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Same Day: Mewni

Outside: Other Skiff

Sir Scarsgaurd lets go of the rope that's attached to Star's Skiff and drops to his feet on the Mewman skiff below Star's. He quickly says to the 3 soldiers on board, "Nothing personal, boys." He punches Soldier 1 out easily. He turns around and kicks forward to Soldier 2, knocking him out and giving Soldier 3 enough time to get out his sword.

Soldier 3 swings his sword at Sir Scarsgaurd, who quickly blocks the swing by hitting the soldier's wrist with his left wrist and grabs the soldier's wrist with the same hand, he quickly hits Soldier 3's held forearm, making him drop his sword and Sir Scarsgaurd hits him hard in the face, knocking him out. Sir Scarsgaurd is panting as he looks up and salutes to Star.


Star's Skiff

Star nods gratefully back to Sir Scarsgaurd before looking forward. Tom looks forward, trying to understand where they're going, as they are no longer followed.

Janna steers the skiff to the right, towards a rocky mountain peak, where a tiny narrow cave can just be seen.

Tom calls out shakily as his golden-yellow eyes stare forward, "Janna..."

Janna continues to steer forward without fear, saying, "If it were easy, everyone would do it."

Star looks back at Janna in disbelief, "Are you mad?"

Janna answers with a crazy grin, "Possibly." Star and Tom kneel down, and they both place a protective hand on Marco's and Jackie's shoulders as they look forward.

Janna steers the skiff into the cave that is so narrow that the edges of the skiff smash against the walls of the tunnel/cave. Iridescent crystals are faintly seen on the walls of the cave, and as they whizz through, the crystals light up with the same effect as that of the Bifrost. The crystals light up brightly until everything blurs.


SVARTALFHEIM: Dark Lizard World

The skiff exits the cave/tunnel as it transports through the cave, landing in another world, ricocheting off the black sands of Svartalfheim, the Dark Lizard's home world.

Janna said successfully as they successfully made the hidden portal, "Ta-da!"


Inside: The Dark Lizard Ark

Kurse/Rasticore walks down a crowded hallway of Dark Lizard guards as he approaches Toffee, who is sitting/laying back on a chair, still recovering from Star and Tom's attack (From Chapter 7). A couple of guards are treating him.

Kurse/Rasticore says, "We must strike now."

Toffee taps a guard's hand away as he tells Kurse/Rasticore, "No." The Dark Lizard steps back, "Mewni is meaningless." Toffee opens his eyes and sits up as if he's sensing something. He turns his head to look at Kurse/Rasticore, Toffee's face black from the attack, "The Aether has found its way home."


SVARTALFHEIM: Fields / Star's Skiff

Star's skiff glides upon the dead realm of Svartalfheim, flying over dead plains and broken cities, flying over any ruins that are lost to the world and many others.

Star places a blanket over Marco and Jackie, who are both still weak and unconscious. Tom is lying down on the bench, getting some rest, across from Janna, who sits on the left of the till, keeping a cuffed hand on it.

Janna watches Star but shakes her head and sighs as she looks at Marco and Jackie, "What could I do with the power that flows through those veins?"

Star tells Janna as she stands and sits down beside Tom's head, "It would consume you." She adjusts Tom's cloak, making sure he's comfortable.

Janna tells Star as she talks about Marco and Jackie, "They're holding up alright." She leans forward in her seat, looking at Star pointedly, "For now."

Star defends Marco and Jackie, "They're strong in ways you'd never even know."

Janna tells Star, "Say goodbye."

Not looking at Janna, Star said determinedly, "Not this day."

Janna gets frustrated with Star's resistance to believe that Marco and Jackie might die, "This day, the next, a hundred years, it's nothing." She stands up, still holding the tiller, "It's a heartbeat. You'll never be ready. The only man whose love you've prized will be snatched from you."

Star is getting mad at Janna, "And will that satisfy you?"

Janna tells Star almost simply, "Satisfaction is not in my nature."

Star is looking at Janna with a stern expression, "Surrender is not in mine."

Janna mocks, "The daughter of Moon..."

Star denies, "No." She says slowly, "Not just of Moon." Star rises from her seat and steps towards Janna, "You think you alone were loved of Father? You had his tricks, but I had his trust."

Janna questions, getting mad at the mention of River, "Trust? Was that his last expression? Trust? When you let him die?" Tom shifts quietly, being awakened by Star and Janna's 'discussion'.

Star steps closer to Janna, "What help were you in your cell?"

Janna questions as she gestures to Star with her head, "Who put me there?" She shouts, "Who put me there?!"

Star leap towards Janna, "You know damn well!" She knocks Janna back against the skiff wall near the edge, "You know damn well who!" Star raises her fist to Janna but stops herself from taking the swing. Both sisters pause, breathing heavily in shock.

Tom places his left hand on Star's shoulder, making both sisters turn their heads toward him. Tom's expression hard, almost glaring at the two with his normal eyes, he tells them as he talks about River, "He wouldn't wanted you to fight." Tom gives Star a light push with his hand, and Star backs away.

Janna sits up a bit, thinking about what Tom said for a moment, and her expression lightens. Janna looks between Star and Tom, also talking about River, "Well, he wouldn't exactly be shocked." The sisters and Tom half-chuckle at each other at the true statement.

Star gives a sad smile at Janna, "I wish we could trust you." She looks at Tom, who looks down sadly before she turns away from Janna, who stares after her with an expression one could almost interpret as sad and regretful.

Janna stands up, telling Star and Tom with a tilt of her head, "Trust my rage." Tom lays back down on the bench, looking out at the ruins before closing his eyes again.


Earth: London, England

Psychiatric Facility

Brittney and Justin are signing the release forms for Mr. Candle.

Guard 1, standing behind the counter, "You'll have to sign for your father's belongings, Mr. Candle."

Justin, not paying attention as guard 1, places the release forms and a pen in front of him. Brittney nudges the absent-minded Justin, who turns his head to Brittney, "What?" Brittney gives him a look, and Justin turns to the guard, who points at the forms, "Oh, yeah." He says awkwardly, almost trying to be believable but sorta failing, "My father, Mr. Candle." Brittney gives him a look of disbelief before it disappears and looks at the guard.

Guard 1 nods, and Justin signs the forms. Then the guard lists Mr. Candle's confiscated belongings, "One man's leather wallet, brown. One keyring, three keys." He slides the two items forward, "Prescription medicine..." He grabs a bag with many prescribed bottles of medicine. The guards look in disapproval, "Various." He bends down to look for something. Brittney hears a door being closed, turns to her left, and steps away from the counter. The guard strains, "And..."

Brittney sees Mr. Candle approaches with an escort and calls out, "Mr. Candle!"

Guard 1 drops a large, heavy device on the counter in front of Justin, "These."

Justin looks at what appears to be a bunch of scientific tent poles/devices that Mr. Candle was holding while running naked before getting arrested (From Chapters 4 & 11). He mutters awkwardly, not knowing what that device is, "Yeah. Those." He looks at the guard and smiles fakely, "Thank goodness." The guard looks at him.

Brittney grabs Mr. Candle's attention as he walks closer, "Mr. Candle!"

Mr. Candle looks blankly at Brittney as he cautiously stays a few feet from her, "Yes?"

Brittney awkwardly gestures to herself, saying, "It's, uh, Brittney."

Mr. Candle's eyes widen as realization dawns on him, "Brittney." Brittney smiles and waves cheerfully, and he walks towards her, then gives her a hug, "So good to see you."

Brittney was initially surprised and awkward before returning the hug, "Oh, I missed you too."

Mr. Candle asks Brittney, somewhat confused, "How did you find me?"

Justin packs up Mr. Candle's stuff and answers him, "You were naked on TV." Mr. Candle looks at Justin, confused.

Brittney, still stuck in Mr. Candle's embrace, past his back, "Okay, time to go, lots to do." She smiles but is uncomfortable with the long hug, "Getting weird now."


Psychiatric Facility: Corridor

Brittney, Mr. Candle, and Justin walk down a corridor, Justin struggling to carry Mr. Candle's gadgets as Brittney rants, "I should not be left in charge of stuff like this. I don't get paid enough." She mutters, "I don't get paid, period."

Justin introduces himself to Mr. Candle, who grabs his bag of meds off of Justin, "I'm Justin, by the way, uh, Brittney's intern." He says a bit sadly, "Yeah, I don't get paid either." He asks Mr. Candle, who pulls out a med bottle, "Are you alright?"

Mr. Candle tells Justin, "I've had a God in my brain." He swallows a liquid from the bottle, "I don't recommend it." Just then, the tent poles Justin is carrying beeps. Justin stops walking and looks down at the device before hurrying after the two.


Outside

Justin catches up to Mr. Candle and Brittney as they leave the building. Justin tells Mr. Candle, "Mr. Candle, sir, your gear is beeping at me."

Mr. Candle says to them, "It's happening. It's sooner than I calculated."

Brittney questions confusingly as she looks at Mr. Candle, "Wait, what's happening?" Mr. Candle stops walking to stare at a flock of birds in the sky. Brittney asks as she looks up at the birds, "Birds? Birds are happening?"

Justin corrects Brittney as he stares up at the sky, "They're starlings. It's called a murmuration." He smiles, "My dad, he used to take me bird-watching as a kid."

Brittney comments, "Nerd." Justin frowns at the back of her head.

Mr. Candle's eyes widen, "Look!" The birds then disappear in mid-flight.

Brittney looks around, "Where'd they go?" Moments later, as the three looked around, the birds suddenly erupted from the very ground at their feet and flew back into the air. Brittney screams as she and Justin duck down to avoid the birds as they fly past them. Brittney whimpers as she looks around and checks herself uncomfortably before exclaiming, "What the hell was that?" She looks at a smiling Mr. Candle, "Why are you smiling?"

Mr. Candle looks down at the bag of meds in his hands, "There's nothing more reassuring than realizing that the world is crazier than you are." He puts the bottle of meds in the bag before wrapping it up, walking away, and throwing his bag of meds into a nearby bin as he tells them, "Take me to Jackie's and Marco's lab!"


SVARTALFHEIM: Star's Skiff

Star's skiff is still gliding overtop of the remains of a ruined Dark Lizard City. Tom is sleeping on the bench, dreaming.


Tom's Dream: Night

Tom's Balcony

Tom is sitting on the balcony of his room at the Palace, wearing his pajamas as he is going to bed soon. Tom, staring up at the stars, hears a sound behind him. He slowly grabs his knife from under his left leg. As he hears the figure step closer, he quickly turns and swings his arm up to the intruder.

A hand grabs Tom's wrist, stopping him, "Tom, stop." Tom's eyes widen when he sees Janna, who looks at him with a slight glare.

Tom lowers his knife, giving Janna a glare himself, "Don't you knock?"

Janna tells Tom honestly, "I did knock." Tom gives her a look of disbelief, "But I guess you didn't hear." Janna with short hair. This was before Star went to Earth and Janna changed.

Tom tilts his head a bit as he questions, his tone a little harsh, "So, you decided to walk in?"

Janna shrugs carelessly, "Yes." Tom scoffs in disbelief.


{Author's Note: Hey guys, don't worry the dream will continue on in the next chapter. I hope you all enjoy the fanfic. Can anyone guess what will happen between Janna and Tom? Read and find out 😋.}