conveyed to Kelly as she then greedily devoured the candy bar. "Star is going through (nom nom nom) a tough time and she'll need good friends to keep her grounded."
As she was talking to Kelly bits and pieces of chocolate were being spat out with each word that came out of her mouth, some of which had landed on her dress.
"I think keeping her grounded is mostly Marco's job. Now that I think it, that really is his job with him being her squire," Kelly pointed out as she brushed off the chocolate that landed on her dress.
"Aren't you her friend?"
"I am, but Star sometimes needs someone that can really pull through on pointing out her mistakes so she can learn from them and not make them again especially with her going to be Queen someday."
"Ah, I see. Your heart's in the right place but please keep in mind that Star needs to see things through by herself. If you tell and point things out to her I'm afraid she might not listen or understand. I find it best to just let people figure it out on their own."
"Yeah, I already know that already about Star but right now is not the time for that with Marco missing."
"It never is the right time for anything dear, but if you insist on taking charge you better get back to it then."
Kelly merely gave Eclipsa a smile and a nod as she turned back to Star who was just standing still waiting for Kelly to give her the go ahead.
"Well Star, what are you waiting for? It's time to go find Marco!"
Star's eye lit up brightly as she pulled out her magical wand from her dress and got into position to cast the All-Seeing Eye spell. Before she could chant the spell Higgs had now recovered from her starstruck panic attack.
"What gives you the right to do that?!" Higgs yelled out towards Kelly.
"What?"
"What gave you the right to order around the royal family like that?"
"Well… I don't know really. I just felt that with all their arguing somebody needed to step up and take charge of the situation as they were wasting time. The time that could be better spent looking for Marco," Kelly reached into hair again and then proceeded to pull out her claymore and firmly planted it in the ground. "If you have a problem with that come at me."
Stepping up to Kelly's challenge, Higgs walked right up to Kelly's face and stared at her dead in the eyes.
"You're on, Shrub Girl!"
"OOOOOOOH! ~ Chick fight!"
"Pony Head!"
"What?! I just said what everyone was thinking."
"Shhhh," Jorby hushed Star and Pony Head, "I want to see how this goes down."
"Ah, shouldn't you be like backing her up or something?"
"What? No, Kelly is a strong worrier. She's not going to be taken out by a squire so easily not without a fight."
As the two continued to stare down at each other intensely it was Higgs that finally ended the stand off. Higgs jumped back away from Kelly, gaining some distance from her and then reached for a sword from her hip, only to find it was not there.
"Shite!" Higgs cursed at herself as she forgot to bring a weapon with her to the ball. "I knew I forget something!"
"What's wrong, did the brave young squire forget to bring her sword," Kelly teased.
Higgs was so enraged by that comment she could feel a blood vessel was about to pop in her head.
"Can anyone lend me their weapon!?" Higgs asked the crowd. "You there, Mewman guards, lend me one of your weapons. Spear, ax, mace doesn't matter I'll wipe the floor with her mop-like hair, but if I had to be honest a sword would be the most preferable."
The Mewman guards debated among themselves if they should do it until one of them noticed something and pointed it out to the others. Looking where he was pointing they saw the Queen shaking her head.
Taking this as an indirect order to stand down and not give the squire a weapon, the guards took a step back and declined to give her anything.
"AHHHHH! Are you serious? None of you will lend me your weapon?! Sir Stabby please lend me your weapon."
"Now Higgs this is unbecoming of an up and coming squire like yourself to just be accepting a challenge for no good reason."
'He's squire's name is Higgs, where have I heard that name before? It sounds vaguely familiar for some reason'
"But I have a good reason! She had just raised her voice at three, THREE, generations of the royal family. And not only that but she had the audacity to order them around like she owns the kingdom," Higgs explained pointing out her reasoning for accepting the challenge "There has to be a law about this somewhere, right?"
"There is one, actually," Star exclaimed, "but that only applies to Mewmans that raise their voices to unacceptable levels and rudeness. The punishment for which it one week in the stocks as the offending party is then flogged with rotten corn cobs or until the offender apologies for his or her acts of digression. Since Kelly isn't a Mewman that law does not technically apply to her."
"Girl where did that come from?" Pony Head asked in astonishment of Star's use of legal words and definition.
"Oh, well Marco has been helping me learn the Mewman court of law and stuff so that I could become a better queen."
"Now I remember you!" Kelly randomly yelled as she pointed at Higgs. "You were that squire Marco told me about."
"The nerd? What did he say about me?"
"Nothing much only that you tried to sabotage his day at Quest Buy."
"Just that, nothing else?"
"Yes, just that, because unlike some people Marco has a higher standard of etiquette than most. In fact, seeing you now, I still can't see why he had forgiven you for all you did to him. And what makes it worse was the fact that your reasoning, if what Marco tell me is true, it was all just for the simple reason of him just being squired by Star?"
"Can't you see why that's a problem in of itself? He never truly earned it. It was just given to him because he knew the princess. I, on the other hand, had to fight tooth and nail to get the 'privilege' of being a squire. And each and every day I still need to prove that it was not by some lucky chance I got to where I am. And what did he do? Nothing!"
"Nothing? What are you talking about nothing! Marco did earn his position of squire to Star. He fought monsters on a near daily basis with Star, survived Star's misuse of the wand on multiple occasions, sorry about saying that about you Star it's just that-" Kelly tried to apologize to Star but she just waved it off as if it was nothing.
"Oh no I get it, you're just trying to prove a point I understand. Keep going."
"Thanks," Kelly quickly thanked Star before continuing her rant ."And most of all he helped with the retaking of Mewni, hell he even punched Toffee through the heart with just his fist. In fact, I personally know if Marco was in your position he wouldn't be asking for a weapon, he would just take me on with his bare hands."
"And do what exactly? Use is sword hand dance on you," Higgs smugly sneered.
"HEY!" Jorby growled out aggressively "Do not and I mean do not underestimate the power of the sword hand dance, because like that stuff really hurts!"
"Really?" Higgs asked in a questioning way with a raised eyebrow. "That weakling's sword hand dance could hurt you? You know what, never mind," Higgs in her frustration brushed off her own question, "you're a lucky bush girl"
"The names Kelly."
"Like I care. I'm backing out for now but just so you remember, the next time you and I meet," Higgs brought her thump to her neck and then dragged it across in a threatening manner, "there will be blood."
"Don't worry I'll remember, but next Higgs try to remember to bring a weapon of your own next time, okay? You don't want a repeat of what just happen now do you, because I'd love to see you dead in a ditch."
Higgs really wanted nothing more than to run up to Kelly and beat her face in with her fists but knew that if she did try that. Kelly would more than likely decapitate her with that claymore she had with her and with no weapon or armor of her own right now her chances of winning were very low. Sucking up her pride she walked away, albeit begrudgingly, towards her knight's side with the other squires and their knights.
"Well I don't know about you, but I for one am very disappointed with this cat fight. I mean no one even threw a punch or swung a blade or anything."
"I know what you mean, however a blood feud has now been made and like the name suggests it will end in blood given time or a beautiful friendship. Personally I'm hoping for the blood."
"Oh, don't be so melodramatic all that was done was a few heat words and a death threat was exchanged. Nothing special at all. I myself deal with way more life-threatening moments with my sisters as they try to dethrone me like on a weekly basis."
"That's so cool."
"You'd think that but no it tends to get very boring and very tedious after like the tenth time in a week, not to mention terribly repetitive."
"Ah guys hate to break your lovely conversation but could you keep it down I really need to concentrate on this spell because if I don't some stuff may happen."
"That's good to hear Star," Kelly complemented as she placed her claymore back in her hair ready to go find Marco, "but what kind of stuff might happen are we talking about here?"
Star's mind went blank as she looked back on the times she used the All-Seeing Eye spell. The first time she used it she almost hurt Marco and Jackie when she had blown out one of the wheels on the skateboard. The second she tried to use it didn't really turn out as well as the first one was, well sort of. She couldn't at first find Glossaryck instead seeing a bunch of random people and even when she did the spell collapsed on her. The third time she used it actually turned out well and nothing bad had happened. Well, nothing that she didn't notice that it.
The fourth time this spell was used wasn't because of her but it was instead it was Marco who used it to find her until it exploded up in his face. But to give credit where credit was due she was impressed that Marco could use such a complicated spell that required a considerable amount of effort to use, especially for someone that's never used a magic wand in his life. Even though the spell did blow up Star had to admit to herself that Marco did far better than she did when she first got the wand. She set fire to an entire kingdom while Marco only destroyed a room.
"Oh, a little bit of this and that."
"That doesn't at all answer my question. In fact, I'm more concerned now then I was before."
"Look do you want me to find Marco or answer your question because I can't do both at the same time?"
"…"
"That's what I thought. Now step back I'm going to need some space here to pull off the spell"
Doing as she was told Kelly did take a step back giving Star the space she needed to cast the spell.
"I meant you 'all' need to step back," Star clarified as there was a sizable crowd that had formed around her.
Hearing this many of the guests that were in the ballroom did more than just take a step back they all ran behind cover, as they all still remembered the time Star set the entire kingdom on fire and didn't want to take chances with their lives. The only people that didn't take cover were Kelly as she believed that Star wouldn't mess up because of what was on the line. Beside her, Higgs ran up to her side showing that she too wasn't afraid of Star's use of dark magic as to not allow Kelly the satisfaction of beating her in any shape or form, whether Kelly acknowledged it that way or not.
Tom didn't as well because he needed to be seen being supportive, that and he was a very high-ranking demon so pretty much he could take a lot more punishment then the regular mortal could take so he wasn't afraid of getting blasted.
Moon herself was fully prepared to intervene if the spell went astray and did something it wasn't supposed to do. In fact, she was the only one that stepped towards Star, but didn't get as far as she would have liked as she had felt something tug at her dress. Looking at who had tugged at her dress and saw Eclipsa holding the hem of her dress stopping her from getting any closer.
"Like that sweet green haired girl said, have some faith in your daughter."
Moon looked conflicted in what she does. On one hand, Eclipsa was right in saying she should have more faith in Star, but on the other hand she was her mother and she couldn't help but worry for the safety of her daughter.
"I know that look on your face," Eclipsa pointed at her face. "It's the look of a mother that worries about the well-being of their child."
"Of course, I'm worried sick about her safety, she's using dark magic. Who knows what will happen to her when she uses it."
"Well, no need to brag but I do. After all, I'm the one who made the spell in the first place and it may be a lot to ask of you but trust me when I say nothing bad will happen to Star when she uses The All-Seeing Eye."
Moon seemed to relax a bit finally taking the advice given to her by Kelly and Eclipsa in letting Star do her own thing.
"Well nothing bad will happen on our side but depending on what we see on the other side of the eye now that's debatable."
"Wait, what was that last bit?!"
"Oh, nothing forget I said anything it hardly matters now," Eclipsa then points towards Star. "Look she's beginning the spell already."
"I summon The All-Seeing Eye to tear a hole into the sky revel to me that which is hidden unveil to me what is forbidden."
With the last verse of the spell cast, Star's wand unveiled an evil glowing eye. As it opened fully, it projected a screen showing Star what she most desired to see and what she saw was an all too familiar sight.
"Abs~" Star cooed as she saw the fully-grown version of Marco riding his dragon-cycle.
"WOW! Star who is that hottie? Because I like me some of that beefcake," Pony Head hollered as she saw the older version of Marco riding on his dragon cycle not knowing it was Marco. "And FYI I'd totally let him ride me, because when he does he ain't ever going to ride anything else."