It's been a while. Life has gotten in my way. But now, it returns triumphantly, Setup is here.
We begin now.
"BEGIN!" Rebeldes said, rallying up his troops for the final battle. The bombs went off as soon as the Fluridions set foot in the lobby of the palace, setting of the chain reaction of events that would set up our plot.
At the top of the tower, Moon was taking care of her crying daughter Star, while River waited anxiously at the window, waiting for their arrival.
But there was no arrival.
Just a sound of an explosion, which drew his attention.
"Moon, did you feel that?" He asked, worried.
"Feel what?" She responded, feeding the bottle to Star.
As soon as River opened his mouth, the tower toppled over, sending both of them falling.
"FLOATING BUBBLE PROTECTION!" Moon screamed, encasing her daughter in an indestructible bubble that would protect her from the fall.
As River went down, he thought slowly, trying to figure out what had caused this attack. He heard screams. Screams from his people.
"This was an attack on our kind! This would obviously mean war."
But as he went down, the screams went from fear to celebration, and he realized the grim reality.
His own people want him and his family killed.
The tower landed, leaving River and Moon with ankle and leg injuries. The crowd moved over fast, getting ready to kill the final Butterfly's.
"MOON! We need to act fast! I'll get the scissors, I'll teleport us out, and then we'll go! Keep watch!" River said, yelling the plan.
"I think it would be wise to not yell the plan."
She ran over, ready to protect her family.
River ran over to the bed, where the kept the extra dimensional scissors. Along with that, he grabbed a 100 pound bag of gold, and a big book full of spells. He turned around, only to be face to face with his wife.
"We need to run." River said, urgency in her voice. "Don't be so afraid! We'll-"
"No. We need to get out. Now." Moon interrupted, trying to leave. "Why?"
"Because they're sending the best soldier!"
"What do you mean? That can't be so bad-"
A bullet flew right over his head, hitting off his crown in the process.
"Well, it is." Rebeldes said, blowing the smoke from his gun.
"Now." He started, ready for his villain monologue.
"Dance." He started shooting at River's feet, moving forward with every bullet.
"You know, this is too much fun. I'll end up ruining all of it if I don't kill you now." He pointed up, right at River's forehead, pulled the trigger, and-
"GIANT BUBBLE PROTECTION!"
A bigger bubble, containing all 3 of the butterflies, bouncing the bullet off of the bubble, and back at Rebeldes's leg, to which he immediately recoiled.
"AH SHIT!"
River quickly opened up a portal to god knows where, hoping for the best, and walked in with the rest of his family.
Rebeldes got up, obviously paining with every second. He saw the crown laid on the ground, left by River, and picked it up. He placed it on his head, to which he remarked,
"Long live the king."
He paused for a second.
"I'll kill them when it's time."
Time Skip Quote: Daddy's Little Psycho and Mommy's Little Soldier
River was in shit creek without a paddle. It was desert for miles, no food, no water.
"River, you didn't think it through, did you?" Moon said condescendingly.
"Well, do you think I care where I take us during a crisis? We're lucky we're not dead. It's not every day we have a terrorist attack carried on by our own people." River retaliated.
"True, but it was given during training."
"That was 60 fucking years ago! Do you think I remember that?" River yelled, walking forward.
Moon followed suit, and silence ensued for the next 10 minutes, as they walked forwards, looking for life.
"Where do you think we are?" Moon asked, unsure of where they were.
"Probably a dimension abandoned for at least 100 years. We'll be lucky if we have any signs of life. Let's do this: one more hour of searching, and we'll go somewhere else." River answered.
Moon nodded her head, and another silence period took place.
45 minutes later, they spotted a machine, a rather bulky one, looking like a giant version of one of their chariots, except with wheels instead of invisible goats. River took charge immediately, charging towards the machine. After charging, he politely knocked on the door.
He could hear the sound of panicked ruffling from inside the machine, and then came out another person with a gun. This time it was a young man no older than 24, in baggy clothing, pointing a gun at them.
"What the hell are you doing here, bitch?" The man said, pointing at River.
River nervously gulped, and tried to speak, but was pushed aside by Moon.
"I'm Moon. He's River. We are lost. You probably heard of us?" Moon said.
"Honestly, who the hell are you? I've never seen you before, heard of you, and you're dressed like you just came out from Comic-Con." The man responded, the gun still pointed.
"We are royalty from the Mewni dimension!" Moon responded.
"This is the United States of America, bitch. We are a democracy. Now please leave before I blow your fucking brains out."
"Do you want proof?" Moon said, a smug smile on her face. "Alright, grandma. Prove it."
"Foot to Hand Mishap." She said nonchalantly.
The man's hands became his feet, and vice versa, making his gun go to the ground.
"What the fuck bitch?" The man, said, falling down at the same time as his gun did.
"Now will you let me in to your establishment?" Moon said smugly.
"Yes, bitch, as long as you change me back!" He said, fire in his eyes. Moon did as she was told, and he got turned back to normal. He picked up his gun and then ushered them in.
"How did you do that?" River whispered. "Doing something rather than threatening someone is usually a better tactic." Moon whispered back, a smug smile still plastered on her face.
They walked in, and the first thing both of them spotted was a bald man in a gas mask, surrounded by various flasks filled with various liquids, all of which emitted a smoke with a smell that made both cringe. The bald man, no more than 51, turned around and was scared by the fact that two strangers were in his RV. He threw off his gas mask and ceased production on whatever he was making, and began to yell at the younger man.
"What the hell are these strange people doing in our RV!?" He asked angrily, walking fast at the young man.
"They are legit magic, yo. You don't need to be fucking with them." The younger man responded, charging back at the older man.
"Are you high again, because I will-" The bald man was interrupted by Moon.
"Magical Mouth Marauder." Both the bald man and the baggy clothes man mouths' disappeared, causing the bald man to clutch his mouth while nothing is there, and the younger man to look at him clearly disappointed.
"Magical Mouth Materialization." Their mouths reappeared, causing the bald man to charge quickly at the two.
"Who are you, and what do you want?" The man said threateningly, ready to snap at them. River took his step first.
"We want to know where we are, and if possible, we pay you to take us to your main city and/or leader." River said confidently.
"Well first I'd like to know what you are doing out here, where you come from, and who you are. You are magic for hell's sake." The bald man responded. This time it was Moon who took the first step.
"I am Queen Moon Butterfly, and he is King River Butterfly. We were king and queen of the Mewni dimension, until our own people overthrew us just around an hour ago, leading to our very minor injuries. We teleported out our dimension and into another random one, and ended up here. We are here to start a new life and raise our daughter, Star, correctly."
The bald man was taken aback at this statement, and didn't question it due to the fact his mouth just got taken away from his body.
"Well, I'm sorry to hear that." He stopped talking and smiled. This made River confused.
"Weren't you supposed to tell us where we are?" River asked.
"Oh, shit. My bad. This is the 'Earth Dimension'", the extra emphasis on "Earth Dimension", "In the country of the United States, State of New Mexico, city of Albuquerque. That does answer anything?" River, obviously pleased by this answer, took charge.
"Why yes! I studied the Earth Dimension in my time studying for the crown! A wonderful place this is! So, will you take us to urban Albuquerque?" River asked.
The younger man in the baggy clothes barged into the scene.
"Where's the pay, geezer?" He said impatiently.
River grabbed a handful of Mewnian currency out of the 100 pound bag, equal to about one pound. He handed it over to the younger man.
"What are these, Sacajawea dollars? What the hell?" The bald man looked over, and then looked ecstatic. "Yo, what's up with you?"
"Jesse, this is pure gold. And this equals out to about a pound. That is almost $19,500. That will help out our business big time!"
"That means we can get faster on cooking the cryst-" The bald man covered the younger man's mouth, telling him to be quiet. The Butterfly's didn't mind this, and were anxious to get on their way.
Daddy's Little Psycho and Mommy's Little Solider
They arrived in urban Albuquerque after about 45 minutes.
"Thank you for the ride, stranger!" Moon replied. "Now. Where to live." Moon asked herself and River, looking at a billboard sign that read Diaz Realty.
Well, sorry for the wait, but I hope this chapter helped out a lot. I've noticed a lack of SvTFOE fanfics lately, and I wanted to change that. I'll try to start uploading regularly.
Next chapter will start the beginning of Marco.
Now! A game I want to start.
For 50 points: name the song that my time skip quote came from.
For 25 points: name the show the bald man and the baggy clothes man came from.
Thanks for reading, and as always, keep your stick on the ice.