58Chapter 1- New Threats
Unknown Time-Unknown Dimension
He gazed upon the crushed entrance to the tower, now inacessable, the former kingdom's flag now laying in shreds on the ground before it clearly having been torn down during the assault on the city. It's design however was still clear to him, a red sun whoose rays stretched to the edge of its borders across a background as black as night itself.
He carefully picked up and dusted off the remnants of the flag and neatly folded it respectfully as best he could. Turning to the gentleman by his side he simply said "A reminder" in a solemn voice.
The man to his side was a tall stout figure whoose head was held high and sporting a twirled moustache across his upper lip. He was dressed head to toe in a formal looking military uniform. This consisted of a red, long sleeved, thick shirt with formal cuffs at the end of each arm with golden buttons for cufflinks. His chestpiece was a metal plate which sported decorative vines and patterns cut into the steel itself, upon his right sleeve was a hand stiched image of the flag the man had plucked from the ground only moments before and on his left sleeve was another hand stiched image of a golden crown with a pair of crossed batons surrounded by golden leaves underneath it. The trousers were black with a red stripe running down each side and the look was completed with a pair of black, well-polished boots.
"What is to be done your majesty?" He said as he watched the prince, now king it seems, carefully place the folded flag into the arms of young man also wearing a uniform, who promptly took it away. "Well I would've thought the plan would be obvious to a man of your stature general" The king said as he turned away from the ruined tower and faced the general, revealing the large scar which cut down his right eye, a war wound from the failed defence of his kingdom. "We will rebuild our former home, re-arm her inhabitants and then..." The prince's eyes glowed a light red as he spoke the final words. "We bring Mewni to it's knees"
Present Day-Kingdom of Mewni
A blonde mass shot through the castle of Mewni, any guards it passed were momentarily stunned by the speed at which it travelled and weren't sure what to do once it had passed except to chuckle lightly tto themselves. It was quite clear to all she passed that Star Butterfly was excited by something this morning.
Ever since her relationship with Marco Diaz had blossomed she's been in a whole new light, depending on who you ask that was very litteral, most in the palace said she seemed to glow as radiant as her name implies these days. She was truly earning the nickname "Shooting Star".
Star's race through the castle came to a sudden stop outside of a room with two, rather surprised, guards who were barring the entrance of the room. The sign on the door simply read "Meeting room 1-In Use" She smiled and as she prepared to stroll in the guards suddenly stopped her just before the handle. She gave them both a look to which one started speaking."My apologies your highness but there is a meeting of the Magical High Comission in progress, I cannot allow you to enter"
The princess sighed and said in a rarther annoyed tone "My mum's orders?" to which the guard simply nodded. Star let out a fustrated groan and asked "Well what time will they be done, I didn't get to say good morning to Marco yet!" The guard took out a small notebook and flicked through a few pages before stopping on one and reading.
"Not until around 11:00 your highness, my sincere apologies" he said rarther officially before he slid the notebook back into his pocket. Star checked her watch, 9:20, before letting out another fustrated groan.
"Just what am I going to do for an hour!" she moaned.
"1 hour and 40 minutes your highness" said the other guard who didn't seem terribly bright. Star shot him a look which immediately shut him up as the other guard apologised for his companions rudeness.
"Well dear you could always come to watch the royal archives with me?" Star turned to see the source of the voice and saw Eclipsa standing in the doorway opposite munching, as per usual, on a snookers bar.
"Okay seriously, how do you not get fat?" Star said pointing to the half finished candy in Eclipsa's hand. Eclipsa shrugged and finished the rest of the snookers bar before throwing the wrapper into the room behind her and shutting the door.
Star sighed and said "Fiiine, I guess theres nothing better to do around here" she walked towards Eclipsa who cut a portal into the air using her dimensional scissors before the pair of them strolled through.
This was the first time Star had ever actually seen the royal archives and it was a sight to behold, thousands upon thousands of scrolls dictating the entire history of the royal family of Mewni. Not to mention the series of mechanical arms busily writing down dates, times and actions of the members of the current royal family onto long scrolls. Each hand seemed to be dedicated to the actions of a single member of the family, there was one for Star, one for River, one for Moon and so on. They weren't long in the room before Eclipsa finally spoke "You know if you wanted a way to see into that meeting without the comission knowing you should've just come here" she said smirking and waving to one of the mechanical hands.
Star, hesitantly said "But Marco isn't a member of the Butterfly family yet, so he doesn't have a scroll".
Eclipsa started giggling and then said with a playful smile on her face, "you do know your mother is in the same meeting dear?" She then walked over to Queen Moon's scroll "You could easily know what Marco is doing by reading the scroll of Queen Moon, although the word 'yet' in your explaination was adorable dear" she teased as Star's cheeks glowed lightly.
The two gathered round the scroll that was being written and saw the entries as they came in;
9:30AM-Queen Moon listens to Heckapoo's report regarding a series of an interdimensional traveller causing havoc to nightclubs and bars across 8 dimensions.
9:32 AM-Queen Moon hears Marco Diaz mention that it's just Ponyhead on one of her nights out as per usual.
"Oh Pony, what am I going to do with you" Star sighed, a large smile plastered on her face. Eclipsa just chuckled and said casually "I admire a girl who knows how to party, this Ponyhead sounds fun!"
Star chuckled in return and simply said "All Ponyhead knows is fun, well that and Korean dramas".
They then returned to the scroll which suddenly wrote something which stopped shocked the two slightly;
9:35AM-Queen Moon places the meeting on hold and says aloud "Star, Eclipsa, Get out of the royal archives room now!"
The pair froze, there was know way she knew they were in the royal archives, she hadn't even used the seeing eye spell or anything. But sure enough another piece of writing appeared on the scroll.
9:36AM-Queen Moon states "We all know you're in there, now get out and stay out, what goes on in these meetings is top secret!"
Both Star and Eclipsa huffed, Eclipsa turns to Star and says rarther downhearted "You wanna grab a bite to eat then?".
Star sighs and dejectedly pulls out her dimensional scissors to cut a portal saying with a melencholy tone "Yeah sure, I know a good place on Earth".
Back in the meeting room, Moon sighed loudly and said in a calm voice "Sorry about that, now then, Marco please give your report"
Marco stood and spoke "Yes your majesty, however if I can be allowed to speak freely for a moment, it seems like Star is only spying on the meeting because she isn't allowed in despite being the future Queen of Mewni" Marco thought about something before continuing "And perhaps a little because she's bored".
"Noted Marco, however Star is simply not at the age to attend these meetings by the laws of Mewni, her 18th birthday is coming up soon and when that happens she will be allowed past the guards to listen to us all talk for a few hours every week" Said Queen Moon before muttering under her breath "And I'm sure she'll quickly grow very bored of it".
Heckapoo giggled in the corner "No holding hands during the meetings though lover boy" she teased before giving Marco her trademark slap to the back of his head, ever determined to give him a bald spot.
Marco rubbed the back of his head and then got on with his report "We've been hearing numerous reports from the Rich Pigeon Kingdom about strange men overlooking the area from the hills to the south" Marco began, his voice now sounding official and a tad more manly ever since it finally finished breaking. "To be honest Queen Moon I wouldn't think much of these reports considering this is the same Kingdom which sends a dozen cries for help a day for when a cat strays too close".
Queen Moon furrowed her brow and sighed, "Yes they are a tad jumpy but since its actually people this time lets be on the safe side and send a small squad out to check the area, around 2 knights and their squires should do the trick".
Marco nodded "Yes your majesty, I shall send them at once, athough this time I'd like to request they recieve rations, I've still heard no end of complaints from the last few we've sent who had to surive on worms".
Queen Moon shuddered "Right so they haven't gotten the message about food for Mewmans..understood I'll have the chefs send over rations three times a day while the knights are away". She wrote something down in her notebook before saying "Omnitraxus your report please"
Southern Hills, Overlooking Rich Pigeon Kingdom-Nightfall
Through his binoculars the prince could see it all, and it disgusted him. This once great fortruss built by the former Kingdom of the Mewnian Hills was now reduced to a roost for these rats of the sky. It's once great towers, walls and dining halls now coated with a fine layer of Pigeon shit, feathers and half eaten worms.
"Ugh" he groaned disgustedly before turning to his companion "Well general, I did plan to use this as a forward base but to be quite honest with you.." He then spat on the ground towards the direction of the castle "I would sooner spit on the flag of our beloved nation before I walked even a single inch into that tower riddled with crap, worms and germs"
His general nodded in agreement "You and me both your majesty, so what are my orders?" he inquired. The king opened a portal and stepped towards it saying "We switch to the second choice, but first I want you to gather the troops and use them to purge this sickening castle, leave not a single one of these flying rodents alive and burn the castle down to ash is that understood?".
The general drew his right arm across his chest in salute before yelling "Yes sir, Praise Helios!".
A/N: So it begins :) A fair warning, this story is going to be dark compared to my last one but I still hope you'll enjoy it, until next chapter then :)
