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Today's oneshot is going back to young Moon Butterfly. Keep in mind, I did change the generational gap between Eclipsa and Moon, hence why this miniseries is an AU.

Moon and Nebula stood in the atrium, expecting their guest at any second. The princess held her wand close to her side, ready to blast their visitor if it were to try anything.

"This is absurd, father. Why are we having this meeting?"

"Because it's important, sweetie."

She stared at her father, waiting for more information, but he remained silent with a stoic expression on his face. "Okay… can you elaborate?"

"I can."

"...Can you elaborate now?"

Moon heard the large reinforced castle doors unlock. The guards pulled the doors open for the two to see a lizard-like monster standing in the middle of the hall. He held his posture almost as if he were royalty, contrasting from his attire of ragged chitin armor. He began walking towards them, ignoring the sceptical looks from the guards.

"After," King Nebula whispered in a low voice. "Welcome. I hope your travel was kind to you on your way here."

The monster stopped a few feet away from the princess, glancing over her before he turned to Nebula. "Thank you, King Nebula. It wasn't too bad. Just some dirty looks from your citizens, plus no one's tried to kill me yet. I'd say that's a good start."

"Yes, well that does tend to happen when people see your kind on the street."

"It does, doesn't it? ...Oh, I'm sorry. How rude of me. My name…" he looked at Moon once more, examining her posture, her wear, her expression… her wand. Moon noticed this and gripped it tighter, making the wand softly glow with a blue light. She squinted at the monster, ready to cast an attack spell if needed. "...is Toffee."

Nebula looked between his daughter and the monster, unsure what to make of their interaction. "Well then, Toffee… I suppose you have something you would like to discuss with us?"

Moon didn't take her eyes off the lizard. She felt tense around him. This monster wasn't brutish like the ones that roam the woods. He was different. The very air around him seemed very calculating and manipulative.

"I'll keep this short… I'm here to teach the princess how to use the wand."

Nebula raised an eyebrow. "And what-"

"Excuse me?" Moon interrupted. "I sincerely doubt I need your help in training with my magic. I have been burdened with the protection of the wand since I was a child. Several years before I was supposed to receive it, mind you."

"Ahem…" Nebula coughed, trying to keep Moon from devolving the conversation into something potentially dangerous. "What my daughter means is that we already have a teacher, Glossaryck. I don't think we're in need of another teacher."

"Right…" Toffee scanned the area, looking for this Glossaryck. "And he is…?"

"Not here," Moon said coldly.

"Hm…" He didn't seem phased by her attitude, which only served to agitate the princess more. "Well, that's a shame. I was going to test him and see what he knows."

"With all due respect, Toffee, Glossaryck is the most knowledgeable being in the universe when it comes to magic. He's trained every Butterfly with the wand before, and he's been with Moon for several years now. I'm certain he can pass your test."

The monster raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure about that?"

"Are you doubting the competence my teacher?" Moon interrogated.

"I just want to make sure he knows every magic spell in existence and can train you how to use them… and counter them if needed. I only have the best intentions."

"For whom? You?"

"Moon." She looked up to see her father give her a stern look, signalling her to keep quiet. "...Now then… I think we've heard enough. We appreciate your concern over my daughter's training, but I think we have an excellent teacher for that already."

Toffee nodded. "You seem confident… I suppose you're right, though. Who am I to tell you what to do? I just wanted to make sure you could defend against Queen Eclipsa's spells." The two Butterflies looked at each other. Just this simple action caught the monster's eye. "Of course… you do know about her spells, right?"

The Butterflies remained silent for a moment before Nebula replied. "Yes. Queen Eclipsa was... unorthodox in her spell casting."

"If by unorthodox, you mean she invented her own series of spells completely unknown to… Glossaryck, was it?"

Moon was surprised at this information and looked up to her father for some reassurance. She thought it would be a simple answer of turning the monster away and tell him they weren't interested in his guidance, but her father was deep in thought about it. She began to form questions in her mind. 'What did this monster know about my mother? What does he mean she invented her own spells? How can Glossaryck not know about it?'

Toffee continued. "I would think learning how to defend against dark magic would be an important lesson. I mean, how can you call yourself the protector of the wand if you don't know anything about your own mother's spells, my dear princess Butterfly?"

Before anyone could speak, the young princess closed the distance, standing only inches away from the monster with her wand pointed under his chin. It slowly burned him as the wand began to glow brightly in her hand. "I'm sorry, could you run that by me again?"

Toffee was unphased, letting his skin burn at the touch of the wand. "Well would you look at that. The princess has a temper..."

"This princess is going to burn you to ashes."

"Settle down, Moon," her father commanded. "Behave yourself for goodness sakes."

She kept her focus on Toffee, neither of them breaking eye contact. She continued to glare at him before she loosened her grip on the wand and slowly backed to her father's side. "Yes father…"

Toffee rubbed his burning skin, keeping an eye on the wand. "That wand is powerful. I'm sure you could've burned me easily..."

"Yes, well… if you could forgive my daughter's behavior… she's had a bit of a rough day today-"

"But compared to Eclipsa's spells, that's nothing but child's play."

"...You want to teach Moon how to use dark magic?"

"I want to teach the princess how dark magic works so that she's better equipped to defend against it."

"And what do you get out of this?"

"Is it that hard to believe I just want to make the universe a safer place?" Toffee responded.

Nebula glanced at Moon who was, needless to say, unconvinced by the monster's offer. He shifted his focus back to Toffee. "My daughter and I will have to discuss at another time."

"Of course." He bowed to the two royals. "I'll be back in a week for your answer, King Nebula." He then looked at Moon who glared at him. "Goodbye, Princess Moon."

With that, their visitor exited the castle, leaving the two alone in the atrium. Nebula let out a sigh as he returned to his throne. Moon followed behind, still troubled by what Toffee had said about her mother. "Who exactly was that monster? And why does he know about mother?"

Nebula muttered something under his breath before he responded. "I… wouldn't worry too much about it."

"You said you would explain after the meeting."

"That I did… I don't know much about that fellow, other than the fact that he has knowledge about an unknown powerful magic. Although, I wasn't expecting it to be Eclipsa's magic…"

"But isn't her magic the same as mine? Besides, she can't do much without the wand anymore, right?"

"...Well…" The king hesitated, not wanting to burden Moon with more information than she needed. He decided to cut the conversation short as not to peak her curiosity. "...I suppose you're right, sweetie."

"So he will not be returning?" she asked, tilting her head.

"It's unlikely he will be teaching you."

She sighed. "That's good…" Moon deflated from her tense posture. She didn't like the feeling of Toffee around. He was too cunning for her liking. "I'm glad that-"

Growl

The princess covered her stomach, a blush spreading across her face. Nebula let out a soft chuckle at seeing her daughter in a rare state of embarrassment.

She groaned. "What is it about skipping lunch that makes me so hungry all the time…?"

"Perhaps it's time you ate some dinner, Moon."

"Y-yes… I think I'll, um… go eat… Good night, father." She exited the premise at a brisk pace, as if running from the previous scene would make everyone forget her hunger faster. "...Stupid stomach…"

I'm thinking I should move this Moon Butterfly AU into its own series. idk if people are interested in that, so up to you guys if you want to see it in its own story. Otherwise, I'll keep updating it here... actually maybe I should move it into its own fic...

Also, why do people think Toffee is Moon's old lover or something along that line? I just can't get on board with that theory. Seems very unlikely to me.

REVIEW RESPONSES

Guest Sorta: lol I hope you read that one when you were mad then. Good. Let the angst flow through you. Angst leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. And hate leads to reading more starco fics. I think...

KrissDomm: Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. And if Daron Nefcy actually actually takes this idea and makes an episode off it, I'd be too hyped to control myself. They better credit me tho :v jk jk but it'd be really cool if they could do an episode on dreams one day.

HiatusQueen: lol take their interactions as you will, either as best friends, flirty best friends, or starco bf/gf interactions :D and I'm glad you liked Indexia! She'll be back in future oneshots maybe.

SonicE1337: lol yeah I got this idea from watching Inception again, but I didn't want to make it super serious mind blowing or anything. I was going for the usual SvFOE style of silliness and fun. And thanks a ton! That's some serious complements there! I'm just doing what I can.