Star vs The Forces of Evil: When Dimensions Cleave

Part 10: Hopes Dashed

Mina stood over the dazed bodies of the Magic High Commission, and she was not a happy camper. The three took a moment to stand up and regain their surroundings. Before they could even say anything more, Mina's body began swirling in a blue flame aura. It consumed her entire body before banging out a bright blue light and disappearing. What appeared on the other side was an equally buff and powerful Mina, surrounding by a light flaming blue aura, with her pupils and irises also returned to their normal spot. This was her perfected augmented form. "Look around you." She bellowed. The echo in her voice normally present in augmented form was still there, only somewhat pulled back. "You're destroying our world. And for what? A fruitless monster crusade that you know you'll never be able to win?"

"You'd be a fool to underestimate us." Omnitraxus bellowed, groaning.

"Face the music. You...me...Queen Solaria...our time is gone. We don't have a place in this new world, and we never will. I can't ever redeem myself but I can stop you before you take any more innocent lives."

"Put a sock in it, Loveberry! It's all for the greater good!" Hekapoo argued. But her words managed to once again righteously anger the angry mob that had arrived on the scene. They all came out of their hiding spots and started shouting angrily towards the Magic High Commission. Stuff was about to go down.

Up in the room still, everyone else observed as they prepared for what was likely going to be a brutal, violent battle with so much on the line. "So...this is really happening." Star said with a hint of fear in her voice, clutching her chest in excruciating pain.

"I never thought I'd see this day." Glossaryck spoke.

"At least we are nearing the end of this dark, deplorable chapter." Solaria breathed deeply. Glossaryck turned to her.

"My queen...you do understand that Mina is the red herring, correct? Solarian magic has to be personally eliminated for magic to be successfully destroyed, which means she has to perish." Solaria remained silent for a moment before solemnly nodding. "In fact, as soon as I finish the All Encompassing Healing Spell and use it to destroy the waste, all we'd need to do is use the Whispering Spell on Mina and that would be the end of that. There really isn't any need for this confrontation with them."

"I agree, but you must understand: if there's one thing we Solarian warriors never lose, it's our pride. For better or worse, we are a proud group."

"I suppose we can at least take solace in that Mina's righteous fury is going to buy us some time to recharge & be ready to pinch hit?" Tom speculated. While everyone was basically in agreement on this, Star was not. And she proved it by immediately transforming into her Butterfly form. Doing so exerted an egregious amount of energy from her and caused her to nearly fall over in exhaustion, only to be caught & held up by Marco. "Star? What the-"

"I'm going to help Mina." She said, struggling to regain normal breathing.

"Out of the question!" Moon protested. "You can barely stand as it is. We should at least wait until Glossaryck finishes the Healing Spell to use on you. Otherwise you could over-exert yourself and die! I won't...I won't lose you again." Moon struggled to hold back her tears.

As did Star, but that didn't stop her from keeping her resolve. "It's not your choice to make, Mom. And I'm not asking for permission." With Marco's help, she stood up straight, despite wobbly legs. She took a deep breath and looked Moon in the eye. "I remember exactly what I felt the day I found out that my entire family lineage was a lie. It felt like my entire world was crashing before me. It felt like I didn't even know who I was, and that I may never know. Ever since then I have refused to trust the Magic High Commission. They never rightfully answered for completely screwing over Eclipsa and her family. All of which because they couldn't get past the fact that maybe, just maybe, monsters aren't actually as bad as they wanted everyone to think. Mina is going through the exact same thing now. For her entire life, she was led to believe that monsters are the cold-blooded, cold-hearted enemy that had no humanity or empathy and were just a road block on the path to a "perfect Mewni."