Sky Butterfly

## Queen Sky Butterfly

Her Majesty, Queen Sky, Head of House Butterfly, Queen of the Mewmans, Sovereign of the Butterfly Queendom and the Groundlands, lady of the Mewnians and the First Settlers and monsters. Protector of the Realm

### Title

- Her Highness, Princess Sky Ciana, of House Butterfly (Butterfly 1, 766 A.M - Butterfly 1, 780 A.M.)

- Her Royal Highness, Royal Princess Sky Ciana, of House Butterfly (Butterfly 1, 780 A.M. - 787 A.M.)

- Her Majesty, Queen Sky, Head of House Butterfly, Queen of the Mewmans, Sovereign of the Butterfly Queendom and the Groundlands, Lady of the Mewnians and the First Settlers and monsters. Protector of the Realm (787 A.M. - Corn 3rd, 796 A.M.)

### Occupation

Queen of the Butterfly Queendom

Successor - Comet Butterfly (as Regent) /// Moon Butterfly (as Queen)

Predecessor - Diana Butterfly

### Family

Diana Butterfly (Mother)
Tileford Butterfly (Father)

Etheria Butterfly II (Sister)

Quasar Butterfly (Brother)

Comet Butterfly (Sister)

Moon Butterfly (Daughter)

Lancel McKnight (Husband)

### House

House Butterfly

*"The Butterfly family can now be seen*

*Thanks to the hard work of this tireless queen."*

Sky Butterfly was the 29th Queen of the Butterfly Queendom. She is best known for having the shortest reign of any Queen of the Butterfly Queendom with her height at 4'7".

### Early Life

Sky Ciana Butterfly was born on Dawn Day, Butterfly 1, 766 A.M. to Queen Diana Butterfly and King-Consort Tileford Butterfly. She was born with cyan hair and eyes and purple spindles on her cheeks. Her name was chosen from the Magic Book of Spells from Queen Cosmica Butterfly's chapter from the Earth Dimension word "skie."

Her small stature caused Sky to be the 'center of attention' from the moment of the birth. To this day it is theorized what the cause of Sky's small stature was but the prevailing theory is that her parent's consanguinity was the cause of it. Due to the closeness in age of Sky and her sister Etheria, who were born the same year, they shared a room. This room sharing showed the contrasting personalities between the sisters. Arguments between the two were very common. Etheria would commonly destroy Sky's stuffed toys, which would lead Sky to learn how to sow. In retaliation Sky would often sew Etheria's boot laces together, tighten her dresses to where they would not fit, and remove the seams of her clothes and the soles of her shoes. In 773 A.M., when Sky was 7 years old, Diana would allow Sky to move into the Royal Princess's Chamber prematurely to avoid these petty conflicts between the sisters. Sky would spend much time in her room, leading to comparisons between her and her grandmother Celena Butterfly.

Sky would prefer to practice her weaving and sowing skills rather than interacting socially. Sky would develop a liking toward reading, which evolved from her fascination with the book "A Route of Wonders" written by her parents. In mid-774 A.M. Diana would invite Sky to her Mewnistry meetings and her other Royal Duties. Sky would initially reject this offer but after learning a week later the Etheria was attending Sky would promptly begin to accompany her mother and sister. This "coexistence" with her sister as Sky would describe it would lead to what Sky would describe as "silent contempt disguised as indifference" despite their parent's attempts to resolve the conflict. Even though Etheria would mutter harsh words to Sky, she would still retain her ideal view of the world, which she would keep until the age of 10.

In 776 A.M. during her Lonely Star Ball, Sky would fall in love with Prince Blocq Johansen who she would chose as her first right choice dance partner. Shortly after the ball however, Sky would overhear Blocq complain to his mother about being forced to "dance with a leprechaun" among other mean words. This would cause Sky to cry through the night. This caused Sky to wear a bow on her head which made her feel taller. Sky would also use her height to her advantage, such as hiding in tight and unlikely spaces, which allowed her to hear gossip, hide from her siblings during games, and sometimes threats made to her. She also was able to find many secret passageways inside the Butterfly Castle. She wrote in her diary "my ancestors never realized because when they were my height they were just inattentive children."

In 779 A.M., when Sky was 13, after the Battle of Bleeding Stars, which would claim the lives of her uncles Astro Butterfly and Blackhole Butterfly, her mother would enter Sky into a nuptial agreement with Lancel Mcknight son of Lady Viviane, of House McKnight. Before engaging Sky and Lancel, Diana previously considered marrying Lancel to Etheria but Lady McKnight would only accept the heiress as a fiance for her son. Despite her engagement Sky would not be deprived of entering into other brief relationships with others, especially princes who came to tournaments, balls, festivals, and other events. Entering into these short relationships would disgust Etheria.

### Royal Princess

In 780 A.M., at the age of 14, Sky would inherit the Royal Magic Wand which took the shape of a spindle in her possession. Sky would start by developing magic related to her passion of weaving and sowing among other more traditional practices. Some of this magical practice would result in spells that could bring her rag dolls to life using a sort of 'possession' within less than a month of her possession of the wand. During the Spring Tournament of the year (Admirestar 6th, 780 A.M.) at the opening banquet, Princess Bethany Smith, a friend of Sky's, came to her after hearing that Prince Andretti Florent had slept with Princess Luciana Laurel the night before the banquet and that he would do it again after the banquet was over. Princess Luciana Laurel was Bethany's self-proclaimed enemy and was jealous of Luciana's relationship with Andretti. Bethany insisted that Sky help prevent Luciana from sleeping with him again. Bethany promised to speak well of Sky to her brother Crown Prince Auric. Despite being actually interested in Auric's friend Prince Joan Carvel, Sky agreed to help though reluctantly. Sky decided to use a spell she had been planning since her uncles's deaths. Knowing the fear of spiders that both Bethany and her sister Etheria had, Sky enchanted a stuffed spider given to her by Prince Regismark VI Spiderbite at the last Silver Bell Ball. However, this spell showed no signs of being successful and Sky went to sleep frustrated. The next day, Admirestar 7th, 780 A.M., when Sky was already with Prince Auric in the jousting arena, the spell activated. The stuffed spider became animated. The stuffed animal at the start of its animation was only 7.8 inches long causing only mild annoyance from the people, but was mainly annoyed. At the end the spider was 32 feet long and ate the clothes of around 2,000 people. This even became known as the Noon of the Naked. Sky was one of those who had her clothes eaten. Despite this, Sky was satisfied that her spell worked and worked to improve it. During that same tournament, Sky would witness her mother's performance in the archery competition where she would get another idea, the crossbow that generate generate energy arrows with the pull and shoot just like her mother with her wand.

Weeks later, her sister Comet Butterfly would leave for Elfendor Interdimensional University at the age of 10. With her departure Sky would delve deeper into her studies, mainly to avoid interactions with Etheria. At the same time, Sky and her brother Quasar would grow closer. Quasar would sometimes serve as a volunteer to her projects. Quasar would inspire and aid in the creation of an invisibility cloak, the only of its kind in all of Mewni. During this period Sky would also study High Mewnian and imperial magic which would lead her to develop a friendship with the bastard son of Lady Sagitta, of House Firefly, Octavian Dragonfly. She met him while he was guarding the Imperial Era section of the Firefly Library. In 781 A.M., while Sky was 15 years old, it was revealed that Lady Sagitta's children were actually fathered by her cousin Lord Hunter, then the husband of Lady Adansonia, of House Forest. This revelation soon led Sky to be associated with the situation with some speculating that she was engaged in a relationship with Octavian. These rumors were false and Sky would ignore them and allow herself to receive criticism to protect her brother, Quasar who was Octavian's actual partner at that time. These rumors would die down within days. For violating incest laws dating back to Queen Cosmica and adultery, Queen Diana would dismiss Lady Sagitta as Mewnister of Culture and replaced her was Lady Norma.

In 782 A.M., at the age of 16, Sky would meet her fiance, Lancel, for the first time. Lancel had returned to Mewni from serving with the Magical High Commission's Interdimensional Police for 5 years. In her Diary Sky wrote about the meeting; "Although I initially thought my parents were making fun of me (he's quite tall and I... Well), we had a very nice and frank conversation. I don't know if I'll ever love him, but at least I'll have a kind husband and the hope of a positively stable and respectful marriage." As a show of good intentions, Sky presented Lancel with prototype shirt-armor which she had been working on for over a year. He would wear this during the tournament's fencing competition, although he was stabbed during combat and suffered no serious injuries. Sky would make a note to test new prototypes with blades next time. Sky would spend much time with Lancel during his recovery period at Cross Sanitorium out of guilt. This time spent together would lead them to grow closer and would ultimately lead Lancel to enlist in the Queensguard. Months later the two would be described as being in a loving relationship. Lancel would suggest that Sky present her magic strings on crossbows and bows project to the Queen. Sky initially refused but after Quasar joined in on the request she would give in. Sky was nervous to present the project to her mother along with the mewnisters but it was received extremely positively with her mother noting how proud of her she was.

During the feast of Sky's 17th birthday in 783 A.M., the obvious good relationship between Sky and Lancel was the subject of great conversation and gossip throughout the night which included the story about the marriage agreement. This gossip would reach the ears of both Sky and Etheria who were both intoxicated. After the feast Etheria would visit Sky's bedchamber where a heated argument would begin. Etheria would ultimately attack Sky with a dagger that the Prince of Leechstone had gifted her. Sky would use her magic to move the Magic Book of Spells between her and the dagger, stopping her from being stabbed. She would scream and the Royal Princess Staff and Royal Guards would enter the chamber and restrain Etheria. After Etheria was taken way the Book of Spells had crumbled to ash which she wrapped in a bundle and pushed under her bed. The guards would bring Etheria before The Queen who demanded to know what had happened. Sky, Etheria, and the Guards and staff would all explain their versions of events. The Queen ordered that the situation remain secret. When Sky was ordered to return to her chamber she would use her invisibility cloak and took the bundle of ashes under her arms and ran toward the castle library in hopes of finding something that would help her. However, Sky reported "at a certain point, I realized that the bundle had opened and part of ashes had fallen out along the way. I followed the trail, collecting as much ash as possible, but when I reached its end, I saw that it led me to some random bust of one of my ancestors (one with a young face and a rose in her hair). Initially I didn't mind, but as I got closer I noticed it was one of those busts with a secret. I turned the knob inside, opening a secret compartment inside the plinth, where I found the Book of Spells!" Sky was shocked but relieved. Sky reported that this books was identical to the previous one despite having some peculiarities, such as the signs of wear that were much more noticeable and real, in addition to its more accentuated weight. Sky would further research this book for the next few days.

Despite The Queen's order, due to the amount of people involved the situation reached the ears of many in the Queendom, including common people. Diana would prevent the case from going to the Flowers Court which resulted in outrage from the common people. Instead Diana would judge the situation herself as Queen. The Queen concluded that the fight was caused by "excessive alcohol in the veins so common at a young age." Despite this, Diana knew that if she wanted to avoid an even bigger scandal she had to take action and with the mewnisters demanding exemplary measures. The normal punishment for attacking the Royal Princess was execution but Diana refused to order this. Diana would send Etheria to St. Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses in the Unclaimed Lands, which even some mewnisters say as too drastic. Diana also placed some blame on Sky for what had happened. As punishment Sky was ordered to remain in the castle at all times and would be under constant watch by the Queensguard. Sky did not see this as a punishment and she was able to spend more time with Lancel who was one of her guards, which her mother allowed. Sky would also use this time to investigate the new Book of Spells, where she would report "...This book is more robust than the previous one in terms of content. In just two days, I already discovered really useful spells; that Soupina the Strange was not a joke (far from it); that Eclipsa really existed; that I broke some kind of Rule 6 (I don't regret it); that our lineage descends from a family of weavers (I squeaked when I read that part); and that other queens also had issues with their sister... Thankfully, no more family drama! I'm really looking forward to seeing what more information awaits me." Sky would ask Glossaryck about this book, which he explained the reason behind the two books. Months later Sky would notice the diminish relationship between her parents due to rumors about her mother's sporadic hunting trips, even though the Queendom was in a more calm period of hostilities between the monster tribes. All this brought about Sky's mewberty. This brought about great chaos in the castle which Queen Diana would resolve hours later by entering into her own butterfly form, hugging Sky and soothing her. This led a project Sky had been working on for 2 years as a gift to her mother also become a way to thank her.

Sky would carve old hieroglyphs into an old loom, allowing her to finish the gift in the spring of 783 A.M.. The gift was a 10 feet by 13 feet tapestry honoring her mother, the first of many she would create of the Queens of her family. According to Sky, Diana was overjoyed by the gift and praised Sky along with herself. However when Sky presented Diana with the tapestries of Celena in 785 A.M. and of Sideria in 787 A.M. Diana wept.

### Reign

In the autumn of 787 A.M., Queen Diana was assassinated while returning from a trip to the Forest of Probable Itchiness. Sky would become Queen of the Butterfly Queendom at the age of 21. The Queen's siblings would all return for the period of mourning and funeral. Sky would attempt to re-approach her sister Comet who had completely devoted herself to her studies at Elfendor and had not returned even during her vacation periods. Comet promised Sky she would return permanently in less than one year. Sky also attempted to re-approach Etheria, who had come escorted by guards from St. Olga's whom Sky ordered away. This re-approach was not successful even as Etheria showed proper etiquette and mannerisms and even curtsied to Queen Sky. Sky noted in her diary "Etheria was but a brooding shadow of her former self." Sky would attend emergency mewnistry meetings over the following days in which the topic of her mother's murder was most present. Some mewnisters wanted immediate retaliation while others suggested a more reserved and investigative approach. Sky agreed with the second and ordered it. However, out-of-records, Sky would use her Artificial Predator Spell to conduct a few surprise attacks on monster groups. Sky would also remove Etheria from St. Olga's and even propose a marriage request to her which she would refuse. 70 days after her mother's burial, Sky was crowned Queen at the Great Celestum of the Butterfly Queendom. Sky would continue to work on the magic bowstrings, finishing the final enchantments. These would go into mass production with about a month left until the end of winter. The Queen ordered these to be the official weapon of the Most Excellent Order of Moon Archers during the tournament of 788 A.M. as well as the official long range weapon of the Butterfly Army as well as Navy.

During this period, Sky also created the Cosmic Puppet Spell, a spell that creates thin, virtually invisible stands of magic that adhere to an enemies body, allowing the caster to have complete control over them. After this creation of this spell, Sky was invited to join the Magic High Commission which she accepted. This spell was subsequently sealed in the Magic Book of Spells due to its grotesque nature and could only be used with prior authorization from the commission. Weeks after the tournament, Comet returned as promised and Sky appointed her as Royal Chef. Comet questioned Sky on why she had not married yet. This made The Queen realized they had not married yet. Sky claimed she became distracted with Royal Duties and Lancel claimed he did not want to bother his fiance on the matter as he believed she was still in mourning. The marriage would take place in 789 A.M. during the Spring Tournament. The date was chosen as monster hostilities were normally moderate during this period, allowing for Lancel to not be needed to command a Butterfly Patrol. They were married in the Great Celestum of the Butterfly Queendom. On the last day of the jousting competition, Bethany Smith was gossiping to The Queen about her last nights with Andretti Florent. A few seats away Lucina Laurel started to feel sick. Sky had her sent to the Cross Sanitorium. Around an hour later it was confirmed that Lucina was pregnant with Andretti's child, prompting both families to marry them within less than 24 hours. Sky had prevented news of this from spreading. This ruined Bethany's honor in her home country and only worsened the historic feud between the Laurel and Smith families. To avoid this, Sky and Lancel would sneak off on an interdimensional trip. First to Paradisia, then to the Hundred Kingdoms of the Rainbow Isles, then to Carnivalia, and finally to Nuvemgard.

This trip would serve as her honeymoon week. When Sky returned she discovered that Etheria had taken up position as *regent ad interim,* pursuant to laws put in place by Queen Vesper. Both sisters agreed that this was only Etheria's "right and duty" as heir. A few believed that a quarrel between the sisters would break out if Sky accused Etheria of trying to usurp her Crown, which did not happen. Instead, Sky and Etheria argued about the way Sky was handling monster conflicts. Etheria during her time as regent ad interim ended The Queen's policy of guerrilla warfare and instead switched it to a policy favoring noble monster families. Sky was largely opposed to favoring monster families and had been undoing that policy that had been in place since Queen Vesper. Sky undid this policy when she returned and instead returned to the policy of guerrilla warfare. Sky in her diary wrote "... I know that some now prefer her to me. But what about the ones I don't know." This fear led Sky to focus on expanding her succession lineage as soon as possible. Sky also barred Etheria from the line of succession in *letters closed* issued to her mewnistry and declared that Comet was to be the second in line for the time being. To try to prevent herself from having any anxiety or stress that would reduce her chances of pregnancy, Sky returned to her hobby of sowing and weaving tapestries of her ancestors (from historical to invented ones), based on information she gained from the Book of Spells. She often referred to this hobby as "therapeutic."

In 796 A.M. a month after her 30th birthday, The Queen announced her pregnancy. This news was greatly received by the Royal Family, nobility, and the public. Though Lady Elise, of House Cross, Mewnister of Health saw the possibility of complications with The Queen's pregnancy along with The Queen's medical staff. Lady Cross expressed her concerns to The Queen and requested that she take charge of The Queen's health. The Queen agreed and allowed her to take charge of the Royal Medical Staff who now doubled their efforts on monitoring her health and did everything they could to make her pregnancy easier. Queen Sky's pregnancy went well until its last 2 months when King-Consort Lancel had to leave alongside his brother Sir Urien and Lord Hickory Forest with a garrison to retake the outpost at Woodgard which had been overtaken by septarians and frogmen, blocking the roads connnecting the Queendom and the Fahrmann Kingdom. The Queen did not want Lancel to leave and Lady Elise suggested she use her position as Queen to stop him to which she refused. This absence caused a slight debilitation in The Queen's health. The company of Comet and the retaking of the Woodgard outpost weeks months later helped The Queen begin to recover. A week after this news Queen Sky recieved news that several Butterfly soldiers and King-Consort Lancel had been killed by septarians. The Queen announced this news later that day. This weakened Queen Sky's health and a fear of a possible miscarriage spread. The Queen cancelled all her Royal Duties and named Comet as regent ad interim in *letters closed.* The regent ad interim attempted to prevent the news of The Queen's rapid deterioration from spreading. However, this was to no avail. Comet and Etheria had to convince and force her to feed.

On Corn 3rd, 796 A.M., Sky gave birth to Moon Butterfly during the day. Comet came to bring The Queen her meal in the afternoon. Sky ordered everyone out of the room besides Comet. With a tired and pained voice Sky ordered Comet to write ""I, Queen Sky, of House Butterfly, Sovereign of the Butterfly Kingdom, Lady of the Mewnians and the First Settlers, and Protector of the Realm, by my order I name my sister Comet, to as Lady Regent and Protector of the Realm after my death to reign under My name until my daughter Moon comes of age." Sky then signed the order and applied the Royal Seal. Sky then asked Comet to help Moon become someone better than she ever was. The Queen's last order was to Lady Elise, to give her something for the pain and to let her die. Queen Sky Butterfly died on Corn 3rd, 796 A.M. at the age of 30 after a 9 year reign, the shortest in the Queendom's history. Lady Regent Comet would then take the wand from the bedside and announce the death of The Queen the next day along with her regency and conditions. Sky was buried in the crypts of Butterfly Castle.

### Trivia

* During their time sharing room, Sky and Etheria had fights about spiders. Sky wanted to release them and Etheria to squash them
* She was taste tester for Comet "experimental" recipes
* Sky liked tomato juice, another thing to Etheria's disgust
* She used to enchant her ragdolls to make them her servants in her bedroom
* On the day of her coronation, she woke up 2 hours late, because last night Lancel had returned from a patrol and the staff didn't want to enter the Royal Chambers. In the end, she still managed to not delay the ceremony
* In her last talk to Glossaryck, she told him to make another fake copy of the Book of Spells and to keep the original one with himself. She also revealed she had found out the "key" of Luna's Locker Spell, but she would take it to her grave