King Butterfly and his royal guard return to the castle where the doors are opened and in front of them Rhombolus was waiting for them.
"Good afternoon, your majesty!"
"Rhombulus, I just wanted to see you, I know you're busy with the Eclipsa theme but I need you to do something for me later." River speaks with his serious tone than usual.
"Understood, I'll be with the rest of the commission if you need me," the glass man says to his king who resumes his way to the castle.
...
Inside the royal office: Queen Moon Butterfly was sitting at her desk in front of a lot of form and documents which she read calmly. all this mess of Eclipsa was not making it easy for the queen who by her daughter's forced requests declared that the dark queen would have a trial to determine her innocence even knowing that this thing would not work.
Moon leaves the paperwork on the table exhaling from the stress caused by this issue. not only had to take charge of the trial but hours before her husband had received a message from the kingdom johanssen that a disaster had happened that needed his presence.
the door of the office opens revealing River who by Moon's observation was semi dusty.
"Is that ash?" asks the queen to her husband, curious to know what the emergency was about.
"A portion of the forest was completely burned," River says sitting in front of his wife and removing the ashes from his shoulder pads.
"A forest fire?" Moon asked.
"If it was a fire it would have spread through the bosqur, but this incident was different ... but the fire was caused by a demon" explains the king of Mewni to his queen who raises her eyebrows a little.
"A demon, do you think Tom ...?"
"Of course not ... the witnesses said the color of the fire was purple." River corrects his wife.
"Purple fire ... Lazarus again?" Moon asks with slight surprise.
"Maybe ... also a witness who precended everything saw a trio of people who could not identify, but described what they were wearing and were black robes with a symbol which is a white sun"
Moon opens her eyes with surprise to hear what her husband said "white sun" thought inside after remembering to see that kind of clothing for decades "can not be that she is still alive"
"Moon, are you okay?" asks his wife who takes her out of his thoughts.
"I'm sorry that the last thing you said reminded me of having seen it before" explains Moon holding a cup of tea and drinking it.
"Really, what does it sound like?" asked River again who wanted to know the answer to this matter.
"River ... have you never heard of the society of the black sun?
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Almost half a month had passed since society had taken the last descendant of the red goddess to his guards. Lazarus upon waking up immediately was locked up by Morgana to avoid his hostility and made him take the decision to be locked up or take part to avenge his family and recover what is his by right which within a couple of days I agree to join society. he had really liked the previous mission to be cautious but instead a part of the forest of the johanssen kingdom was destroyed. But what would I do? the accidents happened. only now his secret society is no longer so secret as Toby came to her with the news that the society of the black sun was known by almost all the kingdoms. And with that came the precision on the part of its members who a week ago Tobi who was in the company of Talbot to look for liquid magic pits were assaulted by a group of mercenaries but they were treated and both left unharmed.
Now the members of the society were isolated with Tobi lying on a green glass tower, Aurora meditating inside a large puddle, Talbot working on improvements to his suit, Lazarus was leaning against the wall doing nothing and the new member Maw was sitting passing a Jade brick on his great sword.
Maw was an orc that had appeared three days ago in front of his guards. They were literally surprised that he was an orc since they had not seen each other in centuries since the reign of Solaria. Maw said he was the last member of an ancient warrior society called the 10 swordsmen of the swamp, that society was famous for its swords who had unique abilities as dangerous. that brought the attention of Solaria that one day in a battle killed all the members except Maw who escaped and the queen was left with the nine swords, Maw for having failed his pilgrim brothers all over Mewni with his great sword for centuries in the hiding until he had heard about society and came on a rainy night to determine how strong they were.
Obviously Morgana asked Lazarus to take charge and both monsters fought with Maw doing several cutting wind attacks with his sword to Lazarus bringing problems but in the end Lazarus was victorious against Maw and when he got up he knelt in front of the society begging them to leave him join the society of the black sun to redirmirse before his brothers and recover their swords. Morgana, seeing the abilities of his sword, took it and accepted it in his society.
Now the leader of the black sun was floating above in a large cauldron pouring liquid magic into it to feed Toffee who was already growing more. his regeneration process was going well. only a little more time was needed and the society would be almost complete. For Morgana: Toffee played an important part of his life in his infacia already destroyed and was someone closer to a friend. Bringing it back was essential.
bubbles came to the surface, drawing Morgan's attention to the fact that Toffee was in the process of regeneration and that was good news. soon the lizard will be complete again and will recover consciousness. Morgan passes her black hand through the viscous Toffee wax and in the center of the kettle a lizard's eye opens and stares at Morgana who makes her smile.
...
Winter has arrived in Mewni and the black sun has not done anything since then more than just spy on the kingdoms and they had compiled several facts in Mewni: Eclipsa had escaped from her crystal prison and was awaiting trial against the commission magic the news caught the attention of society because a few knew the story that she had betrayed her kingdom because she had fallen in love with a monster and was exiled but did not know that she was in fact locked up. that did not surprise Morgan because she knew the magical commission. they also noted that the precision against society had diminished as there were no more assaults on reconnaissance and search missions. Tobi and Lazarus made it very clear, Talbot was checking the functions of his suit, Maw was practicing with his sword, Aurora was wintering in the frozen puddle since it was cold blood and Morgana was still watching the regeneration of Toffee who was now in a hermetically sealed coffin with an extensive supply of liquid magic. There was little left for her to be reborn and Morgana was ready to receive him. Tobi, Talbot, Lazarus and Maw were at the top watching the discreetly the return of the new member of the black sun.
the coffin began to shake violently as a greenish light began to emanate from it. with the passage of seconds, the coffin began to wobble from one side to the other threatening to fall off the table where it was on top. the coffin finally fell on its side opening, expelling greenish liquid and also the body of Toffee who was lying on the ground covered in his own substance which does not seem to give signs of life.
Morgana was stiff as a statue looking at the inert body of Toffee thinking if it had worked or not. only the sound of his boot touching the ground was enough for the rectilian to rise wildly over Morgana to catch her but she foresees it and leaps back evading it. Morgan stared at Toffee who was growling fiercely with his long hair soaked over his face and his body completely naked, his eyes wild as compared to his fearsome open jaws with his sharp teeth.
"Toffee ..!" Morgana mentions her ally who was threateningly approaching her growling. Morgana supposed that reviving made him forget who he was. luckily she knew how to solve it.
Just as the reptilian was about to attack, Morgana moves at an impressive speed and presses her black hand on Toffee's forehead. then inside the mind of Toffee felt an authentic sparkle which makes him review moments of his life in front of his eyes frenetically, remembering each day of his life struggling to survive, every moment planning how to overthrow the Butterfly ...
... also remembered the last seconds of his life.
After Morgan withdrew her hand from Toffee's forehead, she threw herself to the ground on her knees, breathing heavily with her hair covering her eyes. He remembered everything, remembered who he was and also his purpose to be in this world.
"Toffee ... are you there?" Morgana speaks, arching her left eyebrow waiting for him to answer her
Toffee regulated his breathing finally calming, the reptile rises in front of Morgana and runs his hand over his face to remove the hair on his face and look at Morgana with the same grimace as always.
"Morgana" finally speaks Toffee with the same neutral tone as always, tone that made Morgana smile.
"Welcome to the world of the living again" speaks with gentile to the reptilian who was stretching parts of his body.
"How long has it taken you to bring me back?" he asks stretching his arms glorifying that he returned to feel his whole body until his missing finger was recovered before he died.
"I had a little help"
Suddenly they raise their eyes seeing a giant hand of green glass coming down towards them and see that on top of the hand was the rest of society who got out of hand and it disappears.
"So this is what Morgana was working on?" Talbot spoke crossing his arms ignoring Toffee.
"I know him: he is Toffee, he was the one who murdered Comet Butterfly, the former princess of Moon Butterfly" Maw speaks pointing to the Rectilian who was watching them too.
"huh ... I see that in my life you have expanded the group" Toffee speaks crossing his arms approaching them, scanning them with his eyes.
"What are you looking at us so much?" growled Lazarus, looking at Toffee with a frown.
"Excuse me, I was just watching you closer, a pleasure to meet you all, my name is Toffee and it's an honor ..."
"Yeah, yeah whatever, can you put on some clothes?" interrupts Talbot looking at Toffee out of the corner of his eye without having to look at his private parts with a slight smile.
"Oh ... excuse me again, back to life has made me forget my manners, will not they have something that I can cover?" the rectilian asks the four of them and they look at Talbot.
"what!?" Ponyhead confused question who caught it seconds late and frustrated takes off the tunic of society and gives it Toffee.
"Thank you very much, I promise to return it clean" he says as he adjusts the tunic on his waist leaving only his torso exposed.
"So we're already full?" Maw asked the group leaning against the wall.
"We still have one left, but we still can not take it because it is still regenerating" Morgana speaks.
"Another Reptilian?" Talbot asks.
"Yes ... and his name is Rasticore"
"I'll ruin that useless?" Lazarus gets in the way of the conversation.
"It's useless in its current state, what you have to do is wait until it separates from Meteora and recruit it," explained Toffee algrupo.
"Wait, do you come back from death and now you want to become the leader of this society?" Talbot asks haughty before the lizard.
"Do not confuse Talbot but Toffee is my right hand" Morgana explains to the ponyhead.
"What about Tobi?" the orc asks, looking at the boy.
"my second right hand"
"What about the other four who never told us their names?"
"I have a lot of hands" Morgana speaks irritably to Maw.
"Okay, I understood" the orc crosses his hands looking elsewhere.
"Believe me, my plan to bring Rasticore will be perfect" speaks Toffee with a touch of egocentricity in his vocabulary.
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the winter is over and Aurora is stretched pleased to have taken a good rest in the winter and was ready and full of energy for whatever. Toffee, on the other hand, had already noticed the events that happened after his death and had already planned a strategy to recover his lizard comrade. Toffee who wore a new outfit that was instead the typical tunic of society was a beige jacket with a black sweater and beige pants with a brown belt and a flap with the symbol of the black sun in the pocket of his jacket.
also since his return, he set out to meet the members of society in depth and reveal their synopses about them.
Talbot was a scientist who was consumed by ego and madness and would do anything to show the monarchy of the cloud kingdom his infallible intellect.
Aurora was a woman who was only running away and thinks that society is her means of escape.
Lazarus belonged to an old family whose glory was put in order by the lucitor and who wanted it back at all costs.
Maw was an old soldier marked by a cruel time for the monsters but is dispueato to recover his honor and avenge his fallen brothers.
Then there was Tobi.
for Toffee: Tobi represented an enigma in his mind. He had never engaged in a conversation with him and was endowed with a great power that the lizard knew nothing about.
He closes the book and gets up from the chair leaving the section of the cave to meet the rest of society who were gathered waiting for the lizard.
"Very well ... what is the plan?" Talbot asks Toffee impatiently.
"We will go for Meteora".