Epilogue

Star rolled out her slightly stiff neck and let out a loud groan.

"Ooooh, Marco, my neck hurts!" She whined out, her face still towards the ceiling. Marco looked up from his throne chair, having been rubbing absent mindedly at his stubble while he read some scrolls fresh from the village outside the gates. He bounded out of his seat to meet up with Star before she tripped over the steps she was heading towards.

"Well, what'd you do to it?" He asked, rubbing at her neck in soothing and kneading circles from behind. She melted into his caress and let out a relieved sigh as she let him lead her up the steps to her throne chair.

"Well, I was out fighting against Ludo's little lizard people trying to take down my colonies again with Ferguson and we riding the warnicorns. We had just succeeded in driving them off and back out into space from wherever they come from when Ferguson did this cool thing where he reared his horse back and his legs shimmied in the air and Ferguson held his sword out, it was all so very cool, so I wanted to try it! I pulled on my Waricorn and... I fell off my horse and onto my back..." She finished off lamely at the end.

"What? Star, and you're neck hurts? How do we know you don't have spine damage, man we gotta get you to the royal physician and-" He said, starting to pull at her to stand back up, but Star resotluty stayed seated.

"Marco, I'm fine, if I was really concerned about my injuries I'd go." Star waved off. Marco stopped pulling at her arm and bent down to her eye level, giving her a steely gaze, searching her eyes. He knew that if she was hiding something or was actually concerned but was putting on a brave front, this look always makes her give in. She just gave the look back, her blue eyes shining in determination. Marco let out a sigh and then started tracing his thumb over a small x shaped scar on her cheek under her left eye that he actually thought looked cute, and he often did it when giving Star affection.

"Alright..." He breathed out defeated. "As long as you're not worried." He huffed then leaned forward and gave her a peck on her nose. She scrunched up her nose from the ticklish light contact then returned it to his nose.

"Right. So, have you and Alfonzo found any leads on where Ludo's army is hiding? Where they keep coming from?" Star asked, sitting up straighter. Marco distractedly sweeped Star's long hair away from her shoulders to cascade behind her as he considered the question.

"Mmmhh... no. I don't know what they're using but they're definitely innovative to have been able to develop something to deter magic and Earth's finest technology to track their movements. It's like they disappear to another dimension out of reach when they pass a certain point, our trackers can't find them, even if we plant a device on their ship. It's a mystery and Jeremy's frustrated." Marco chuckled the last part. Star slightly squealed.

"Oh~ And how is Jeremy and Jackie?" Star asked, with a little poking at Marco's side. Marco barely kept in a barking laugh before he swatted at Star's hand embarrassed. "Star, I already told you they're not a thing! If anything I would think her and Janna are closer than her and Jeremy."

"Really? I don't know, I feel like that's too obvious and they're just gonna drop a bomb on all of us one day, but it won't catch me off guard, I'll already be prepared for it." Star bragged, getting up and giving a cocky hair flip. As she walked back down the throne room, Marco matched her steps to follow her.

"Well, besides that, you know how we were going to go to colony Talsmarian with the whistling elf creatures? They sent in advance a list of complaints for us to consider before we arrive, like a briefing on what we should look out for. I was just reading it over when you came back."

"Oh, blah, blah, blah, we'll get the feel of what they need when we get there, sometimes they'll complain about stuff that they think will solve their problems when there's a bigger thing they don't realize. Don't worry, babe, I'll take care of it as their Queen~!" She finished in a regal falsetto. "But if we're talking about prior engagements, Ferguson did ask about you and wanted to know if you were still coming over for game night?"

"Oh, of course! I wouldn't miss it. We've been having those every month since your coronation. How could I break the tradition?" Marco asked with a shrug.

"Oooh~I'm so happy you're hanging out with your childhood friends still. You don't understand how scared they were that they lost you, back when you guys were still the rebellion." Star mused, holding her head up in thought.

"That's more than what I could say for you. I don't understand why you have to keep in touch with Tom. He was your past love interest! Are you trying to make me jealous?" He asked, crossing his arms. Star cradled Marco's chin in her hand and shook his head towards her direction.

"Oh, Marco, don't be cute. I was young, I didn't know how important it was to have their planet as an ally, he's actually really strong as a nation and he's married already himself. It's nothing but friendship in these meetings. Besides, we want someone for little Light to play with! Today will be the first day we meet Tom's little Blaze!" Star cooed. She skipped forward excited.

"I love babies, they're so cute!" Marco sighed, deciding to chalk this conversation up as his loss. He'll have to get along with Tom eventually. One day he might have to work with Tom for some reason. He lined up next to Star in front of large brown double doors just as she knocked lightly on it.

"Light, baby, it's time~!"

Marco could hear shuffling inside, coming ever closer, and he had to suppress and eye roll and the impulse to just open the door himself. This was something, Star personally wanted for their child, for them to have their space and privacy, something she felt like she was deprived as when younger. The door slowly swung open to see a young boy that barely came up to the doorknob, a pout on his child features. He had Moon's blueish white hair curled up in fluffy locks like Marco's but longer and straighter, and a mole by his chin. He did not look happy, but he was dressed accordingly in his royal outfit to meet the other royal family.

"Hey, Light, ready to go?" Star asked, bending over to his height, in a cooing voice.

"Mom, don't treat me like a child. Talk to me in a proper voice, especially in front of the company!" He whined, crossing his arms and not meeting her eyes. Marco frowned a tad.

"Don't talk to your mother llike that, and look at her when she's speaking to you." Marco scolded, and he immediately straightened out at Marco's voice and met his mother's gaze. But the pout was still there.

"I don't want to go! I don't want to meet the fire people and I don't want to play with a fire child. What if they burn me? I'd rather play with Clover." He said, looking at his mother, with now almost pleading eyes.

"C'mon, there's no need to bring your baby sister into this! You can play with the baby after, but you have to meet Tom's kid at least once! They'll be important friends in the future. Especially if they're strong, then you can count on them to help you on anything you need, and if you show them you're strong, they'll want to depend on you for things they'll need to!" Star reasoned to his leadership complex. He looked up in pretend thought, though after witnessing these exchange enough times, Marco knew Star already got Light hooked.

"Ok- BUT only this once!" The 7 year old bargained, holding up a single finger to emphasize.

"If you want." Star conceded, letting her eyes slip close amicably.

"Ok, let's go." He said, grabbing one of her hands. He stepped forward and held out his hand to Marco. Marco chuckled and held it. They walked together to the dining hall where a backward tug of the child between the two adults cause them to falter. Marco looked down to see a slightly stricken face on the child as he eyed the door nervously.

"Oh, come on, you're not walking into the fiery depth of the inferno." Star sighed. Marco debated something in his head before he bent down in front of the child.

"You scared?" He asked in a soft voice to encourage the child be vulnerable to him. The child seemed to consider the adult, to lie or to ignore him, whatever, before Light finally nodded. Marco let a small smile grace his features.

"Me too. We can get through it together. If you get too scared, you just tug on my pants two times, I'll get you out of there, ok? This is adult stuff, so you just leave the adult stuff to us." Light finally looked to relax a bit and he nodded. Marco smiled and gave him a wink and he stood back up.

"Alright. Let's see Tom!" Star cheered and opened the door with her free hand. She strode forward and when she saw Tom she pitched forward, allowing her child's hand to slip from her's.

"TOM!" She cheered, running forward and hugging him.

"Starship!" He said, giving a hug before he caught himself and peaked behind him where a fiery Red head raised an eyebrow at him. "Haha, I mean, Star. How have you been?"

"Great! I'm ready to start our new alliance together, especially because we've recently run into new problems with Ludo. Marco can tell you all about that though!" Star said, letting her body step sideways to reveal Marco, Light hiding behind his legs, one hand firmly holding on to his coat to keep up.

"Tom." Marco said professionally.

"Marco." Tom replied similarly. A throat cleared behind him and he shook his head. "Right, let me introduce you, this is my wife, Reina." He said, bringing her forward, and her hips swayed dangerously.

"A pleasure~" She cooed, holding her hand out, palm down. Marco held it and kissed it in a courteous bow.

"For me as well." He replied politically. Star, standing next to him, elbowed him not so discreetly. He gave a cough at the impact.

"What?" He asked under her breath.

"Not so formal, we're suppose to be friends! you're making this awkward!" She whispered back. He rolled his eyes. Right, right.

"And this is our daughter, Blaze." The wife beamed, her hair slightly wavering from pride. She reached behind her and pushed forward a little girl of 8. Her hair came in a swirling bob much like Tom's but crested over her ear. She wore a small kimono as though a kunoichi with leg warmers and bands on her arms and as her mother pushed her forward, she kept her arms crossed and her heels dug into the ground, resisting the action as she didn't move a muscle.

"Oh, hi Blaze! I'm Star, and this is Marco!" Star introduced, and just as Star was about to turn to introduce Light, Blaze raised her eyebrows.

"Marco?" She asked again. Marco let one eyebrow arch up questioningly.

"Yes, that's me." He said and Blaze's glare hardened.

"I'm learning to be an assassin so when I grow up, I can get you for taking Star away from my da-!" She said, starting to unfold her arms in her vigor, but Tom quickly covered her mouth leaving her to muffle into his hand. He looked up nervously at everyone around him.

"Ahaha, Kids say the darndest things, I-I have no idea where she got all that- she's not-" Tom chuckled out nervously. Marco let out a bellowing laugh.

"It's fine. You can try to assassinate me, little Blaze, you wouldn't be the first to try. You just might end up grounded for life." Marco said, giving her wispy hair a quick ruffle before sensing her starting to heat it up and pulled his hand away before it got burned, still with a carefree smile. Light, still hiding behind Marco, pulled on Star's dress. She looked over and bent down slightly.

"Hm?"

"Mommy, what does assassa mean?" He asked, fumbling over the actual word. Just as Star was about to answer, Blaze finally slapped her father's hand away from her mouth and bit out, "I will kill you." Light's eyes widened and he jumped forward in front of Marco.

"Hey! You can't kill my daddy!" He cried out, holding his arms out to his side as though to protect the man behind him. Blaze blinked and then placed her hands on her hips.

"And why not? I'm already sixth fourths done with my training, I'm super skilled."

"Yea? Well, I'm training to be a knight king, like my mommy, so to try and kill him, you have to get through me first." He puffed out his chest.

"Yea, well...!" Blaze puffed out her cheeks. "Who are you?"

"I'm Light M. Diaz!" He stated, raising a hand royally. Blaze blinked then copied him.

"I'm Blaze the Demon Princess~" She crooned. "And assassin."

"What can you do?" He asked, after a beat, putting his hands behind his back.

"I know martial arts." Blaze said in a cursory bow.

"I know Karate!" Light shouted, pointing at himself.

"Oh, show me."

"Only if you show me!" Light counter, a small smile on his face.

"Sure!" She said. Star giggled and tapped his shoulder. Light looked up behind him.

"Why don't you go show her the castle too?" She asked softly.

"Yea! You can see my room, and Clover!" He said, turning away to head into the castle.

"Oh, no, don't go in Clover's room!" Star called after the laughing children running off.

"And that was our son, Light." Marco commented conversationally.

"Well... it went better than expected." Reina commented. Marco nodded in agreement.

"Er, anyway, Star was talking about a problem?" Tom said, shaking off what happened. Marco's eyebrows came down to show a serious expression.

"Yea. I'm sure Star told you about Ludo army?"

"Yea, she mentioned something in the messages." Tom nodded, also serious.

"Well, we've been using Mewni magic and Earth tech to try and track them, but after they pass a certain point, it seems they just fall out of existence, like they jump to a different dimension or something. We just cannot keep them on a radars no matter how hard we try and it's way too dangerous to tail them if we have no intel on their hideout." He said.

Tom nodded, but his hair seemed to flick left and right nervously.

"Dimensions...?" He seemed to say to himself. He looked over at Reina who nodded in approval.

"How long have this been happening?" Tom asked. Marco looked over at Star, both of them picking up that Tom knew something.

"A couple of years." Marco provided.

"A couple years ago... a relic of the fire empire was stolen. We don't know who stole it, there was no lead or anything, we considered it a perfect crime... But the relic was rumored to have the ability to... open pockets to different dimensions." Star's mouth dropped slightly.

"W-Wha, well that might be it! We could find Ludo's army and stop them. And get you your relic back. What information do you have on it?" Marco asked, getting excited.

"All of that is back home, we can talk about a date when you guys can come over and we can properly make arrangements on how we'll approach our new enemy."

"Great." Marco nodded and turned to Star. "This is crazy. We may take our fight across dimensions..."

End.

Thank you all for your support. I had more fun than I thought I would writing this epilogue. We'll see if I make a sequel yet! Recap of what the epilogue states:

Ludo retreated to become a hit-and-run enemy on the colonies to undermine the Mewnies

Star fights her battle now, and gets scars on her face

Marco keeps in touch with his old friends like he couldn't back in the rebellion

Jackie and Janna might be dating? Hmmm?

Star and Marco has 2 kids, 7 year old Light Manolo Diaz and newborn Clover Diaz

Tom and (random person) Reina has one child Blaze

There may be a relic that Ludo stole long ago to jump dimensions to keep off the Mewnies radar while harassing the colony

Thank you, til next time.

-Twila Star