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Chapter 3

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Star slowly fluttered her eyes a few times before finally opening them. She found herself standing in a huge open green field. She looked to her left and saw a lush green forest, that stretched as far as she could see. She then looked to her right and saw a beautiful cliffside overlooking the ocean. At the edge of the cliffside she saw one of the most incredible things she had ever seen. A gigantic medieval city that shined bright in the sun, as if it was made of pure light. In the middle of the city was a large white castle with high towers, it was breathtaking.

She took one step forward toward the city and the sky seemed to go dark. The sun was blocked by dark clouds and the once brilliant city was now covered in shadow. She now saw two opposing armies on the large open field. One army was led by an imposingly large man with long chestnut brown hair and a medium length braided beard. He didn't have much armor, save for a dark grey metal chest plate with matching vambraces and shin high boots. His chest plate and vambraces had a Triquetra design etched into them, but Star didn't recognize the design. He was also wielding a hand and a half longsword with a crimson blade and wore a simply designed iron crown on his head. The other army was led by a fair skinned elvish looking man with long light gray hair in silver and gold armor and a golden crown adorned with white gems on his head. On either side of him were what looked to be his son and his commander. His son was wearing similar silver and gold armor to him and he looked quite young, no more than twenty years old. He had a similar hair color to his father, but a bit lighter, closer to white and his hair was around shoulder length. He also had piercing emerald eyes. The commander looked older. He was wearing grey and white form fitting tunic and had a well-trimmed short white beard. He held a short staff made of ornately carved ivory wood with a large blue gem affixed to the top of it.

What really caught Star's attention though, was a familiar looking man next to the elvish man's son. It was Marco. He had aged a bit, now looking to be around nineteen. His hair had grown a bit longer and he had a noticeable scar on his face. It ran vertically over his upper and lower lip on the right side of his face. He was also fully equipped in golden scale mail with a flowing red cape. There was a design on the back of the cape; three golden crowns. This design was on the backs of all the soldiers' cloaks and the banners they carried. Marco still had his sword El Choppo attached to his waist.

Star blinked, and the scene changed. Both armies had now collided, and it turned into a bloody, brutal scene. She ran around the battlefield looking for Marco for what seemed like hours before finally finding him. He was surrounded by bodies as he continued to cut down more and more enemies. After a while he stopped fighting and looked around the battlefield. He seemed… tired. His chest heaved up and down as he slowly scanned the area around him. His eyes looked distant, detached and he gripped his sword loosely in his right hand to his side. His cloak and armor were in tatters and his face and hands were covered in mud and blood. As star looked him up and down, she noticed a ring on his left-hand ring finger. It was a simple gold ring with a trillion cut red ruby type of gem that seemed to glow faintly on the top of it. As she walked closer to him, she noticed a look of horror cover his face before he started sprinting away, cutting down enemies in his way. She tried to keep up with him, but he moved way too fast, much faster than any normal human. She kept running in the direction he headed and eventually caught up to him. She found him standing before the large man she saw earlier; the leader of the enemy army. Behind Marco was the elvish looking man, who seemed to be the other armies king, dead on the ground with his son kneeling near him crying while grasping his own bloody and wounded right arm and left leg.

Marco and the enemy leader started to exchange sword blows, the larger man brushing off Marco's attacks rather easily. After the battle went on for a while, the enemy leader gave a heavy downward slash towards Marco which he successfully blocked, but the force was too much for his sword and it snapped in half, knocking Marco to the ground. Marco was a bit disoriented, but before he could recover himself the large man was standing above him. He thrust his sword downward toward Marco, but he was able to grab the tip of the blade in between both hands. He struggled to hold the blade at bay as it hovered above his chest. Marco was pinned against the ground as the man kept pushing his blade downward with all his might towards Marco's chest.

Star's guts were in knots as she watched this scene play out. She tried yelling out Marco's name repeatedly as she cried, but he couldn't hear her.

Eventually Marco's arms started to tremble; they were starting to give out. Marco tried kicking and kneeing the large man, but he was in a bad position, so none of his attacks had any effect, if they even connected at all. Marco looked around frantically, as if he was looking for an idea or a way out of the situation. He glanced over to the elvish king's son, who was still wounded, but was crawling toward Marco, with sword in hand as fast as he could. He then looked at the dead body of the elvish king, who was still gripping his own sword that had an azure blade with a golden hilt. Marco looked back at the sword he was holding at bay just inches away from his chest and took a deep breath. He exhaled and closed his eyes before letting go of the sword. His eyes flashed back open and he let out a guttural groan as the sword quickly impaled him, spearing him to the ground.

Star threw her hands to her mouth to muffle her screams as she fell to her knees. Time seemed to stop as she saw Marco lie there.

Before she could see how the rest of the scene would play out, everything around her went dark. She was now kneeling in a black void, all alone.

She had seen that scene so many times, but it never got less painful.

As she sat there in the void crying, she started to hear a voice call out to her.

"-Tar"

"Ake up."

"Star."

"Star! Wake up!"

Star's eyes shot open.

She was breathing heavily and drenched in sweat as she found herself laying in Marco's bed, in his room on Mewni. Janna was standing over her with a worried expression and a hand on her shoulder, as she had shaken Star awake.

"Star, you ok? It looked like you were having a nightmare." Said Janna.

"Yeah… Yeah, I'm okay."Star said as she sat up in the bed with her feet on the floor. She slowly gained control of her breathing and wiped the sweat from her brow.

Janna sat down next to Star on the bed and asked, "Was it the same dream again?"

"Yeah… but it never gets any easier to watch." Star replied as she stared at the floor.

Janna just gently placed her hand on Star's back and said, "I know, that's why I stopped sleeping in here. Seeing that dream once was enough for me, but I'm sure he's fine Star. We know he's still alive at least… That's about all Omni will tell us, no matter how much we beg him. The asshole."

Star let out a soft chuckle before she sniffled and wiped a forming tear from the corner of her eye.

"I know Janna, but still. It's been three years. Three years!" Star yelled as she shot off the bed. "We haven't heard anything! Not how he's doing, if he's safe, or even where he is! Why can't Omni tell us more?" she finished as she paced back and forth, pulling at her hair.

"I dunno Star, but even your mom couldn't get any info out of him. The only thing he'll tell us is that Marco's alive and that he will come back. He refuses to tell anyone anything else. I'm honestly starting to run out of patience. I would've put a hex on him already if I thought it would work." Janna spat out as she scowled.

"Ugh! I bet Glossaryck knows something too, but whenever I go to Eclipsa's castle to ask him, he plays dumb! I feel powerless Janna!" Star groaned as she plopped back onto the bed.

"I know Star… So, do I. You, me, Kelly, Tom, and even your parents have been going to different dimensions looking for him, or any information that could lead us to him, but we haven't found anything! It's like he just… disappeared." Janna said as she rubbed her eyes.

Star rested her elbows on her knees and placed her face in her hands. "I miss him so much Janna… I wanna see him again… Hug him again… I want him near me again…" she sobbed out.

Janna pulled Star into a hug and started to tear up a little. "I miss him too…. So much…. I want him to come home too… We left on such a bad note the last time we talked… I want to apologize to him for the things I said before he left… I wish I could take them back." Janna said softly.

"Janna…" Star said softly with a sympathizing look on her face.

"Whenever he does get back, I plan on shoving my tongue down his throat. Well… After I choke the life out of him for leaving us this long." She finished with a chuckle.

Star started to laugh, "Geez Janna, not subtle at all huh?"

"Hey, I've been after Marco since we were in pre-school!" Janna barked as she pointed a finger at Star, causing her to chuckle again. "I even put a hex on him when we were younger… Never figured out if it worked though." Janna said as she got up and started pacing. "You're still fine with us sharing right?" she stopped and asked with a nervous expression.

"Yes Janna, don't worry. I may have been against the idea for a while, but after this long I think I can manage. I even double checked to make sure polygamy is still legal on Mewni and while not many people do it anymore, it's perfectly legal, especially for royalty like me." Star answered smugly.

"Nice. Even that thick headed idiot will get it if we both go at him together. Strength in numbers!" Janna said as she pulled up her hand for a high-five.

"Heck yeah!" Star shouted as she returned Janna's high-five. "Oh, by the way, how long was I asleep? What time is it?" she asked.

"Oh right, that was why I came in here in the first place. It's almost noon. I was asked to come get you for lunch, since you missed breakfast." Janna answered.

"Oh okay… Who asked you to do that?" Star questioned.

"Your parents… Riiiiight before they left for a Magical High Commission meeting. Seems like Omni had some important news to share." Janna replied.

"Huh… That's weird. There hasn't been a meeting in a while. I guess it was nothing important though, since they didn't ask me to come." Star said as she got up from the bed and stretched. "Well, let's go get some food. I am pretty hungry."

Janna agreed and they both left the room and headed for the dining hall.

Three years had passed since Marco left Mewni with Hekapoo. A lot had changed around Mewni as a whole. The kingdom had gotten even bigger and more prosperous, which in turn made the surrounding kingdoms more prosperous as well. Eclipsa and her husband Globgor had started their own kingdom on the other side of Mewni and they named it 'Monster Kingdom'. Most of the monsters that left Mewni decided to come back and live there. Buff Frog had also come to the Monster Kingdom and was made the chief ambassador that represented the Monster Kingdom. He had the best relationship with the other kingdoms and had earned all of their respect, which helped with trade and diplomatic relations.

After noticing how useless the Mewman army was during the Meteora incident, Moon decided to pay a little more attention to the military. Qualifications for joining got stricter and the training became tougher, resulting in a military force Mewni could be proud of. Kelly and Higgs joined early on and had worked their way up to high ranking positions. Kelly was now a Captain of her own regiment and Higgs was her lieutenant, much to the latter's annoyance. Neither of them had changed too much in appearance. They both got a bit taller and leaner from the constant training and conditioning. Higgs still had her usual short messy orange hair, but Kelly had started to cut her hair to about shoulder length about two years before. She had hoped it would deter Tad from living in her hair, which after a while it did. They both now wore a Mewman style military uniform most of the time, complete with calf-high boots and patches signifying each of their ranks.

Janna hadn't changed too much either, only growing around four inches at best and still sporting her familiar hairstyle. She did however change up her wardrobe. A few months after Marco left, she decided to "borrow" a few of his hoodies to wear. It helped her feel like she had a piece of him with her all the time. The sleeves were still a little long, so she cut them off from the hoodies she took. She now always wore one of Marco's hoodies with a tank top or long-sleeved shirt underneath and a skirt or jeans of varying colors and she always topped off the ensemble with her usual olive-green beanie. Janna graduated high school early and moved to Mewni permanently about six months ago. When Star tried to ask her how she managed that, she just replied, "I have my ways," with a creepy grin, so she decided to leave it at that and try not to worry about it. Janna now also wore a blue crystal bracelet on each of her wrists. They were made of a special magic imbued crystal called 'Magicite', which gave her the ability to use some basic magic by absorbing the nearby magical energy and converting it into manageable amounts that she could control and use. Glossaryck gave her the bracelets after she moved to Mewni six months prior for an unknown reason. He simply gave them to her with a short explanation of what they were and told her to "figure out how to use them yourself" with his usual deadpan facial expression. Janna was quite adept at using them and defiantly enjoyed having her own way to use magic now.

Star had probably grown the least in height out of the four girls, only growing maybe an extra two to three inches, which seemed to bother her a little that she was now the shortest of the group. She did however make up for her small stature with a well-toned body from her many years of strenuous activity, which she was quite proud of. About a year and a half ago, she gave the wand back to her mother, so she could master using wandless magic, which she did. She was so good at wandless magic now, she didn't even need the wand anymore, so Moon just held on to it for safe keeping. Star's wardrobe varied from day to day but was still like what she used to wear. Today she was wearing blue overall shorts with a pastel pink t-shirt underneath, her usual red horned headband and pink and white high-top sneakers. Her hair was still the same length and style. She thought it was the best look for her, so she kept it that way, but she would arrange it in different styles from time to time.

Star had started sleeping in Marco's bed on Mewni about a year after he left. At first it was just a one-time thing she did one day when she was missing him extra bad, but she continued after she noticed she would have dreams about him only when sleeping in his bed. Janna also slept in his bed once and had the same dream, but it bothered her so much, she never slept in his bed again.

The Magical High Commission had grown in members over the years as well. It now consisted of the original members, plus Star, Tom, and Eclipsa. They were originally going to let Rich Pigeon and Pony Head join as well, so that multiple kingdoms could have input, but they were deemed a bit too…. Emotionally unstable, so everyone voted against it.

Mewni Castle Dining Room –

Star and Janna had arrived at the dining room where they met up with Kelly, who was already eating lunch. Even though Kelly was a member of the military, she was still one of Star's best friends, so she often ate meals with her and Janna. They were almost done with their meal when a loud crash could be heard as the dining room doors were kicked in with gusto. It was Higgs.

"Princess Star!" Shouted Higgs.

"Ugh, Higgs. I've told you this so many times, please stop kicking in the doors around the castle. Think of the people that have to fix that later." Star said as she rubbed her temples.

"Pfft, hypocrite." Snickered Janna.

Star quickly elbowed Janna in the ribs causing her to 'oof' before laughing again.

"Oh, right. Sorry Princess." Higgs said in embarrassment.

"It's fine… So, what was so urgent that you needed to kick the door down?" Star asked.

"Right! I just got word from some of the soldiers that came back from guard duty at the Magic High Commission Tower. They said Hekapoo is there!" Higgs answered.

Star shot up from her chair and rushed over to Higgs, grabbing her by the shoulders. "Are you sure?!", Star yelled as her grip on Higgs' shoulders tightened.

"Y-yes, I'm pretty sure. I don't see why the soldiers would lie." Higgs stuttered.

"Was Marco with her?!" Star questioned further.

"I-I'm not sure. They didn't mention him. The only other person with her was some old guy, but they didn't recognize him." Higgs answered quickly.

Star slowly loosened her grip from Higgs before pausing for a few seconds. She then turned around quickly to look toward Janna. Janna stood up and asked, "You don't think that 'Old Guy' is Marco… Do you?" she said with a pained expression.

Star looked down at her feet and paused again for a few moments.

"I don't know… But there's only one way to find out. C'mon Janna." Star said before she turned and quickly walked out of the room with Janna following swiftly behind her.

Kelly and Higgs were just left there looking at each other speechless.

A/N: Hey all! I know it's been a long while since my last update, so I figured I should let ya'll know whats been going on. I have been busy with irl stuff for one, but I also semi lost interest in writing anything for a while. So, I decided to wait until the show was over to see how it would end. If it was a really good ending with nice wrap up, I probably would have just left this story alone, but the season finale of svtfoe was... different lol. A lot of crazy plot holes/points people doing dumb stuff for no real reason... it was a bit of a mess lol. I didn't hate the final season or the finale or anything, I just thought they went in a strange direction with a show that had a lot more potential. I still like the show and enjoyed it as a whole, so no big deal lol. I'll be interested to see if they may make some comics or something at some point to maybe flesh out the ending a little better, like they did with Gravity Falls. I think that would be interesting. But anyways, one thing I wanted to ask you all is, are you still interested in me finishing this story? Now that the show is over, I wasn't sure if people would still be interested in this story, so please let me know if ya'll want me to keep going with it. If you do want me to continue, just keep in mind that updates won't be as slow as before, but they won't be super fast either, but I will finish it eventually if ya'll are still interested lol. Well, thanks again for those that stuck with this story and continue to read from here on out!