Hello guys! I bet you were expecting the continuation of Over and Over Again, right?
Well sorry, but it's Star vs. the Forces of Evil (and my method to cope with this heartbreak) time!
Anyway… This is my first One-Shot of the series, so it's your choosing what I do with it. I'm pretty satisfied myself with the result, but if you want me to continue it and make a fic out of it, I think I can do it!
By the way…. SPOILERS!
Ok… Here we go!
Stardust
Princess Star Butterfly put a foot on her homeland, Mewni, and in an instant, her mind filled with a million different thoughts.
Surprisingly, the first one wasn't Marco, but what happened to her Mother. Moon had bruises all over her body and her face was cold and distant, Star felt a light touch on her shoulder, her mother was trying to make her feel better, but that wasn't gonna work, not until she found out what really happened to her.
That was her second thought. Obviously, she knew very well what happened: Toffee was back, she still didn't know how, but she was sure that it has something to do with her wand, the same wand she destroyed months ago, in an effort to save Marco's life.
The boy from Echo Creek (the one who she just admitted had a crush on) appeared as an illusion in front of her, his face a mix of confusion and sadness, the last expression she saw from him before her departure.
Star shook her head. That was not the time to think about Marco, he was on Earth now, he had Jackie, he had his family, his friends, his classmates, his entire world! He could enjoy of it, a world free of magic and also, free of the danger of Toffee's grasp.
She couldn't say the same about her world, though. Star looked at the skies and understood how bad things were. A big, green wormhole had appeared right above the castle. She remembered what the Time-Out Guy, Rhombulus, had said to her: Something or someone was draining the magic from the entire Universe, Toffee, most definitely, was the culprit to this, but his motives were still unclear.
As if she was reading her mind, her mother said:
- I don't know why Toffee's doing this either, sweetie.
- You should… - Star whispered –
- What?
- I said you should! – Star screamed out loud – You fought against him, so many years ago, you should know what he wants, and you're also always telling me that I should practice magic more often, that I have to do that if I want to be a powerful Queen
- And what's that supposed to mean? – Moon questioned –
- Maybe, if you had practice more magic, if you paid attention to all of Glossaryck's lessons, maybe you could have beaten Toffee years ago, and maybe I could be on Earth right now, with Marco! Maybe you are not good enough with your spells; maybe you're just as bad as me!
Silence felt between the two of them, as Star regretted immediately what she said. She looked up and notice that her mother's features hasn't changed in the slightest
- Fair enough – Moon said– I'll admit it: I could have done a much better work
- Mom, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…
- No need to apologize Star, after all, we're not so different from each other, months ago, you had the chance to use your wand and destroy Toffee, but you chose to save Marco. And some hours ago, I had the same chance…
The Queen of Mewni pulled out a pair of Dimensional Scissors and opened a portal, motioning Star to take a peek. It a room filled with candles, monks and priestesses, Star could see Rhombulus and Hekapoo unconscious, she also saw Omnitraxus Prime, or at least was left of him: His skull
- I had the same chance – Moon continued – but I chose to save them…
- So… - Overwhelmed by what happened, Star wasn't sure how to continue – What do we do now to save them?
- We are not going to save them, Star
Her mother pulled out a horn, filled with what seemed like a mix between dust and ashes
- We are going to save him
Star nodded, barely understanding anything. It was going to be a long… summer
Inevitably, the thought of that new word make her mind drift to Earth again…
Toffee looked himself in the mirror and grinned. He expected to regain his full physical form, but for now, he was stuck in Ludo's body. Inside the mind of the monster, a battle of will was raging.
- Isn't this what you always wanted, Ludo? – The reptile asked, pointing at their reflection – Power? Control over magic? It's what I'm giving to you, I just ask for a little favour in return.
- No! – Ludo shouted, barely maintaining conscious – If I let you do this, there will nothing left of me! I fought too hard for this, I made my way to this wand, to my minions, to this castle, and you're not going to take it away from me!
- So naive… - Toffee commented, he regain control over Ludo's body in that precise moment – Just take a look…
The castle was in ruins already, but it took only two spells and fifteen seconds to reduced it to complete ashes
- No! – Ludo tried to resist, but Toffee's influence was unbearable –
- You have no castle anymore…
Ludo hovered over the bodies of the rats, most of them unconscious (or worse) and absorbed their life force
- You have no minions anymore…
- My girls… - Ludo choked –
- Oh… you mean the bird and the spider? I really don't know where they are, nor do I care
Suddenly, Ludo remembered what Glossaryck told him his first day of training:
"You really need to feel it. Say it with conviction"
- Levitato! – Ludo shouted –
- Come again? – Toffee questioned –
- I…
Ludo focused on Toffee
- Won't…
On how much he hated him
- Let you…
On how that devious lizard took over everything he cared about
- Control…
And he wouldn't do that happen again!
- My body! Levitato!
In the exterior, Ludo's body filled itself with a bright, green light (brightest than normal), and the spell worked out: The body he was sharing with Toffee plummeted into the ground, only to ascend once more, and repeat the action, over and over again
Toffee sighed.
This was going to be harder than he thought.
Marco Diaz stood silently into the room, looking at the big hole in the wall.
She was gone.
She said she had a crush on him and then she left. To where? To do what? And why without him?
The rational part of his body started to make conclusions on it's own
First, it decided to erase Jackie, Ludo, and any other factor out of the equation, focusing solely on Star Butterfly.
Secondly, his thoughts filled with rage against her: She lied to him! She said she wasn't in love (or had a crush on, or whatever) with him! She probably wanted to ruin his relationship with Jackie!
That evidence was supported by the fact that she confessed to him in front of everyone. Not only his girlfriend, not only his friends, but also his family!
Marco was mad at her, really mad, but then, something happened. He realized that he contradicted himself, if he decided to think just about what happened to Star, why was he thinking of Jackie again?
Instead of questioning Star's intentions, he did something he hadn't done in weeks:
He questioned himself.
He realized he had been a bad friend all this time, he was so focused on Jackie Lynn Thomas that she forgot almost completely about Star, about the loss of her spellbook, Glossaryck, about how her spells got out of control that time…
And she was gone now, it was his fault, maybe he should talk to Jackie about this whole thing…
But, to what end? Star was in Mewni now, and there was nothing he could do about it
Suddenly, he heard a knock on the door. Only it wasn't the room's door, but Star's closet door. He approached carefully, thinking of the fact that, with Star gone from Earth, all magic was gone too.
He opened and looked at the empty place. He was hearing things.
Or maybe he was not. A grey finger rolled out of the closet, it was oddly familiar, but before he could say anything, the finger began to shake uncontrollably.
Marco fell to the ground, surprised. In that moment, he felt something pressed against the back of his belt, as the finger started to glow and a figure emerged from it, the boy pulled out…
A pair of Dimensional Scissors
So, what do you guys think?