Chapter 2: Crossing
Disclaimer: I don't own Star vs the Forces of Evil and this is just purely a work of fiction from the authors twisted mind. That is all.
"What do you mean, the Dimensional Scissors, broke?" Queen Butterfly asked narrowing her gaze suspiciously at her daughters nervous figure. The term, Mother knows best wasn't wasted of the Queen. She knew Star better than anyone else, even her own father. So she immediately figured that something went wrong again and she needed her advice.
"Well you see, there was. . . .this guy. . . who. . .uh. . . has this pair of Dimensional Scissors and it . .-," Star stared unsure how to go about it, she'd figure he mother wouldn't believe a word she was about to say.
"Star, only those born of the royal families which is limited to only the successors or appointed heads , Nobility or those with proper authorization are permitted to own a pair of Dimensional Scissors." Queen Butterfly reminded her daughter.
"I know! It's just this guy is from a Parallel Universe!" Star explained glancing over to the side where Comet was eating Nacho's and idly chatting with Marco and Marcia.
Queen Butterfly's eyes widened in disbelief "Star,"
"I'm not joking, Mom!"
Queen Butterfly looked her daughter in the eye and saw there was nothing but the truth and only the truth with a hint of determination.
The Queen let out a sigh "Alright, Star, so what your telling me is that someone of royal blood from a Parallel Universe is here in our Universe, and your saying that this person managed to destroy a pair of Dimensional Scissors which is basically impossible as the blades were forged in the deepest parts of the Underworld with only the finest and strongest, A powerful crystal from the Mines of Pixtopia capable of sustaining dimensional travel without altering your anatomy and coming out of the other head of the portal with your feet have replaced your arms and your torso has become your rump,"
"Pfftt," Star struggled not to laugh.
"And with the magic of our Ancient ancestors in their quest for unification imbued, has been broken in two by some sort of . . . of . . Visitor from another Universe?" Queen Butterfly said raising her brow in skepticism.
"Yep!" Star nodded enthusiastically.
"Star, Dear. Forgive me if I say I don't believe any word of what you are saying as it is impossible."
"But, I,"
"I'm afraid I have to cut this short, your father is returning from his search" The Queen said as the royal horns could be heard from the distance as the King returned.
Star's eye widened "H-How is it going? D-did he find it?" Star asked, her eyes full of hope.
"I'm afraid not, Sweetheart. But don't worry we will keep searching. You can count on us." The Queen smiled warmly easing her daughters worries. "Goodbye, Dear, and remember, we love you" And with that the mirror flickered into black.
Star hung her head low in disappointment. It had been awhile since the whole incident with Toffee, while her wand did get an upgrade it didn't change the fact that it was completely destroyed because of her carelessness and now it was missing a very important piece. Her parents let her stay on earth because they were fearful that the person who caused all this would hunt Star down if they ever found out the wand was still intact so they were on the clock 24/7 searching for him, so in the mean time Star stayed with Marco's family who had been trained by the Royal Guards courtesy of the King and Queen to make sure they could protect Star, which they were all too willing to accept.
She couldn't help but feel guilty.
"Star," She felt Marco's hand rest on her shoulder and his soothing voice lift her spirits "You okay?" He asked, already knowing the answer. "Yeah. I am" Star smiled back to her usual self.
She lifted her head to face Marco and realize the proximity of how close their faces were "Of course I'm okay Marco, why wouldn't I be okay? I mean aren't nacho's okay?" Star rambled on not knowing how to stop and why she suddenly felt so empty headed "You okay? Cause your sure look Fine! I mean, I'm fine! ha ha ha . . . what else would I mean?. . . I uh, need to go take a bath" Star blushed running out the door leaving albeit tripping over a few of her things that were lying on the ground before getting up and acting like nothing happened and slamming the door closed.
"Well, at least she back to normal now, I guess if you could call that normal" Marco said hoping that Star would be okay after tripping so much. Thinking back to their promise after seeing how cluttered Star's room was and how he promised not to clean up after her anymore. Know he felt more tempted than ever.
Inside the bathroom, Star was sitting inside the tub in a fetal position with the shower running.
"What did I just do?" She asked herself never feeling so ashamed in her life over saying such simple meaningless words her mouth just spluttered on its own. And in the middle of her sentence she accidentally let it slip. Hopefully Marco was dense enough to let it slide.
But it didn't stop her from feeling so scared if he found out, until know Star had never really looked at Marco anything more than a true friend. She had no idea why that suddenly change without any warning. It was just to sudden for her.
"Maybe," Star's eyes widened in realization as she suddenly stood upright causing her foot to slip "Woah!" Luckily for her she managed to place her hand on the wall to support herself. Heaving out a breath of relief she was filled with a goal and a thirst for knowledge. "To the Royal Archives!" She exclaimed cutting open a rift with her Dimensional Scissors back to Mewni.
"Hmm," Marcia hummed to herself bringing the empty plate of Nacho's downstairs as she began washing the dishes. She grimaced as soon as she saw the condition of the kitchen with several food stains clinging to the walls and the fruity smell the hung around the air. When she was drying the plates she heard footsteps approach her.
"Hey, thanks for helping me clean up but you really shouldn't have, I can handle it by myself you guys are the guests." Marco said helping her put the dishes back in place.
"Nah, its okay, guess I just couldn't help myself. This might make me sound like some sort of neat-freak but its kind of a reflex for me to clean whenever there's a mess" Marcia laughed.
"Heh, I know what you mean" Marco replied.
"I guess we are alike"
"Well we are the same person"
"Yeah," Marcia nodded.
"Sorry for the mess, I didn't have a chance to clean up before you guys showed up"
"Don't worry about, we totally understand." Marcia reassured.
Silence followed after that as the two began helping each other clean up the mess in the kitchen.
"So, I've been wondering," Marco started.
"Yeah," Marcia looked up as she was mopping the floor.
Marco looked a bit hesitant to ask, "How did you guys even get here," He started muttering under his breath that Marcia heard but couldn't quite make out.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean," He stopped wiping the counters "Are you really me? F-from another universe? I mean, what's it like there? How can I be sure you guys are real? And this isn't some trick, whose to say your aren't one of Toffee's men out to get Star again?" His gripped on the rag tightened as he refused to face his alternate self.
"Toffee?" Marcia wondered "Whose that?"
Marco could feel his eye twitch in irritation.
"Are you being serious right now?"
"What are you talking about?" Marcia asked with no clue as to what he was saying.
"Don't play dumb! Don't tell me next your going to say you have no Monster's chasing after you and attacking you daily to steal the wand?! I don't trust you" Marco exclaimed getting all up in her face.
"Uhhh, dude," Marcia slowly pushed Marco's face away with her free hand and step back a few steps. "Calm down for a sec, look, I honestly have no idea who your talking about right now, and yeah, me and Comet do fight monsters daily, but, its not because they want to take the wand from him, its more complicated than that. You and I both know that even though we might look the same but were still different people, though we sometimes act like each other, remember we come from a Parallel Universe and we don't lead the same life you guys do. It's similar but still different." Marcia explained relieved to see Marco's shoulders relax.
"I know, and I'm sorry. But I just can't get over what happened, it was because of me and I just sat there, doing nothing as Star's wand got destroyed in exchange for my safety. If it wasn't for me, Star's wand wouldn't be broken" He sighed squeezing his bicep.
"Wait. Broken?" Marcia asked.
"It's a long story"
"And a story I'm afraid has to wait," Comet interjected as he walked towards the two. "The bathroom is flooded and Star is nowhere to be seen"
"What?!" Marco's yelled.
"But where could she have gone?" Marcia thought out loud.
Marco got a grip knowing where she was "I think I know where she is," He said going up the stairs. "Follow me" He said leading Comet and Marcia to his parents room.
"Dude, what are we doing here?" Comet asked.
Marcia just stood shocked at how this room was exactly just like her parents back in her universe.
Marco started rummaging through his parents drawers "I'm looking for something that-" Uncovering the item within his parents underwear draw was something he was not proud of and would forever add to the list of things he'd wish he just forget but would always remember when doing something completely random much to his dismay.
"Ha! Found it!" He exclaimed holding the object for the three of them to see. "These Dimensional Scissors were the ones Star's parents gave us in case of any emergency. These we'll take us where we need to go"
"And where is that exactly?" Comet asked.
"To Mewni"
"Hmmm, nope! nope! nope!" Star said going through all the books of the Royal Library. She grabbed the next book looking at the cover hitting the jackpot "Ohhhh, Yea- nope!" She threw the book to the side as she continued to search.
"Who knew looking for that book would be so hard? This is going to take me forever!" She exclaimed looking up at the gigantic book cases which were only some of many that belong to her parents collection hearing her voice bounce of the walls creating a long drawled echo. And will only continue to grow as every Mewni Royal Blood must at least contribute a few books as it is an unofficial tradition according to her to her mother.
"Wait a second," Star said noticing a text written in Mewnish carved into the wooden bookcase.
"Tomes and Historical books of Mewni relations and origins" That's when Star realized that there were labels on every bookcase. "No wonder I couldn't find it, I was looking in the wrong place!" She said lightly knocking her forehead with her fist.
Star started walking around the different sections until she eventually found what she was looking for "The Forbidden Section, huh?" It was a old wooden door with a few chips, dents and claw marks located in the deepest part of the archive. "Whatever is in here must be something Demonic related! Or else it wouldn't be forbidden" Star said. But knowing her parents it must have been rigged with bobby traps or something.
"Hmm," Star began to think "Aha! What if-" Star reached for the doorknob hesitantly, waiting for something to happen, turning her hand she prepared herself to be blasted into smithereens. But nothing happened.
"Huh, so its that easy? How anticlimactic" Star shrugged as she entered and the door closed by itself. Looking left and right she could see different bookcases that had different glowing runes which signified their place of origin. Purple meant Pixtopia, Pink meant Mewni, Orange Meant Galafamor, Green meant Earth and Blue meant the Dowager, Red for Andromeda and Black for the Underworld.
She reached the 6th self on the right, it was a small collection that barely filled half of the bookshelf, Star was hesitant to touch some of the book as though they seemed alive, she tried to grab one of the books before it said "You read me, you die" Suddenly gaining a mouth and spewing acid on the floor which she was able to avoid.
Star grimaced and carefully side-stepped over the gaping hole that opened through the floor.
Though the language of the Underworld was considered dead and ancient by anyone who lived outside the four planes of eternal suffering Star was one of the few people who could speak and read the dead language thanks to the time she spent with Tom who was admittedly a really cool guy if you overlooked the fact that he got insanely jealous and clingy over the smallest things. And set himself and others on fire on a regular basis.
"Let's see," Star muttered going through a collection of books that seemed relatively safe and non life threatening.
"A guide through the four Plane of Eternal suffering, the book of the dead 2nd copy, the royal lineage through the millennials, a guide to resurrection for dummies," Star's eye widened as she found the book, she struggled to pull it out from its place along with the insulting and discourageable insults the other books yelled at her.
"Wimp!"
"Aw, can't the pretty pretty princess even lift a teeny weensy book? Ha!"
"Well. . . That's just sad"
They were really mean.
She fell to the ground with a harsh thud holding the book in her arms. "Ow," She groaned sitting upright. Happy to know that this book wasn't alive like the others. Rather, it seemed quite normal for a book that was made in the Underworld. It was large enough to barely fit in her lap, it was covered in a thick layer of dust and had gold markings etched into the sides of the cover leading into the large crest of the Royal family that comprised the front cover along with four separate sides, the four places each soul would go to after death.
She took in a large breath and blew it on the floor making the dust fly everywhere making her cough a few times.
Opening the book and running her finger through the Index she took a large chunk of pages and opened in to her desired chapter.
"Aha! The Blood Moon"
Authors Note: Which is totally optional!
-Alrighty then, hmmm, so all I can say on this chapter is that I am a bit stumped and have done and considered so many changes to how it would have gone but this is the best I can do for now since I have Summer School. . . . T-T
-I hope this is enough, I think its best that I leave it like this for better development in the following chapters. If you ask me I for one think its a bit too short for my liking. But other than that I like how it went.
-As for the updates, I've been thinking and I've narrowed it down to either 2 or 3 to 4 times a week depending on how motivated I am and how free my time is. But for now I've put it down to 3 times a weeks at best.
-That's all for know and thank's for reading and supporting this story, everyone! It means a lot!
-Peace out!