Conflicted Feelings
Chapter 1 – Reunion
"So, guys, all ready?" he asked in an eager tone to his companions in the room. Marco was standing in his room with Jackie and Janna, who both gave a thumbs up of approval with deliberately intense expressions. He chuckled and continued:
"Okay, then. Star must be expecting us in aproximatedly three minutes..." he said, scissors in hand, eyes on his clock as if counting tempo to strike a decisive move.
"Uuuuurghh!... Do you think Star Butterfly is sitting tight waiting for the scheduled time?!" an incredulous Janna protested. "You may have talked to her during summer but she hasn't seen me or Jackie for over a month now. She's probably burning the place down in excitement right now!"
"But..." Marco started to argue but Jackie cut him:
"Dude, Janna's right, you know. What does it matter getting there a little early?" she squeezed his hand and gave a smile he could feel himself melting with. "Besides, you may not notice, but you're not the only one who cares about her."
He stared caringly at her warm smile, considering for the first time how much the two girls grew attached to Star and gazed at Janna who had a way too serious expression on and said:
"She's burning that place down, Marco, she needs her banana fix. I'm her Janna Banana, Marco, let me save them."
It was with a warm feeling in his chest that he conceded.
"Fine, let's go."
With a gracious swipe, the scissors tore open the fabric of reality revealing a bright blue portal in the air. The three stepped through it and were instantly at the castle throne room.
Janna and Jackie were in mid-oooohhh when a loud shriek of excitement pierced the air and a fraction of second later a pink and yellow blurr tackled the three of them to the ground.
"Oh my God, you're here you're here you're here, you're really here!" Star, in her full proper princess indumentary complete with beehive hairdo, just bolted from her parents' side hitting them full speed and was currently squeezing them in a big hug under the unimpressed gaze of the king and queen.
"Manners, sweetie." Queen Moon reminded in a defeated tone.
"Yea yea yea, I know, I know." Star managed to recompose herself and help her friends up. She still had a huge grin of joy and seemed to be holding herself to not start jumping in place as she took a better look at her guests and spoke to her parentes. "Hun-hun, mom and dad, meet our guests: Jackie Lynn Thomas, Janna Ordonia and you already know Marco Diaz, of course..."
As Star spoke Marco was looking at her. A strange, warm feeling spreading in his chest as he realized her joyful excited self was back to normal after the rough ride that was the Toffee crisis. He didn't have the time to stop and think about what a void she left in his life when she went back to Mewni and seeing her happy and eager like this felt like order was back to the world.
With these thoughts and a growing smile on his face he admired her as the warmness in his chest spread across his body and his breathing felt lighter.
"Marco!"
"What? What happened?!" he jumped, startled.
"I said are you ready for the. Best. Day. Evar?" Star asked smiling from ear to ear with one arm over Jackie's shoulder and the other over Janna's. The king and queen were already gone.
"Am I?!" he replied excitedly, striking karate poses "What are we gonna do anyway?"
"We better be in for something hardcore!" Janna exclaimed. Star put one hand on each of her shoulders, stared at her in the face and said in a too serious of a tone to be taken seriously:
"Janna Banana, I promise that to you and more."
"Cooool." was her response. Jackie jumped in:
"Come on, Star, fill us in the plans!"
Star took both Jackie's hands in hers and asked:
"Jackie, ever been on a little something called "Warnicorn Race"?" Jackie stared back and replied:
- Dude, this sounds metal...
It sounded somewhat risky to Marco but he was in to see Star happy. He approached her to finnaly have a real talk with his best friend, but she dodged him and grabed the other two guiding them into the castle and saying:
"So, Marco, you already know everything around here, right? So just meet us at the racing track outdoors, okay?"
"Um, okay... So I meet you... there..." he responded, mostly to himself since they were already gone.
"Okay, that's weird..." he thought. "I'll ask her about this later.".
A/N: Wow, can't believe I'm writing this! My first ever fanfic. :D I'll finish this regardless but, you know, feedback is welcome. Even on grammar and spelling, since english isn't my first language. I tried to staty true to the spirit of the show and the characters, hope I succeeded. Chapter 2 will be up soon.