Adventure Addict
Off in the Mewni dining room there's ongoing small celebration of the rebuilding of Mewni. Marco, Star, Tom, Janna, Jackie, and Kelly all agreed to just hangout for a bit after the construction of the last building.
"Good idea of us having a get together Tom. We worked hard in our part of rebuilding the Kingdom."
"You said it ! I almost forgot you want to hang out at my place and play the new Ultra Street Fighter 5?"
"Yeah that'd be awesome! Wait... how did you get our hands on it? The game hasn't even come out yet."
Kelly raised her eyebrow in question to what tom said. "Wait just one second...how do you have that game? It doesn't come for another month." Tom started to get nervous he didn't want to say that he had secret connections with the game company.
"I uhh… well you see...oh look i'm out of soda i'll go get some more." Tom then went to get another soda. Very slowly.
As Marco was chatting away with everyone Janna saw it as an opportunity to go sneak behind him and pocket his wallet to see if there's anything new in it.
Everyone saw this going on and didn't tell Marco instead Kelly began playing along by distracting Marco.
The second Janna got out the wallet she gave it to Star just incase Marco noticed it was gone and thought she took it.
Star didn't even question what was going and just nodded more than happy to mess with Marco.
Jackie was about to tap Marco's shoulder but shook her head and gave Star a thumbs up. Jackie then walked up to Marco having a plan in mind to buy everyone some time.
"Hey Marco, have you heard the new love sent-" Jackie them purposefully tripped and spilled her soda on Marco.
"Aww cmon Jackie this is a new hoodie!" Marco said disappointed oblivious to the whole scheme that's going on around him.
Jackie then activated her inner actress "Oh i'm so sorry Marco! It was an accident I promise! I know how much you like your red hoodies" she then gave him puppy dog eyes to soften him up.
And it worked completely. Marco's expression went from annoyed to soft instantly. "It's ok Jackie it was an accident i'll just go put on another one. Oh but I go thanks for you and your dad's help on rebuilding Mewni." "No problem he's an architect so it only makes sense you'd ask for my help." Marco then went upstairs and into his room to get changed. The second the door closed Tom looked looked at the girls.
"All right what are you all up to?" Tom asked feeling a bit worried for Marco.
"Oh nothing. Hey Tom, tell me more about new game you were playing it sounds cool. Star said as she hid the wallet behind her back and passed it to Kelly.
Tom instantly forgot what he was worried about the second Star asked about the game. "Oh the game is awesome! let me tell you about its lore its really cool!
"So it a starts with these guys Ryu and Ken…"
Star gave the girls a thumbs up signaling them to go through it without her.
"Ok let's see what inside this thing." Kelly then tried to open it. She tried over and over and failed miserably. "What's with this wallet? How does he use this thing?"
"No worries I got it hand just it to me. This thing has fingerprint identification so it's a bit tough to crack open." Kelly then got suspicious of Janna "Then how are you going to op-" Janna then pulled out a sheet of paper with a bunch of writing on it.
"What's that?" Asked Kelly innocently. "Oh just think of it as a cheat sheet for these kind of situations." Jackie rolled her eyes at Janna's words
And just like that Janna opened Marco's wallet.
The girls got behind her to see its contents. It was filled with the usual $650 and pictures of his friends and family.
"Whoa who's the redhead with the long hair? There's a bunch of photos of her in here." Janna could of sworn she memorized everything in the his wallet
"Wait humans don't know about Hekapoo?" Jackie and Janna shook their heads "No why is she important?"
"She's one of the Magic High Commission members! She's the forger of all dimensional scissors!" Kelly was surprised they didn't know about her.
"Why are there older versions of Marco while Hekapoo stays the same? Is she some ten year old who never ages?"
"Cmon Jackie cut the kid some slack he tries hard to become the very best." Janna never understood Jackie's love for the franchise but dislike for the tv show's main character.
"Yet his partner should be Level 100 by now but it resets every time he gets to a new region! Plus he'll never be as good as Red!"
"Anyway back to the redhead. Why does she know Marco?"
"Oh she gave Marco a trial for dimensional scissors. They vary from person to person but Marco got it tough. When someone is told to chase her clones it's usually no more than 20. 50 at maximum if she thinks they are kind of a bad person."
"Wait does she give quests to anyone?"
"Nah not to criminals or dangerous people. Criminals have to get them from a store like quest buy or the black market that make some but not as good as Hekapoo's. If you have some extra cash you can get them customized.
"Then why doesn't everyone just go to quest buy?"
"That's because they are a bit expensive. Also They aren't made from the same metal as Hekapoo's. Instead they use a substitute metal which makes them not long lasting and fragile."
"How do you know all this Kelly?"
"Oh when you buy the scissors they have a label that says they are not built to last and that they are fragile."
"Whoops we got off topic. Anyway what Marco must have done is earn the scissors himself but he must of really pissed off Hekapoo."
"Why would she think that?" "Oh because Marco told me. Yeah apparently he went scissor happy with Hekapoo's scissors and she caught him red handed. Marco asked to get them back but she said he'd have to earn them. She made a bunch of clones to try to get Marco to give up. Instead he went on with the trial but it took him 16 years."
"Woah." Jackie and Janna said simultaneously. They couldn't imagine having to leave their home for a decade and a half without any sort of preparation.
"Alright i'm back sorry I took so long I got caught up in something." Marco had a exhausted face. Whatever he was doing it must've been rough. But what could be rough about just putting on a new hoodie?
"And that's the whole lore of the street fighter franchise. Marco! Where were you dude?" Tom wanted Marco to hear about the franchise's lore.
"Oh I was upstairs getting changed but something came up." "What was it?" "Nothing. Don't worry about it." Marco said looking of to the side. "If it's nothing tell us then unless your hiding something." Janna saw right through Marco and could tell something was up.
"Oh I uhh got a call from my parents." "Oh what did they say?" Star asked in anticipation. "Oh that umm Marco Jr will be born soon" "But I though your mom was only 4 months pregnant right now?" Star said innocently making everyone turn to Marco with suspicion.
"Just tell them Marco it's not that big deal." Someone said as footsteps rang from the stairs. The person reached the bottom and it was none other than Hekapoo.
"Tell us what Marco?" Star had a rough idea of what but wanted to make sure.
"Well while I was getting changed in my room Hekapoo showed up and asked for my help with fighting a hydra."
"Yeah once we beat it I got nostalgic of when he was on trial. So asked him if he wanted to do it again for fun."
"And you said no right Marco?" Star asked in an annoyed tone.
"I-I said yes. But instead of going for scissors I wanted something else. I asked her to give me something that could turn me into my adult body when I wanted and she agreed."
"Yeah but in exchange I made it tougher on you. This time you had a time limit of 8 years to beat the same amount of clones."
"How many clones?" Kelly asked imagining herself going a great adventure like that.
"Oh it was only a thousand." Hekapoo said as if it was no big deal.
"Only a thousand!?" everyone said in unison.
"C'mon guys it gets easy the second time around." Marco put his fist pn his chest in confidence. "Oh does it? Maybe we should run it back but with more clones and less time?" "Okay it's pretty difficult i'm sorry." Marco instantly apologized, he really did have it tough on that trial. Hekapoo couldn't help but giggle at how quickly Marco submitted.
"So did you win?" Kelly was anxious to see Marco as an adult
"Yeah I did!" "Barely" added Hekapoo "Hey humans have it tough!" "We aren't durable, fast, agile, or strong."
"Then how are you guys still alive?" Hekapoo said mockingly "That's cause we're geniuses! You won't find many as smart as humans! We use technology to make up for our weaknesses. Unfortunately…I had none of it on this trial." Marco hung his head down in disappointment.
"Don't forget awesome entertainment! You guys make some of the best games out there!" Tom said excited. He couldn't get enough of earth's video games.
"So Marco where is the prize from the trial?" Kelly couldn't help but show her eagerness.
"Oh right here!" Marco pulled out his sword, El Choppo.
"But that sword didn't do anything when we fought Meteora." Tom liked the sword but it didn't do anything special.
"Well thanks to Hekapoo and Father Time's debt to her she got it enchanted." "Well pull it out of its sheath already!" Marco and Hekapoo looked at Kelly grinning after what she just said, trying to hold back their laughter.
"Alright I'll pull it out." And just like that Marco's body got covered in flames and became the tough 30 year old man he was in Hekapoo's dimension."
"Hey muscles that's a nice outfit you got on." Marco looked at his clothing and noticed it was ripped and parts were burned. "My hoodie!" "Heh go put on your other outfit muscles." Marco nodded and went upstairs to get changed.
"So can I get dimensional scissors too?" asked Janna. She thought of endless possibilities with those dimensional scissors.
"Anyone can try the trial but most are physically dangerous and you don't have any training of any sort so I don't think you should Janna." Marco somehow went upstairs, got changed, and came back insanely fast like nothing happened.
"But i'm not a warrior class like Marco. I'm a thief class." "You got the thief part right." Marco joked stepping down the stairs.
"Are we just going to ignore the fact that Marco went upstairs, into his room, got changed, and came back in less than 3 seconds?" Tom was apparently the only one asking the real questions.
"So what do you think Hekapoo? Would she make it?" "Hmm…you said she has no training but she's sneaky. Sorry kid but no. You may be able to sneak around these guys but you'll have to be a lot better for it to work on me."
"Ok we're ignoring it…" Marco's speed reminded Tom of video and anime characters who are unnecessarily OP and never stopped ascending.
"Ok then what about me?" Star asked cocky knowing it would be a breeze with her wand and strength given to her by her dad's genes.
"Yeah you could do it. There's only a few issues. One, you have to start off bare handed so no weapons or tools. Two, I'm not sure if you'll be able to handle the rough things that goes down in my dimension. I was really surprised Marco kept his head cool during and after all the stuff he seen and been through."
"Beside you don't need to do my trial you'll get scissors once your 25 years old or when your mother decides you should get them."
"Oh crap I almost forgot! I gotta go back to H-Poo's dimension and do one last thing!" Before anyone could ask what Marco opened a portal and hopped through it.