Star vs The Forces of Evil: When Dimensions Cleave

Part 5: Mysteries Unearthed

It was now nighttime in the land of Earth Mewni. Star and Marco, despite their deteriorating conditions, decided to venture out into the land to investigate the discoveries they made with Queen Solaria. They traveled out deep into the forest. Their travel consisted of many steps where they had to avoid emerging toxic waste. "Ugh, this is disgusting!" Marco said.

"I wonder why we never saw this stuff before." Star asked.

"Well didn't we see this sludge when Toffee and then you destroyed the magic?"

"We saw sludge, but...this is different. It...looks thicker and grayer..."

"It does. I don't remember seeing this at any point before your world and mine merged."

"You know what that tells me? It tells me the Magic High Commission knew what they were doing and purposefully held back on it while we were around to not raise suspicion. They know what this stuff is doing and they don't care..." She took another deep breath as they successfully maneuvered past the sludge. As they made their way towards a nearby lake, Marco tripped over a rock and fell to the ground hard. "Marco!" Star rushed to his side and helped him get up. He was visibly struggling, holding his chest in pain and panting hard.

"That hurt a lot more than it usually hurts..." He remarked as he slowly got back to his feet. He was visibly sweating a lot more and panting hard. "I hope that magic potion thing Glossaryck's whipping up hits the spot. Because if it doesn't..."

"Marco I don't even want to think about it." Star urged him. She helped him stand up and they kept walking slowly towards the lake. As they got closer, they saw that almost a third of the lake's body was infested with the gray-black toxic waste. "Holy..."

"Guess this water's contaminated." Marco remarked. "Isn't this where some of the woodland creatures that reside in the forest get their drinking water?"

"Used to be. Those poor animals." In the distance Star heard some footsteps. From the sound of it it seemed there were multiple factions approaching. There was a nearby hill with an indent big enough to hide them both from sight. "Marco, quick!" She grabbed his arm and gently led him to the indent where they both hid out, peering over the top to get a view. Star held out her hand and it began to glow pink and purple, drawing Marco's attention.

"Star?"

"Shhh, keep your voice down." She whispered. "It's a recording spell."

"You mean like film?" She nodded. "Nice."

Arriving at the lake was a group of mutated and non-mutated Mewmans and people, as well as a small crab monster. They approached the lake in the hopes of getting some much needed nurishment, but their hopes were dashed when they discovered the lake was poisoned.

"Aww, man." One of the mutated Mewmans said disappointingly. "That's the third lake we've passed that's contaminated. At least this one isn't as bad as the others."

"Guys I'm so thirsty..." The unmutated Mewman uttered. "I need something to drink."

"Not from this lake! Look at it!"

"Well if not now, when? What if all the lakes are contaminated? If I don't get something to drink soon I'm gonna pass out." The Mewman, against his better judgement, dug his hands into the lake and started slurping the water.

"NO!"

After a few slurps, the Mewman stopped and exhaled in satisfaction. But after that, everything went downhill. He let out a pained scream and fell to the ground in agony. His body contorted in every which way possible. After a few moments of that, his right forearm burst, leaving a puddle of blood and body juice on the ground, and in its place grew a disgusting, hairy monkey arm. His mouth contorted and replaced itself with a duck beak. His torso was ravaged and completely shredded of any muscle it may have had. What was left in the Mewman's place was a complete shell of its former glory. Everyone around him screamed in mortal terror. Star and Marco had to fight every fiber of their body to not react in terror lest they ruined Star's film recording spell.