Starnapped: A SVTFOE Story

Starnapped: Chapter 3 - Dip Down

 As Marco walked silently up the steps to Star's bedroom, his mind was once again flooded with questions. "Who could possibly have the power to take Star Butterfly, princess of Mewnie, from her own bedroom? It couldn't be Toffee, he was dead. It couldn't be Ludo, because not only was he incompetent, but he was also still floating around in the void for all we know. But who else could possibly do something like this? And why Star?" Marco was so lost in his thoughts, he almost walked straight into the wall beside Star's bedroom instead of the doorway. Quickly realising his mistake, Marco, flustered, lightly crept into the bedroom, trying not to disturb any of the possible evidence.

The room was exactly as he had left it, blood scattered around the room in seemingly random spots. River's face turned from his normal confident expression to sudden worry as he glanced around the room. However, soon after the expression on his face had changed, he changed back to his normal self, as if he was trying to hide his fears from his comrades. "Well, this may seem bad, but I'm sure we can find something useful in here!" River reassured, as if he was more trying to convince himself rather than the others.

The trio searched for hours on end, double-checking every possible corner of the bedroom until it seemed there was no hope left in the world. Star seemed to have been lost forever. Moon had already hung her head in defeat after the first half an hour, having to walk out into the hall just to talk herself back into submission. River asked if he could help, but she refused, saying that this was a mental battle she needed to tackle alone. This left only River and Marco in the room. However, River was slowly starting to lose hope as well. He kept asking Marco if he still believed in him, and if they would really ever see his daughter again. Each depressing thought that came out of the king's mouth further broke the heart of poor Marco, still trying to convince himself that none of this was his fault.

Another ten minutes passed and River couldn't take the pain anymore. "Marco my boy, as much as I love my daughter, I don't think that we will be finding her again any time soon." he croaked tears building up in his eyes as he plopped down on the floor. The man that seemed to always have hope, always had confidence, had officially broken. And Marco seemed to be quickly approaching that line of madness as well. But just as Marco was about to sigh in defeat, he heard the sound of a dimensional rift opening behind him. Before he could even turn around to assess his new visitor, he heard a voice coming from the same direction. "Well hello there deary."

Star's mouth was still gaping in response to the words that had just left the queen's mouth. "Nothing much. Just the Kingdom of Mewnie." Just repeating those same words over and over again in her brain gave her shivers down her spine, thinking of what horrible things she could do to her kingdom if she gained control. "What would she do to our legacy, our people, our family! And what of Marco?" she thought outloud, glad that she was finally alone to discuss her thoughts. "He may not be royalty, but he is very close to us. And if Eclipsa's plan was to destroy all traces of the current royal family, then she would have to kill Marco too!" yelled Star, her worry now causing her to chew her fingernails viciously.

Minutes passed as Star worried to herself, now in complete silence. She needed something to calm her down. Something to keep her sane. She scanned the room quickly in search of something soothing to focus her mind on. It was then, when it hit her. She may not have her wand on her, but maybe she could summon it to her. She already knew how to "dip down" and use magic without her wand, so maybe if she could focus hard enough she could summon her wand to her side! Then, with that magic, she could break herself out of this depressing cage of dark emotions.

Using all the strength left inside of her, Star attempted to summon forth her magic. Her thought about her family, her comrades, Marco, channeling all her emotions together in her mind. She remembered what her mother said to her all that time ago, "In order to dip down, you must summon everything you've got." And she was doing just that. All of her worries, her hardships, her best moments, needed to be concentrated into one, enormous spell. As Star began to focus more deeply on her emotions, she started to slowly rise up from the ground, all of her aches and pains fading away for a short instant. A blue glow began to emit from the now levitating princess, her blonde hair flowing as if in water. And now for the final step.

"With all the power bestowed upon me, from every corner of Earth and Sea. I summon forth a concentrated power, one so strong it could crush any tower. To finish off this simple task, is all of you I can bear to ask." The words seemed to flow from her mouth as if she had known them all her life, her eyes now bearing a pale white glow. Meanwhile, many miles away, the spell was taking it's course.

The precious wand of the now captured princess was slowly shaking on her bedside table, increases its speed by every passing second. Moments passed and the wand was starting to rise up into the air and emit the same glow as the princess herself. The light was slowly growing brighter and brighter, the wand now spinning in the air. It spun faster and faster, until it finally vanished, leaving Marco staring in awe. He knew there was only one person who could have possibly done such a thing to his best friend's wand. Star herself. Just the thought made him jump for joy. "Thank god, she was safe".

The wand had reappeared in the awaiting grasp of the glowing Star, which soon after its appearance started to drain the emotional energy from its host. The light began to fade at a rapid rate, and she was slowly descending towards the ground, still oblivious to what had just happened. In many ways, Star was not present in her body at that time. She was lost inside her own mind. Only when she finally reached the ground completely, face towards the ground, did she awaken from her trance. With a short "gasp" she was back.

"Where am I? What happened?" Star asked herself, perhaps expecting an answer from the building itself. However, just as she was about to repeat her question, she noticed the solid object now in her right hand. "Holy corn, it worked!" squealed the excited teen, amazed with her own magic. Maybe she could get used to using her magic like this more often. It felt good to not be dependent on her wand. Sadly, just as quickly as her worries had left her, they returned in a tidal wave. A tsunami of emotions, threatening to pull Star under to a point of no return.

Star buried her head in her hands, begging her mind stop. There was only one hope left for her. The wand. Using the remaining love in her heart she called out a familiar phrase. "Narwhal Blast!" A collection of small, cute narwhals hit against the wall. Star felt a bit better, but not normal. She called out another. "Rainbow Fist Punch!" And another. "Bunny Rabbit Blast!". Nothing seemed to be working.

Throwing her wand down in defeat, Star slid down the pole nearest to her until she reached the ground and pulled out her phone. At least she had pictures of her life on Earth to comfort her. She flipped through her phone's camera roll, smiling and giggling as she remembered all the fun times Star had had with Marco over that year. It seemed like so long ago now. Star yawned as she sifted through the pictures, her mind suddenly reminded of her previous exhaustion. Hours passed as her mind gradually filled itself back up with happy memories. At least there was one positive thing left in this world. Finally after she reached the last photo, Star stretched and yawned, laying her head down against the cold, hard, ground as if it was a pillow. Maybe tomorrow would be better.