The House of the Rising Sun
The throne room was packed with both mewmans and monsters alike, waiting for the princess to arrive so the celebration could begin. Families from all over the kingdom were seen standing in this room on this special day, such as the Butterflys, who were here because Moon forced them to come, and the Johansens. On the high throne, Star and Marco both stood patiently for their daughter, with River standing at their side.
"I wonder what's keeping Aurora." Marco questioned, concerned about where his daughter was.
"Let's just be patient, Marco. I'm sure she'll arrive." River assured his son-in-law. "After all, me and my wife waited patiently for Star to arrive on her fourteenth birthday, so I'm certain Aurora will show up as well."
"I hope she gets here soon." Star said with concern. This is a special day for her daughter and didn't want it ruined in any way. "Everyone here is looking kinda bored from all this waiting.
Fortunately, everyone didn't have to wait any longer, because no longer than three seconds after Star had said that, the doors suddenly opened to reveal her mother coming in with a now-fourteen-year-old Aurora.
Her looks closely resembled that of her mother when she was that age. She had her hair down just like her mother did and wore an outfit that mostly resembled those of her mother's during her stay on Earth. However, there are many great differences between the two's looks. Aurora's dress was dark blue with yellow embroidery along the bottom of her skirt that resembled the rising sun and a picture of the rising sun on the front. She wore white wristbands and stockings with knee-high boots styled the same way as her dress. On her head was a five-pointed crown with small pink gems on each point and a small detail on the middle one. This crown was attached to an orange headband to keep it from falling off.
"Ah, jolly-good, dearie!" River cheered happily. "Where did you find her this time? If you don't mind me asking."
"Oh, I found her in the Tapestry Room looking at our ancestors again." Moon replied with a wave as they reached the stairs, which River returned with an accepting grunt, as Aurora has been known to spend time in there more than anyone else alive today.
But that was however put aside, as Moon then let go of Aurora's hand and went behind her to give a gentle push on her shoulder, letting her know it was time. Knowing her grandmother was right, Aurora took a deep breath to relieve her worries and wasted no time in walking up the stairs towards her parents. Moon smiled at her granddaughter as she went over to join the rest of her family in the House of Butterfly, her husband River deciding to do the same and stepped down to join his family in the House of Johansen.
With the deadpan expressions on their faces, it was quite obvious that all of Moon's relatives weren't really happy to be here to see this. And Moon's Aunt Etheria was quick to speak for the whole family on the matter. "Would you remind us why you had the royal guard drag us all here?"
"Because Aurora is your great-grandniece and you should show respect." Moon replied with a firm expression. "This is a special day for her."
"Moon, you know we always try to support your decisions," Etheria said, trying to sound sincere. "But it's hard to support your family when you married a Johansen and Star married a non-mewman." she finished with a deadpan tone.
"Aunt Etheria, I know you and the rest of the family question both me and Star's taste in men, but you should learn to tolerate it and let us live with our choices like Mother did." Moon said with a serious expression.
Fortunately, the argument was ceased when a voice was heard nearby. "Shh! The ceremony is starting!" the voice whispered.
The Butterflys looked to see that the voice came from a woman with shoulder-length green hair and brown eyes. She was seen wearing an elegant dark green dress with a high collar styled to look like it was made out of leaves and a light green pine tree on the front. Next to her was a man with short brown hair, green eyes, and a mustache and pointed goatee. He was wearing a dark green shirt with light green sleeves under a green coat with a high collar and similar dark green pants, a golden belt, and dark green boots. He also had golden tassel shoulder pads and a light green pine tree on the front of his shirt just like the woman. They were both accompanied by two children. One was a teenage boy with green hair and eyes and a slender build. He wore a pure white noble outfit with similar shoulder pads and a pine tree in the center, gray pants, and black boots. The other was a girl that looked to be younger than the boy and had green eyes and hair. She was wearing a dress that strongly resembled one of the dresses that Star wore in her youth, only with it being in different shades of green, having a green headband in place of a tiara, and a pine tree on the front like the other three. The Butterflys quickly recognized them as Lord Oak and Lady Juniper, and their children, Pine and Maple, the members of the House of Forest, a family of Mewni's nobles that work to protect the forests that surround the kingdom.
Moon gave a light bow of respect to Juniper so to apologize for her and her family's behavior. "Sorry about that, Lady Juniper."
Lady Juniper responded with a gentle nod. "It's alright. And I am glad to see you again, Moon. I think it's nice to see an old friend of my mother again." she said as she came and gave said old friend of her mother's a hug, despite it not being a Butterfly thing. But Moon knew well how much of a Forest thing it was, and decided to return it with a hug of her own. She had known Juniper ever since she was a little girl, and she and her mother Cherry Forest, the previous Lady of her family's house, were old friends, and the Forests have been one of the Butterflys most supportive and faithful noble families for as long as history can remember.
When that was done, the two families decided to turn their attention back to Aurora, who was waiting alongside her parents for their arguing to end, as they could hear it all the way from the throne and couldn't concentrate properly.
With the arguing over, Star turned back to her daughter while taking a big breath of relief before speaking. "Aurora, for as long as you can remember, you've been told about our family's strong connection with magic." she said gripping firmly on the wand. "Here is where I tell you they are true. The magic is strong in our family. My mother has it, I have it, our ancestors had it." She leaned forward a little closer to her daughter. "And you have it too. That is why, on your fourteenth birthday, you shall receive our family's greatest heirloom, the royal magic wand!" she declared holding the wand up high over her head, everyone cheering afterwards. Star then held out the wand for Aurora to take, smiling proudly at her daughter.
Gulping down her nervousness, Aurora took hold of the wand without a second guess, knowing that she couldn't back out of it. And as soon as it left Star's hand and found itself in Aurora's, the wand suddenly covered itself in orange flames, which Aurora jumped at in fright, only for it to disappear when she realized the flames weren't even hurting. Suddenly, two light orange angelic wings burst out of the flames, extinguishing them in the process before folding back, and allowing both Aurora and he parents to see what form it's taken now.
The wand's new form looked similar to its previous appearance, except its primary color was now orange and had a yellow heart beneath the head and blue tip with a yellow ring at the end of the handle. The head had a dark blue circle with white stars along the edge and the crystal star had now taken the shape of a ten-pointed sun. The two wings were seen still folded up. Another similarity between its new form and its previous form is a small crown on the top.
"Wow." Aurora said in awe at the wand's new appearance. "So, What do I do with it now?" she asked her mother.
"That's for you to decide." Star pointed out. "Though I advise trying to have fun but be responsible at the same time." she suggested before changing the subject. "So, any ideas for what you want to cast as your first spell?"
Aurora rested her chin on a hand and began to think about that. This was her first time using magic, and had a hard time settling on which kind of spell to cast. But after a short time thinking on the subject, Aurora finally had an idea. Turning around to face the audience, she raised the wand high over her head and spoke with a firm voice.
"SPARKLE DRAGON FIREWORKS!"
In a flash of light, a crackling fireball shot out of the wand and flew across the throne room. The audience, startled at first, soon breathed a sigh of relief when it burst out the main doors and straight out the archway to the balcony. Concerned with what might happen, Aurora quickly bolted for the open doors, followed by her parents and the noble families.
They all made it to the balcony just in time to see the fireball rise up into the sky and explode, which everyone cheered for. Just then, they had their cheery expressions replaced with looks of shock when the explosion suddenly began to shape itself in the form of a fearsome dragon made of crackling fire. Letting out a mighty roar, the fire dragon began to circle back down to the town below, which made the townspeople scream and panic from seeing a burning dragon hurtling toward them. The dragon was just about to swerve out of the way when it suddenly exploded for real this time, just above said buildings, causing then to catch fire from the sparks that landed on them. The burning buildings and echoing screams could be seen and heard by everyone who watched from the balcony.
"Sorry, Mom." Aurora said with a cringing look on her face while holding the wand behind her back.
But her guilt was soon put aside, as she was caught off guard by the feeling of a hand gently rubbing against her hair. She turned to see that it was her mother, looking at her with a calm smile, surprisingly looking like she's not even mad. "It's okay, Sunshine, I messed up my first time." Star told her, remembering the whole incident. "In fact, it was that scenario that got me sent to Earth in the first place, where I met your father." she then pointed out. This made Aurora feel most of her guilt lift, knowing that she wasn't the first member of her family to mess up, even chuckling at her mother's detail about how she and her father met.
"But enough about that, we should head back inside to party. I'll have Manfred and the royal guards head out to put out the fires and calm down the masses." Star then decided.
With everyone nodding in agreement, they all turned to return to the throne room to carry on with the party to celebrate Aurora's birthday, leaving the burning incident behind then for the royal guard to fix.
The rest of the party went pretty well without further incident, as Aurora didn't even try to cast any other spell for fear it would end in disaster again. Everyone enjoyed both the cake and party games in peace, and everyone was shown to be having a good time.
When it was time for the presents, Aurora received a variety of different gifts from all the heirs and heiresses of all the noble houses, such as a rose flower pin from Rose Flowers, a ship-in-a-bottle from Pacifica Waterson, and a jewel-encrusted box from Gold Stone. Both Star and Marco were happy with the young lords and ladies behaving nicely toward their daughter, acting like the best of friends.
When it was time to open the present that the House of Forest got for her, Aurora could barely contain her joy when she opened it. For their gift was a bag of sunflower seeds.
"My favorite." she said shyly.
"It was Pine's choice." Maple confessed, which made her brother blush along with Aurora. They've known each other since they were young, and were made pretty close. And this made even Maple see Aurora as a big sister figure. Of course, this didn't stop her from teasing them with the idea that they both have romantic interests in each other, which they're quick to protest out of embarrassment.
Aurora was seen walking through the forest, accompanied by her best friend, Princess Pony Head, daughter of Star's bestie, now Queen Pony Head. Her daughter looked very much like her in her youth, except she was yellow with a dark blue mane and had sun-shaped marks on her neck. Also with them was Toggy, a pig-goat that was given to Aurora as a pet from her grandmother on one of her previous birthdays in memory of her dead pet Chauncey. Sometime during the party, Toggy alerted Aurora that he had some business to attend to, and she wasted no time in escorting him out the front gates and into the woods, Pony Head deciding to tag along when she saw them leaving.
Aurora was looking at a slip of paper in her hand as they walked along. It was an admission slip for Elfendor, an inter-dimensional academy that serves as the capitol of education for all royalty and nobility. Yesterday, her grandma gave her this letter to let her know that she had convinced the head of the school to let Aurora enroll in it, giving her this letter to let her know. This made there be no better time for Aurora to be ever excited than this. getting into one of the most well-renowned universities was considered one of the greatest honors anyone could ever ask for, and thanks to her grandmother, she too has gained a place in it.
"Can you believe that Grandma actually planned ahead of getting me a spot in Elfendor?!" she asked Pony Head with excitement.
"Oh, I believe it, girl." Pony Head replied with a smirk. "And do I got some more good news for you; My dad managed to get me a spot too!"
"Really?" Aurora asked, more excited than she was moments ago. She quickly responded by grabbing her friend by the neck and pulling her in for an embracing hug. "Hugs!"
"Okay, okay! Get a grip, A-Fly." Pony Head chuckled as she got out of Aurora's grasp. "By the way, do I have some more news for you. After the party back at the castle, I made us an activity list for us to do in order to celebrate your birthday our way. Are you ready to make some wiiiild choices?"
"Heck yes!" Aurora replied with excitement. "What's on the activities list? If you don't mind me asking."
"Well for one, I heard from Mom, who heard from a very reliable source, that someone bought the Bounce Lounge and reopened it!" Pony Head revealed with joy.
Aurora could only gasp in awe at the news. "The Bounce Lounge?" she breathed out. She had been told stories about the Bounce Lounge from her mother and how she used to party there in her youth. This made her want a taste of that kind of action one day. Unfortunately, the Bounce Lounge closed down long before she was even born, making that dream seem impossible. But now, that dream has started sounding like a reality.
It was impossible for Aurora to hold in a joyful squeal after hearing this news and instantly let it out as she grabbed her friend and pulled her in for another embracing hug, Pony Head not really minding this time and joined her friend in happily laughing to all the fun they plan to have.
Pony Head then squirmed out of Aurora's grasp to tell her something else. "Also, I've got something for you too." using her horn magic, she pulled out a necklace out of her neck. it looked like it had a thin lace and a gold pendent with the picture of her cheek mark on it. Taking hold of it, Aurora opened the pendent to reveal a purple crystal inside it.
"This crystal is actually special." Pony Head began explaining. "I got it from Mom and she told me it was a piece of the Tramorfidian crystal that was used to keep princesses from escaping St. O's."
Aurora shuttered upon hearing that name. She'd been told from her mother about what that place was like, and feared the idea of going there like her mother feared. Nonetheless, Aurora looked back at the necklace and smiled happily at the gift. Looking back at Pony Head, her friend knew what she wanted and came in for another hug.
Their moment however, was cut short when a small rock came out of nowhere and struck Aurora square in the head, causing her great pain. "Ow! Who threw that?!" she said as she let go of Pony Head and rubbed the back of her own.
The answer came when the bushes rustled and revealed it to be all the young lords and ladies, who had them completely surrounded and were holding small stones while looking at them with narrowed eyes.
Aurora sighed at this, knowing why they were here. While they did act friendly towards her around her parents, that wasn't the real case. For whenever they weren't around, the young nobles would act harshly towards Aurora and treated her like a freak due to the fact that she was half-human. The young princess wanted to alert her family about this bullying, but couldn't do it out of fear of what the other kids would do in retaliation and chose to endure it. The only noble family that didn't treat Aurora this way was the Forest, as they had the same ideals as her parents and grandparents about judging someone for who you are instead of what you are, proven by the fact that both Pine and his sister weren't here with the others. This makes the House Forest the only family besides her own that she can feel safe around.
"What do you guys want?" she groaned while Pony Head got into a defensive position.
"What do you think?" Rose replied in a mocking tone. "We heard all about how the retired queen Moon got you a spot in Elfendor."
"I for one find it insulting that they decided to let a half-breed freak like you into one of the most respected academies in the multiverse!" Pacifica scorned alongside Rose.
"Hey, watch your words!" Pony Head growled in her friend's defense. This isn't the first time that the young nobles have openly insulted Aurora's heritage.
"Do you really think this kingdom's gonna accept anyone like you as their new queen on the throne?" Gold asked Aurora in a mocking manner. "The only reason our families put up with you is because your mother is the current queen. They may act nice to you on account of you being the current princess, but that doesn't mean they like you. You see, unlike the rest of us, you're different because you're half human, and that makes you a freak. And the last thing any of the noble houses of Mewni want is having a half-breed freak on the throne while holding the royal wand."
No sooner had Gold said those words than he and all the young nobles picked up where they left off at pelting Aurora with stones, which the half-human princess responded to by using the wand to conjure up a magic shield to repel the incoming rocks, struggling to maintain it as they pressed on.
Pony Head saw the plight her friend was in and wasted no time in coming to her aid. Tapping into her magic, her horn glowed in a light shade of blue and pointed it in the direction of a nearby tree. A similar blue aura was soon covering the entire tree and small tremors occurred around it. It wasn't long before the tree found itself brutally yanked out of the ground and hovering right over Pony Head.
With the tree in her 'hands', Pony Head then got into a position similar to a baseball player ready to bat. And the next time the young lords and ladies started throwing stones after reloading, she was quick to react by swinging the tree like a bat, catching all the stones in its branches and flinging them all back at the shocked kids.
The noble snobs had a hard time dodging all the stones that were hurled back at them, feeling great pain with each rock that hit them. "Come on, guys, let's get outta here!" Rose cried in pain before she and everyone else made a run for it. Pony Head then twirled the tree above her before hurling it straight at the kids and crashing through more trees on impact. They were fortunate that Pony Head intentionally missed so they could run all the way back to the castle.
With that problem dealt with, Pony Head turned her attention to Aurora, seeing that she had already lowered her shield and was found sitting under another tree crouched down at the roots, sobbing into her hands with her tears leaking out over the sides.
Pony Head quickly floated over to her friend and tried to comfort her. "Hey A-Fly. You okay?"
"I'm...fine..." Aurora replied between sniffles.
"Look, A-Fly, you know I'm your best friend. And as your best friend, you know that I know that you can't keep living like this." Pony Head said with concern. "You gonna have to learn to stand up for yourself and fight back when those jerks come round."
"You know I can't do that, Pony head! I don't like violence!" Aurora bawled. It was true, unlike her parents and grandfather, Aurora was not a fan of violence in any way. Instead, she has always tried to find a solution to her problems in the form of diplomatic conversation. Needless to say, these rarely worked.
"Yeah-yeah, the old pacifist speech." Pony Head said in a deadpan expression, having heard it many times before. "But you know that those jerks will never listen to you, and there will be times when me and all your other friends won't be around to stand up for you. And it's those times where it's a good idea to know how to stand up for yourself."
"I know!" Aurora cried while fighting back tears. All this prejudice and mockery has been thrown at her for as long as she can remember. And Pony Head has always tried to convince her to ask her mom for combat lessons so she could defend herself. But no matter what, she always didn't have the courage to do so.
Their conversation was put aside when they suddenly heard the sound of someone screaming. They turned in the direction they came from and saw what looked like a dark-skinned boy jump out of the bushes, looking like he was startled by something. That something turned out to be Toggy, who wandered off sometime during the recent events and stumbled upon this person, startling him.
"Toggy!" Aurora gasped in shock, realizing that sometime during the whole scenario earlier, her pet pig-goat had wandered off. But she instantly put that aside and turned her focus to the boy that he scared out of the bushes, only for Pony Head to get between them and glow her horn in a defensive manner, showing her protective side again.
"Who in the multiverse are you? Some goon the other noble jerks sent to harass my bestie?!"
"I... don't think so!" he replied in fright of what the floating unicorn head could do to him. "I'm just woke up out in the woods and found myself here."
This however, didn't make Pony Head lower her guard, and she continued to point her horn at him in a threatening manner. Aurora however, having a diplomatic nature, decided to hear the boy out, and placed a gentle hand on Pony Head's neck to silently tell her to calm down. Pony Head of course, decided to respect her friend's wishes and finally let down her guard, but still looked at the boy with watchful eyes.
"What's your name?" the half-human princess asked in a polite tone.
"Sam." the boy replied.
"Why were you wandering these woods?" she then asked. "Some of these forests aren't really considered friendly."
"I don't really know what I'm doing in the woods." Sam answered, not really knowing himself. "I don't even know how I got here, or anything that happened prior. The first thing I remember is just waking up in a clearing and just wandering around 'til I heard a commotion in the distance."
"That must've been us you heard." Pony Head answered.
"Yeah, what was that about anyway?" Sam asked curious.
"Oh, just some aristocratic jerks expressing their opinion about A-Fly's parentage." Pony Head deadpanned.
"Okay." Sam accepted with a shrug before continuing. "Anyway, the strangest thing is that I can't even remember anything else about my past. Matter of fact, the only thing I can remember so far is my own name. I think I have amnesia or something."
"Hold on. If you have amnesia, how can you still remember your name?" Pony Head said confused.
"Uh, that's actually a good question. I don't really know." Sam answered, his face showing that he was serious. "So, I've been searching the woods for any possible clues to help me figure out how I got there and how I lost my memories."
Aurora looked at Sam with a compassionate look. She was taught to care about the problems of others by her parents and her grandmother, and was quick to lend a helping hand to anyone in need without hesitation. And this time was considered no different.
"We can help you." she said openly.
"What?" Pony Head gasped in disbelief. "Oh no, no, no, no, no, A-Fly. You got enough to worry about with those upper-crust goofballs constantly painting a target on the back of your head. The last thing I think you need is helping some guy you just met and don't know much about with his problems."
"Pony Head, you should know me better than that. I never ignore someone or something in need of help." Aurora said with insistence, before recalling a previous memory that was seen as an example, bearing an innocent look in the process. "Like, remember that time a baby bird fell out of its nest and Katrina wanted to eat it to see what it tasted like? But I stopped her and put him back in his nest with his mother?"
Pony Head did remember that time and chuckled in response. "Ha, ha, yeah. That bird was cute too." she sighed before shaking herself to snap out of it. "But this is different, A-Fly."
Sam watched on as the two gently bickered with each other, with Toggy standing at his side. Suddenly, he noticed something seen from the corner of his eye and turned to see a tiny speck of light in the bushes nearby. His eyes widened when he realized what it was.
"Look out!" he cried as he ran over and gave the princess a hard push, forcing her to the ground as something came out of the bushes and zipped between then, only striking the tree instead. The three kids looked in fright at what they saw, for what stuck itself in the tree was a single arrow, and its height and position looks like it was intended to hit Aurora in her heart.
The kids looked in the direction the arrow came from to try and get a view of who the shooter was, but couldn't catch any detail in the darkness of the trees. Aurora then turned her attention back to the arrow and quickly pulled it out of the tree. Taking a look at it, she saw that the head was clearly an authentic arrowhead. bullying through archery would have been used with non-lethals, such as paintball-headed or rubber dart-headed arrows, but this one had a real arrowhead, and if it did manage to strike her heart, she would've died. This made Aurora stare wide-eyed with fright as she continued to look at the arrow. This wasn't simple bullying...
...This was an attempt on her life.
Back at the castle, both Star and Marco have been expressing worry about how long their daughter has been gone. She had told them what she was going out for and said that she'd be back, but now it's been far longer than they had expected.
"I hope she's okay." Star said concerned.
Their worries were soon faded when they saw their little girl coming through the door and into the throne room, accompanied by Pony Head, Toggy, and a boy they've never seen before.
"Oh Aurora, we're so glad you're alright!" Star said coming over to hug her daughter with joy and relief before turning their attention to the boy. "But who is this?"
"This is Sam." Aurora introduced. "A boy we met in the woods who suffers from severe amnesia."
"Nice to meet you, Sam." Marco greeted with a bow before noticing the arrow in Aurora's hand. "Aurora, where'd you get that?" he asked with concern.
Aurora looked at the arrow for a brief moment and let out a sad sigh. "I got it out of a tree after it was fired at me by an unknown assailant." Aurora answered, leaving out the bullying that took place before. This made her parents gasp in shock at what almost happened to their little girl. "Luckily, Sam managed to push me out of the way before it could strike me in the heart." she then informed.
That was enough to make them breath a sigh of relief and turn to face Sam. "Thank you, Sam, we owe you for that." Marco said with a bow.
"You're welcome, your majesties." Sam replied with a bow of his own.
With that done, both Star and Marco returned to their daughter with concerned looks. "Aurora, I think it's best you return to your room while we discuss this." Star suggested. Understanding the situation, Aurora gave a nod to show it as she handed her father the arrow and turned to leave the throne room, with Pony Head, Sam, and Toggy going along.
"We need to find who did this and make sure they receive proper punishment for this outrage." Star said determined, angry that someone would make an attempt on her little girl's life. "But we first have to find out what to do to protect Aurora from any further attempts." she then said in a calmer manner.
"We may need to consult Glossaryck on that." Marco suggested, despite how annoying he found the little blue man. "He may know what to do."
Aurora had decided to take a stroll through the courtyard en route to her room with her friends, with Pony Head continuing to look at Sam with distrusting eyes.
Sam however, didn't seem to notice, as he was focused on a boy who was talking with what looked like one of the knights of the castle. "Hey Aurora, what're those guys doing?"
Aurora took a look to who Sam was talking about and saw who it was. "Oh, that's just one of the castle squires talking with the knight in charge of the fencing games." she explained. "He must be trying to enter so he can be one step closer to becoming a knight."
"Fencing games, that actually sounds cool." Sam said interested. "Maybe I should enter it for fun."
"What?!" Pony Head said in disbelief before chuckling. "Sure, go ahead, knock yourself out." she then dared, certain he would get his butt kicked easily.
With that said, Sam wasted no time in heading over to the knight in charge of the games to try to enter, much to Aurora's worry. "Hey, can I have a try?"
The knight looked at the boy with a confused look before finally giving a shrug. "Why not?" he said before turning around to pull a fencing sword from the weapon rack, which he tossed to Sam and watched him struggle to get ahold of if before finally getting a grasp on the sword's handle. "Now fencing is simple; you use this one-handed sword to either attack your opponent or block your opponent's attacks without using your free hand, except when you want to use it to hold your sword instead. And in order to win, you have to disarm your opponent." the knight explained.
"Sounds simple enough." Sam said as he picked up an empty knight's helmet and put it on before getting into position.
With that said, the knight wasted no time in beginning the fight and prepared to strike at Sam, which Aurora watched with fright of what could happen, and Pony Head watched with interest with what could happen. But to everyone's surprise, Sam was able to successfully block the knight's attack, move his way around him, and with one mighty swing of his sword, hit the knight's own sword with such force that it was easily knocked out of the knight's hand and sent straight towards the open field, impaling deep into the ground. This apparently caught the knight and the squire, Aurora and Pony Head, even Star and Marco, who were watching from a nearby tower, by surprise.
"Sam, where in Celestia's name did you learn to fight like that?" Aurora asked in shock about what she just saw.
"Oh." Sam replied, realizing what he just did. "To be honest, I haven't really got the slightest idea." he answered honestly.
Up in the tower, Star and Marco, having just recovered from seeing the newcomer demonstrate his quick skill with both sword and melee, turned their attention to the Magic Instruction Book, which sat on a large pedestal. Star knocked on the book like a door, and in an instant, the book opened to a certain page to reveal Glossaryck, sitting in a lotus position while looking at the queen with a deadpan expression.
"At your service, milady." he said with a bow.
"Yeah, it's nice to see you too, Glossaryck." Star said in a dismissive tone with a wave, not really wanting to do this and instead just get to the point. "Look, there's a serious problem that just happened today."
"Yes, the attempt that was made on Aurora's life. I know that already. Word spreads faster than you realize." Glossaryck replied.
Star was left stunned at the fact Glossaryck already knew that, but decided to shake it off. "Anyway, we plan to hunt down the vermin responsible for that, but we need to first think of a way to ensure Aurora is protected from any further attempts like this while we're doing that. We came to you to see if you had any good ideas to do that."
"You could send her to another dimension where I can train her to handle the magic of the wand. I think Earth would be the best option." Glossaryck suggested. "It may be the one place that can be considered the safest of havens for her until this blows over. I think it would also be a good idea to have someone you trust accompany her there with us as a bodyguard. Maybe Sam."
Star and Marco both felt hesitant to send Aurora to Earth, Marco the most. He's told Aurora many things about his home dimension and helped her learn basic things about it. But with all his new responsibilities as both Star's husband and the King of Mewni, he never found any time to take Aurora there to visit his parents even once. But knowing Glossaryck, he was probably right, maybe it is the best decision to ensure Aurora's safety.
It had just become nighttime, and Aurora was shown sleeping peacefully in her bedroom, Her nightwear being mainly a pink nightgown. All was quiet until the door suddenly opened slowly. Afterwards, Star's head peeped into the room, revealing it was her opening the door. Creeping silently towards Aurora's bed, the queen looked at her sleeping daughter with a look of guilt for doing this.
Breathing a sigh, she put a gentle hand on her forehead and rubbed softly. "Aurora, wake up, dear." she whispered.
The young princess gave a slightly annoyed groan before drowsily opening her eyes and seeing it was her mother who woke her up. "Mother?" she said, her drowsiness suddenly gone.
"Listen, Aurora, I need you to pack up some of your things and meet me, your father, and Sam in the garden." Star instructed, much to her daughter's confusion to why. Two servants then came in, one carrying an empty chest while the other helped Aurora with packing up the things her mother wanted her to bring. When it was all done, Aurora got dressed and followed her mother down to the garden, where her father and Sam were waiting for her, with the two servants carrying the chest behind her.
"So Mom, what's going on here?" Aurora asked with confusion, still not knowing what's going on.
"With what just happened in the woods, we decided that it's best that you be sent to a safe place until we root out the one who tried to kill you." Star began explaining and letting Marco finish for her. "That's why we had some of the staff pack up some of your things. We chose to send you to Earth to live with your other grandparents for a while."
This was clearly a shock to Aurora. Since she was young, she had heard stories from her father about his home dimension, even learned a few things about it that are quite different from Mewni, such as its psychology, use of bike petals, and that fortune cookies don't really predict the future. But never in her life has she gone there, and feared that she wouldn't know how to properly fit in.
"No, no, no. I refuse to go!" she protested out of fear.
"I understand why you don't wanna go, Sweetie." Marco responded understanding. "But after what happened today in the forest, Mewni can't be considered safe for you until we find out who it is that tried to kill you." he explained while Star came over and crouched down to be at eye level with her daughter. "Listen, Sweetie. We don't want to do this to you, but it's only so we don't lose you." she said in a caring fashion.
Aurora gave a sigh, knowing her parents were right, and nodded to show she understood. Her father then pulled out his pair of dimensional scissors and cut open a portal to Earth. Afterwards, he then puts them in her daughter's hand.
Aurora looks in awe at her father's scissors, confused to why he would give them to her. "Dad, your scissors."
"Think of it as my gift to you, my little sunflower." Marco said putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Just be sure you use it wisely." he then warned.
With that said, Aurora then took a relieving breath and walked straight through the portal, Sam following soon after with the heavy chest.
At the Diaz household, a portal opened above the front yard, with Aurora hopping out and landing on her feet, Sam coming out soon after. The princess then took a look for the first time at the dimension she was told her father came from. and lightly shook with fear of what was to come.
Swallowing her nervousness, she went up to the door and gave it a gentle knock. Her sadness was quick to leave when the door then opened to reveal her grandparents Angie and Rafael Diaz.
"Aurora, it's so nice of you to come visit us." Angie said joyfully while giving her granddaughter a hug. Rafael doing the same with Sam in order to greet him.
"Yes, Marco called us to let us know you were coming. And after remembering that it was your birthday today, we also worked to make you a cake of our own for when you arrived." he then said, with Angie leaving and coming back with said cake in hand to show her.
Smiling at her grandparents' hospitality, Aurora wasted no time in coming in with then as they helped Sam bring the heavy chest full of her stuff inside. Afterwards, they were then heard sitting down at the table, possibly to eat the cake as the sun began to rise and shined upon the house.