+*Above the planet of Nevarro in the Star Wars Galaxy, the Absolute Vindication emerges from hyperspace and moves into an orbital position. DAU Kermit and Rex the T-Rex board the ship, and they head toward the bridge to tell RJ "Jay" Writing Ink about their arrival. The door to the bridge opens.

DAU Kermit: Hi-ho, Jay. We've made it to Nevarro. Everyone's waiting in the hangar to head down for the big watch party, and-whoa. What the heck happened here?

*Kermit and Rex look around to see the bridge's a mess. There are papers, charts, and several evidence boards with more documents attached. There's also a giant note that says "BINGE-READ LUZ CLAWTHORNE. A TON OF CHAPTERS BEHIND!" Jay is sitting on the floor rather than the chair, clad in his Mandalorian armor and lightsaber attached to his hip, but the armor's badly damaged, with the helmet off to one side. Jay looks very stressed like he hasn't been able to sleep for some time now.*

Jay: Oh, hey, guys. Did we get to Nevarro to see The Mandalorian premiere already? I thought that wasn't until next week!

DAU Kermit: Okay, first off, that was this week. Second, what the f*ck am I looking at here? Have you finally gone off the deep end?

Jay: Oh, no, Kermit. This is something that I've been working on while we were in hyperspace for my story. Something important. And CHALLENGING!

DAU Kermit: Okay, you're scaring me, Jay. What could be so hard that you had to devolve into this conspiracy-theory manic state?

Jay: Oh, you know. Just trying to get "Into the Wand" done. It's a big lore arc for the story since it will tell us much more about House Dragonfly, Comet's family, and his ancestors. I just wanted to do things better than the show did, but trying to come up with that has been...hard. I also didn't want to rip off my boy, The Wandering Hippie, so I couldn't go his route! Long story short, this is everything I came up with. You wanna see it?

Rex: REX WANT TO PLAY WITH BABY YODA!

DAU Kermit: Yeah, I'm putting my flipper down. Come on, Jay. We're getting you out of here. Mando's been waiting for us to show up, and we've had to go dark online for the last two days to avoid spoilers. I am not waiting around any longer.

Jay: Fine! But at least let me start the story first! The readers are waiting to see what happens next!

DAU Kermit: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

*Kermit then looks at the readers.*

DAU Kermit: Listen, guys, while I get Jay out of here and help him get some fresh air, just go ahead, read the chapter, and then join us when you're done. We're going to need more people to discuss the episode with.

"Hmmm...it's not bad, but I think that it could use a little more work," Glossaryck said as he looked over his finished drawing of Astrum the Drafted, one of his former students and former King of Mewni. He'd sketched it with pencil, uncomfortable using paints or anything colorful. If he made a mistake with something like that, fixing it would be far harder than with a pencil. He was also working on this from memory, so it might not be as accurate as he would like it to be.

As Glossaryck put the drawing down and reclined back in his chair, he lazily looked around his room, currently filled with discarded pudding cups, a few articles of dirty clothing, and an old-fashioned TV with a mess of wires jutting out of it to various retro gaming consoles. Outside his room, he had a direct view into Rhinon the Riddled's chapter of the Dragonfly Book of Spells. A few of his pet insects were enjoying themselves in the artificial environment. All seemed right with the world.

That is until the book shifted and jostled around, making Glossaryck's house feel like it was caught in an earthquake. Grunting in annoyance, Glossaryck opened his bedroom window, not bothering to use the door, before floating upwards until he reached the next page. From there, he used his magic to transport himself through the book like swimming. He did this until he made his way to the cover of the spell book, where he used one of the crystals like a peephole.

"What do you want? No solicitor's allowed," Glossaryck said in annoyance.

"Glossaryck, it's me," a familiar voice said. Glossaryck then looked up to see the face of his latest student and charge, Prince Comet Dragonfly.

"Oh! Oh, yes, yes, yes!" Glossaryck withdrew from the crystal and then made to open up the book so he could speak with Comet face to face. He proved unable to do so, given how the book's chain kept it locked. Glossaryck asked himself, "Why do I always forget the chain?" before extending his arms to unlock the chain from the outside. Once done, Glossaryck opened the book, allowing him to float out of there and bow to his Prince.

"Comet Dragonfly, future King of Mewni. What do you want?" Glossaryck was still a little annoyed at being interrupted. This was supposed to be his day off, for corn's sake!

"Look," Comet simply said as he pointed to a nearby wall. Glossaryck merely followed the line of sight...and regretted it almost immediately. For there, pressed up against the wall in piles of slime and other fluids that the magical entity did not want to know about, were some of the most hideously deformed creatures he'd ever seen! Misshapen horns, orifices in places where they shouldn't be, and multiple extra eyeballs leaking viscous fluids! It looked like something out of a late-night horror flick!

"OH, MY CORN!" It took all of Glossaryck's mental strength to keep himself from hyperventilating from the mere sight of this carnage. Had his student finally lost it?!

"Okay, don't panic, Comet!" Glossaryck frantically said before pulling out a shovel, a gallon of industrial-grade bleach, and the cars to the Diaz's car. "I got the stain remover and can take care of the bodies. You go start the car!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Glossaryck!" Comet told his teacher. "First of all, they're not dead."

"Huh?"

"They're not dead, dude," Comet calmly told Glossaryck. "If they were, I would've either made tracks for another dimension or somewhere else on Earth by now."

"Oh. Oh, thank goodness," Glossaryck said as he applied bleach to one of the poor, deformed creatures.

"It's my spells. They're all messed up. Here, look." To demonstrate this, Comet held up his Wand and cried, "honeybee tornado swarm!" Instead of happy-looking bees, he got some two-faced, wingless monstrosity. "Zipper Man!" Comet's pseudo-Stand, the Zipper Man, appeared, but the zippers were all undone, leaving its body parts barely hanging together. "Narwhal Blast!" Even more, deformed narwhals shot out of Comet's Wand, causing no end of nausea on Glossaryck's part.

As Comet continued to launch spell after broken spell from his Wand, Glossaryck felt himself on the verge of puking. "All right, enough!" he finally managed to get out, barely able to hold down his lunch.

"You see? They've been like this all morning, and I haven't been able to get any practice in," Comet lamented.

As Glossaryck finally got his stomach under control, he turned to look at his student. "Okay, Comet. It's not your spells that's the problem; it's your Wand. It's contaminated."

"Contaminated? What, like it's got some kind of virus inside?"

"Exactly," Glossaryck nodded.

"How-how did that happen? I know you said my Wand was broken, but ever since the closet thing with Marcia, it's been working fine. Except for that time when I got pissed off, I've been keeping my anger in check!"

Glossaryck shrugged his shoulders at this. "I don't know, and the only way to figure out what's wrong is to go..." Glossaryck then floats towards the gallon of bleach before squeezing into the lid, "...into your Wand."

"Into...my Wand?" Comet's face lit up as he heard this. "You can do that?!"

"Of course," the little blue man said as matter-of-factly. "I've done it before for your family. But I'm not going to."

Comet's face drooped as he heard this. "Why not?"

"Because," Glossaryck said as he finished wringing out the bleach from his beard. "By official royal decree of King Mune the Undaunted, first of his name, Lord of House Dragonfly, 36th High King of the Dragonfly Kingdom and Protector of the Dimension of Mewni, you must be this tall," he held his hand several inches above Comet's head, "to go on that ride!" he said as he pointed to the Wand.

Comet frowned as he heard the mention of his irritating father. "Dad," he muttered to himself while glancing at his mirror. Getting up from the floor, he quickly went to the mirror and covered it with the curtains before facing his teacher.

"Well, I, Comet the Underestimated, the future 37th Lord of House Dragonfly, the future super-handsome High King of the Dragonfly Kingdom and badass protector of the Dimension of Mewni, hereby decree...put me in my Wand." Comet then pointed at the Wand in his hand and looked at Glossaryck, unwilling to take no for an answer.

...

"Okay," Glossaryck simply said.

"EEEEEEEE!" Comet started to squeal in excitement at this. He was going to do something dangerous and forbidden by his Dad! He was going to go inside his Wand! Comet practically hopped his way over to the book and Glossaryck. He was so excited!

"Okay, now before we go in, we need to lay down some ground rules," Glossaryck began to tell his student...only to see that he was still fidgeting. "Focus."

"Oops! Sorry about that," Comet said before taking a deep breath to calm himself down.

"Rule number one: keep calm and listen to what I have to tell you!"

Comet nodded in response.

"Rule number two: the Wand is not just a magical artifact, Comet. It is an extension of its wielder's memories. So when we go there, expect to see many things from your life. Places that you have a strong connection to, objects that you hold dear to you...we may even run into people that you have met before. However, they are not real beings; they are fakes. So only interact with them if it's absolutely necessary. Otherwise, you'll risk being led astray by them!"

"No interacting; got it!"

"Rule number three, the mission. We need to focus on finding the thing that doesn't belong. Like this, for example!" Glossaryck then rotated his right hand to reveal his nails were covered in polka-dotted nail polish. "Know why this doesn't belong? Because I never use polka-dotted nail polish; stripes only."

Comet scratched his head briefly as he tried to understand what Glossaryck said. He was being vague about it, but Comet had proven capable of figuring this out before.

"Hmm...so, we have to find something in there that we know we've never seen or heard about. Is that right?"

Glossaryck nodded in confirmation before continuing.

"Now, rule number four: listen to me, Comet. Because if you don't, then we'll run the risk of getting separated. And...well, let's just say that very bad things could happen if we did."

Comet shuddered a little at the unspoken implications. He knew that paying attention wasn't his strong suit, but this was one time when he absolutely had to. But he couldn't help but be excited about traveling inside his Wand! As he pondered this conundrum for a moment, he came up with an idea.

"Hold on a second, Glossaryck. I think I've got something that might help us!" Comet then ran over to his desk and opened the drawers, trying to locate something. It was challenging since his desk wasn't the most organized of places. However, his determination ultimately paid off as he found what he was looking for: a dog leash. He and Marcia bought one of the many spares to help them walk the laser puppies.

"Ta-da!" Comet proudly proclaimed as he held the leash aloft, imagining the treasure chest music from The Legend of Zelda franchise playing in the background. He then excitedly ran over to his mentor and carefully managed to loop the leash about his neck. It was a simple solution, but it was the best he could come up with on short notice.

"There we go! This way, we won't get split up so easily! No need to thank me, I already know how much of a genius I am!" Comet boasted, prompting Glossaryck to roll his eyes.

"I'm only going to allow this because of the circumstances, you know," Glossaryck bluntly told his protege. "Now, are you ready to go inside your Wand?"

Comet shrugged his shoulders. "Yeah, I guess so. Bring it on!"

At this, Glossaryck then clapped his hands twice. "Alright, we're in."

"In what?"

"We're inside the Wand," Glossaryck told Comet.

Comet looked around, though, and saw they were still inside his room. "Um, Glossaryck, no offense, but we're still inside my bedroom."

"Cor-r-r-r-rection! We are inside the memory of your bedroom, my dear boy," Glossaryck stated. "All the proof you need is in your hand. Or rather, what isn't in your hand."

Comet glanced down at his free hand, expecting to see it holding his Wand. Much to his surprise, it was nowhere to be found!

"Whoa," Comet's eyes widened as he realized what he had just experienced. "This is like a major drug trip!"

"Yeah," Glossaryck chuckled as his student let the realization of being inside the Wand settle into his mind before getting a serious look on his face. "Now, Comet, from here on out, it's very, very important that you only listen to the sound of my voice and nothing else. Otherwise, we'll be separated, and I won't be able to help you!"

"Pfft," Comet said in response. "Don't worry, Glossaryck. I know what I'm doing. You've got nothing to worry about from me!"

At this point, though, Marcia entered Comet's room, clad in her karate gi and pants but missing her red belt.

"Comet, have you seen my belt?"

Comet looked at Marcia in confusion. "Um...Marcia, I'm in the middle of something important with Glossaryck right now, and...wait a minute. Didn't you ask me that a few days ago?" Comet narrowed his eyes in suspicion at Marcia...if that was even her real name. It took Glossaryck floating in front of his face to make him break eye contact.

"Hold up, Comet. Remember what I said? That's not the real Marcia; it's just a memory of her. Focus on my voice! Otherwise, we'll be separated and-"

At this point, Marcia entered the room again and asked, "Comet, have you seen my belt?"

This experience was enough of a wake-up call for Comet to get him to take Glossarcyk's warnings seriously. Not even bothering to acknowledge the memory of his bestie, Comet yanked on the leash, and he and Glossaryck made a hasty exit out the door.

"Okay, that was...a little creepy. But it was nothing I couldn't handle," Comet said as he and Glossaryck ran down the hallway. "So, what else should I expect from this place? Is it going to be like this big maze trying to mess with my head?"

Glossaryck held up one of his hands to demonstrate the universal gesture for "meh." "Yes and no. The Wand isn't just a collection of your memories. It also tends to hold on to the memories of those who previously used it. So expect the residual memories of your ancestors here, too. It could get pretty confusing."

As Comet made it to the front door of the Diaz house, he couldn't help but laugh at this. "That doesn't sound so bad! It would be cool to see some of what my ancestors were up to. Plus, what's the worst that could happen?" He cockily asked as he stepped outside the door. Instead of finding himself on the front lawn, though, he tripped on a rock and fell face-first into the ground. Instead of skinning himself, though, all Comet did was get a face full of...dust?

Comet hastily spat out the dust and wiped it away from his eyes so that he could see. The last time he checked, the Diaz family's yard differed from this!

Except he wasn't in the Diaz family's yard and wasn't even at their house anymore. Instead, he stood in the middle of a gray, barren, and sterile land. The only sources of color to be found were something covered in gold and a lone pole containing a familiar-looking flag. Comet's eyes widened as he realized where he was.

"Oh my corn," Comet managed to get out. "I'm back on the Moon."

Some time ago, as part of this science project they had to do on the space race, Comet had gotten the idea of using his dimensional scissors and Wand to take himself, Alfonso, and Ferguson to Earth's Moon. With his magic shielding them from the vacuum of space and supplying them with unlimited oxygen without those bulky spacesuits, they had an absolute blast. They were making moon angels, playing lunar golf, and taking selfies in front of the Apollo landing sites. They failed their project, though, since they needed to do more research.

"Not quite, Comet. Look around you again," Glossaryck said, always remaining in Comet's peripheral vision. As Comet did so, he was amazed that the rest of the Moon wasn't the gray landscape he remembered seeing. Just a few hundred yards in either direction, he saw the landscape rapidly change. In the distance, he thought he saw his and Aqua's island from the All Blue, complete with the waves and white, sandy beaches. Looking elsewhere, he saw signs for the Bounce Lounge and the Grand Symphonia Stadium meshed into one. Behind him, he could make out the infinite shelves of Quest Buy and everything they had to offer.

Directly in front of Comet, though, he could see a mashup of two dimensions that had become integral to his life over the past few months: Earth and Mewni. He could make out the Stop-N-Slurp, Echo Creek Academy, the Skate Park, Dragontown and The Tipsy Warnicorn, and, even further away, Castle Dragonfly, rising out of the mountain.

The most distinctive feature that attracted Comet's attention, though, was the sky. It was the middle of the day in the outside world. In this place, though, it was in the dead of night, with countless stars twinkling in the night sky. As Comet looked up at the sky, he saw something that made his eyes widen: hanging there, in the middle of the vault of the sky, was the outline of a massive star, but one that wasn't whole. It looked split in two, with one half glowing faintly onto the land below, while the other half was darker, more jagged, and unhealthy looking. It made Comet feel unsettled just from looking at it.

"Whoa...we're really inside my Wand," Comet almost breathed out in amazement.

"Yep. Welcome...to the world Within the Wand," Glossaryck said dramatically.

Play "Kingdom Hearts II Music - The World That Never Was"- /628mlrhDXfo

"Alright, so where do we go now?" Comet asked. "I don't think we can afford to check every last place here."

"I agree," Glossaryck said as he brought a finger up to his chin. "Hmmm...I suggest that we head to the memory of Castle Dragonfly. If we want to find whatever is gonking up your Wand, then odds are, it's probably in there."

Comet peered into the distance at the memory construct of his home. "It looks like the fast way to get to the Castle is by going through Echo Creek Academy." Comet had a hunch that it would be in Castle Dragonfly or Echo Creek Academy if they were to find whatever they were looking for. That part...wasn't making him feel too happy, though.

"Even in my memories, I have to go to school. Just great," he groaned before heaving out a heavy sigh. "Well, it's not like we have a choice. Let's go, Glossaryck. It won't do us good to stand around here and gawk at everything."

As Comet made for walking towards his school, Glossaryck held up a hand. "Hold on a second, Comet. I need to cover all of our bases. Now, if we do get separated, head to Castle Dragonfly. There's a room with a powerful connection to your family, and we'll meet there."

"You're worrying too much, Glossaryck," Comet reassured his teacher. "I've gotten into worse things than this. Now, come on. If we hurry, we can return in time to watch the new episode of The Mandalorian."

And like that, master and student were off on bizarre adventures in a world of dreams and memories.

End of Music...and of the chapter.

*On the surface of Nevarro, Jay, DAU Kermit, Janna, Rex, and Hooty (In his porta-form) are walking through the streets of the main settlement. Well, Hooty's strapped to Jay's back and keeps trying to eat the Kowakian monkey-lizards.*

DAU Kermit: Wow. I can't believe they managed to build this much in just two years. This place's like Galaxy's Edge, only better. Disney must be eating their hearts out not making that place look like this.

Jay: thanks again for getting me out of the Workspace, guys. I really needed some fresh air...and it's so cool we get to see the iconic town from The Mandalorian. Shame that they had to tarp up the statue of IG-11 for repairs...by which I mean they're trying to bring IG-11 back.

Rex: Rex has yet to see tiny Babu Friks or Baby Yoda! Makes me sad!

Janna: Easy, buddy. I'm sure Grogu will show up at some point. It's not out fault Mando went on a trip to Mandalore because his cult's too stubborn to forgive him.

DAU Kermit: Can we not debate about that stuff here? I just wanna enjoy the sights, maybe get some of those macarons Baby Yoda ate.

Jay: Well, I'm going into the sewers to find what's left of the Mandalorian covert. Maybe I can scavenge some beskar for some new armor.

Janna: Ohhh, count me in. Next time let's invite the Hippie. I miss him.

Jay: Agreed. I wish he'd come back to writing soon, but I understand if he doesn't want to. But enough about that. It's time for

READERS REVIEWS!

Julayla-You really saw the ending coming? Dang, I must be losing my touch. Better double down on my creativity!

LockAndKey989-If you're expecting this to turn into some sort of harem-esque love...thing, forget it. I have plans for all of them. I don't plan on having any of the characters be defined solely by who they like. Gotta avoid the pitfalls of the show.

Pedro Alonso-You have no idea how much I liked planning that scene out. It was hilarious!

NightAroma-To be honest, I was inspired to write Comet's admission about his brownies by how I would treat it. I'm not afraid to be brutally honest about myself.

Glad to see I caught you off-guard with Karla's crush on Marcia, though. I think I caught everyone off guard. Honestly, though, I think the fact she likes girls was obvious, too. And no, not because fanworks have Oskar as gay. It's because she's partially inspired by Marcilene, and she and Princess Bubblegum end up together by the end of the series.

Ted Glass-What did I do, again?

Brolyk445-She should get used to it. I have plans for her...

Mlpbrony fan15-I rest my case. And I do have some ideas for Aqua, Brittney, and Sabrina. They may not end up with Comet, but their feelings for him can help inspire them to grow as people. And, I forgot to mention it before, but Tomo's my favorite. I like girls who enjoy video games.

TheWanderingHippie-You make a lot of good points, my dude. By the way, I need someone to go back and point out all the times I referenced the Warnicorn Incident and cite them. I need them for...research.

And yeah, the group could've been shattered. But Comet's the main reason why they didn't turn on each other. Their mutual care for him proved strong enough to override their resentment and jealousy. He doesn't fully realize it, but he's bringing out the best in all of them.

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See you next chapter for the magical drug trip!