S01 E04 The Phantom Mewnace

Star and Marco investigate the attack on their daughter.

**The Phantom Mewnace** is the 4th episode of the 1st season in the series.

## Plot synopsis

This episode revolves around mainly Star and Marco going into the town and trying to get information on the attack on Aurora.

## Overview

The episode opens with Star and Marco talking through the magic mirror with their daughter. Aurora tells them how she is adapting to Earth and how she is learning to defend herself with Sam and Glossaryck. She also says that she is homesick and asks when she can return home, but Star replies that it is still not safe in Mewni for her so she'll have to wait a little longer. She also forbids her daughter from leaving earth under any circumstances. After ending the call, Star undoes her mask of tranquility and confesses to Marco how apprehensive she is, and now understands how her mother felt when she got into trouble. Marco reassures her that everything will be all right and that they will find out who is responsible for the assassination attempt.

They go to the weekly meeting of the Royal Council, where they receive many messages of support by the mewnisters (except the Avarius who are absent). When Lady Jasmine Flowers tells how much the attack on Aurora is terrible, Star and Marco ask how they know. Lady Ruby Stone responds that the news flies in the wind, and Lady Juniper Forest says she will pray every night for the Princess's safety.

Later, Star and Marco are alone in the garden talking when they receive the visit of Lord Falcon Redbird. He suggests that they "may want to question a certain calzone salesman in town about the night before the princess's birthday, and then take the retrieved arrow to a blacksmith on Eager Street". They thank him for the information, but Lord Redbird asks them to be careful, because the news of Princess Aurora has rekindled the wick of disagreements between mewmans and monsters.

With civilian clothes, Star and Marco go to town. During the journey, they listen to groups of monsters and mewmans whispering and accusing each other about what happened to the princess.

Star goes to the place where they sell calzones that predict how you are going to die, and talks alone with the owner. The owner says he saw two hooded suspects wandering the night before the princess's birthday, who seemed to talk about her and disappeared shortly after the knights arrived with carriages of food. Star recalls that Aurora asked that the rest of the banquet on the eve of her birthday be donated to the poorest of the city that night. She asks if he remembers where they went and the seller says they went to the forest. Star then goes to the headquarters of the Forest House.

Meanwhile, Marco goes to the blacksmith, who tells them that the arrowhead is "ophidian steel", a metal with grooves in the form of scales that is not produced in Mewni. With that name in mind, he goes to the Firefly Library, where he spends all day searching through a plethora of possible books.

At the Forest Watchtower, Star talks to Juniper and her husband Oak, and asks for their help in seeing the safety recordings of the all-seeing eyes around the forest.

In the library, after exhaustive research, Marco finds what he was looking for.

Star checks the recordings with the Forest and confirms the seller's statement, however, she disappointed in that it's not possible to see the faces of the suspects. Star thanks them for the help and before leaving, hears Juniper reinforce their support and loyalty to the Royal Family.

Back at the Butterfly Palace, Star and Marco are preparing for sleep while they exchange information. She tells him what she's discovered about the hooded assassins, and Marco only tells her that ophidian steel is a rare material. Star, however, realizes that he's hiding something and insists on telling him everything. Marco then reveals that the metal is also used exclusively by the Guild of Assassins. The episode ends with Marco calming and comforting Star's anxiety crisis with a movie and nachos session.

## Appearances

* Star Butterfly
* Marco Diaz
* Aurora Butterfly
* All the mewnisters (accept Avarius)
* The calzone salesman
* The Blacksmith
* Knights
* Lord Oak Forest and Lady Juniper Forest

## Notes & trivia

* The first episode in which Aurora is not the protagonist.
* Starco continues to live on. Jacko is clearly dead.
* Star's mewnister are the Lords Falcon Redbird, Jordan Fields,

Percy McKnight and Ludo Avarius (who is represented by Dennis) and the
Ladies Juniper Forest, Jasmine Flowers, Marine Waterson, Ruby Stone,
Berenice Firefly and Carice Cross.

* When describing the House Forest in the comments: A large mansion of wood and stone, with creepers running down the walls and screened. It has a large watchtower, from which it is possible to have a wide view of Mewni and the Forest of the Certain Death.