Hello everyone, Horror here with another new story. Sorry, but with the hiatus in effect and everything, I'm doing everything I can that'll help keep me occupied and that includes babysitting, trying to get some extra hours in at work and write as many stories as I can. This one is rated for reasons, including, but not limited to character bashing, character death, mention of suicide, lemons, language, depression, anxiety, dismemberment—possibly—, self-harm, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, there's one other thing involved, but I don't want to reveal what it is just yet. If anything mentioned here offends you and you still decide to read the story, take it with a pinch of salt.
Enjoy the first chapter and AU.
Marco Diaz roamed through the forest, a hardened look crossing his face. Feeling his foot catch something, he fell forward and grunted, "Damn…what the hell," he sat up and looked back to see a silver-haired girl with her back turned towards him, "Hey…are you okay?" the girl turned around, revealing grey skin and blue eyes, "Um…are…are you okay? Do you need to go to a hospital or-" before he could finish, he saw a tail attached to the girl's lower back and his eyes widened, "What…what are you?"
"I…I don't know," the girl hugged her knees to her chest and frowned, "I'm…I'm a monster…I know that much," Marco arched a brow as the girl took a deep breath and shook her head, "My mother is the queen of Mewni…she was assaulted by a monster, resulting in her getting pregnant with me…she wanted to banish me and…she did."
"Wait…what are you…you know what, forget it for a minute. Who are you?"
"People call me Star Butterfly," Star looked up, a frown painted across her lips, "My mother…Queen Moon, you know her, right? The ruler of Mewni?"
"What's Mewni?" Star's eyes widened as Marco sat down next to her, "Is this a fantasy game or something? Because I don't think I completely under-"
"Wait…this isn't Mewni? What dimension are we in?"
"Dimension? Um…I don't follow, but we're on the planet earth and-"
"So…my mother did banish me…to another dimension," Marco looked at her in confusion and Star inhaled deeply, "I…I don't know how to explain it. My mother told me how she conceived me and how it shouldn't have happened. She and her husband, King River, locked me away in the dungeons under the Butterfly castle when I was little…and a few days ago they opened a portal and threw me through it,"
Marco frowned and Star stood up and dusted herself off, "I…I'm sorry I tripped, I'm just going to go-"
"Why don't you come with me?" Star looked at the half Latino teen and frowned, "I'm serious, you look like you need a place to stay and a decent meal,"
"I don't want to be a bother, what would your parents-" Marco growled and looked away, "-did I do something wrong? Are your parents dead or something?"
"Look, do you want a place to stay or not? You look like you can use a warm bed and everything," Star frowned and Marco sighed, "Look…I'm sorry if snapped at you, but…I have parental issues too. I'm just trying to be nice and invite you to my house-"
"But your parents will-"
"I've been on my own for a few years now…let's just go home. I'll make us something to eat and you can explain your story a bit better," the half monster girl frowned and nodded before the two of them walked away in silence.
The two sat in the living room in silence before Marco took a deep breath, "Okay, while the pasta is nachos are cooking, why don't you tell me what happened to you and where you're from?" Star frowned and Marco sighed, "I'm trying to be nice here. I invited you to my house and-"
"And what about your parents? Where are they?" Marco narrowed his eyes and looked away, "Well…if I tell you what happened to me, would you tell me where your parents are and what you mean when you said you've been on your own for a few years?"
"That sounds fair,"
Star frowned and nodded before taking a deep breath, "Like I said…I'm from a dimension called Mewni, my mother was sexually assaulted by a monster, she didn't tell me what the monster's name was or what happened after that. When I was born, my mother wanted to have a guard kill me, but she was worried that there will be blood on her hands, so she ordered me to be locked away until she could figure out what to do with me.
Guards would bring me food, water and while I was little, one of the servants would come in and change me. I nearly died in the dungeons…it's so cold in there and I'm coldblooded, so my mother ordered the guards to bring me several blankets to keep me alive.
I turned fourteen a few days ago and instead of inheriting my family's heirloom, the magic wand, my mother and River opened the cell, opened a portal and threw me through it, telling me I was to fend for myself from now on."
She hung her head and Marco growled, "So you're part monster, big deal!" Star looked at him and frowned, "Your mother shouldn't have wanted to kill you, it wasn't your fault that monster did that to her. You were just an innocent child, and locking you away like that? Do they not have a heart between them?"
"I don't know," Star shook her head before looking at Marco in confusion, "So…are you going to tell me what happened to your parents? Are they dead?"
"If they are then that'll be the best news I've ever heard," Star arched a brow and Marco took a deep breath, "The only thing I know about my parents is they're both raciest. My mom cannot stand Mexicans and my dad absolutely hates Caucasians."
"But how-"
"Drunken one-night stand," Marco rubbed the back of his head and Star frowned, "When my mother learned she was pregnant, she called my father up. They were married via shotgun wedding. I was born and they made it quite clear that they despised my very existence.
When I turned twelve, they told me how they felt about me and simply left. They said that they'd rather live as rotten parents then have a mixed-race child."
"Then how could you afford-"
"Unlike my parents, my grandparents on both sides saw how poorly my parents treated me and they set up this trust fund for me when I was little. I can't access it officially until I'm eighteen, but money is transferred to pay for bills and have groceries delivered here every month." Star frowned as Marco stood up and walked towards the kitchen, "Nachos should be done, I'll just get them out of the-"
"What should I call you?"
"Marco Diaz," Marco looked back and frowned, "Any other questions?"
"Where will I sleep?"
"There's a spare bedroom across from mine. It has a bed and a dresser…we'll try to get you some clothes tomorrow."
"And…is there some form of heat? I told you I'm coldblooded and I don't want to die in my sleep anytime soon,"
"I'll turn the heat on before we go to bed tonight," Star slightly smiled and nodded as her tail began wagging, "I take it that means you're happy,"
"Yeah…thanks Marco," Star smiled and Marco nodded before he walked into the kitchen.
Star, dripping wet and wrapped in a towel, stepped into the bedroom across Marco's room and looked around, "Here," she looked back and saw Marco handing her a pair of shorts and a large t-shirt, "These should be good enough to keep you…covered, until we can get you some clothes tomorrow,"
"Thanks…but if you can't get your money, how-"
"I have a babysitting job and have some money saved up. We'll go out tomorrow and get you some clothes,"
"Right…and is the heat on?"
"Like I promised,"
"And…one last question, why are you being so nice to me? We just met and-"
"Like I said, you looked like you needed a place to stay and something to eat. You might be a monster girl with a horrible life, but I'm not going to sit back and let anyone, no matter what, live on the streets, or in your case, the forest," Star faintly smiled and Marco took a deep breath, "Well…I'll leave you to get dressed and I'll see you tomorrow. Bueno Noches, Estrella Mariposa,"
"What? My name isn't Estrella, it's-"
"I'm sorry, Estrella means Star in Spanish, Mariposa means Butterfly and Bueno Noches means goodnight," Star's eyes widened before she nervously laughed and scratched the side of her head, "If you want, I'll stop speaking to you in Spanish and-"
"Now let's not get ahead of ourselves, it is one of your native tongues, right?"
"Uh…yeah, I'm half Latino,"
"And it is your house…so if you want to speak this Spanish thing…well I won't complain. Maybe you can teach some Spanish too,"
"O…kay," Marco slightly smirked and rubbed the back of his head as he looked away, "I'll…let you get dressed…see you tomorrow…goodnight,"
"Don't you mean Bueno Nachos?"
"Noches, but good try," Star smiled and Marco sighed, "Well…goodnight," Star nodded as Marco turned and walked out of the room and closed the door behind him before Star took the towel off and began drying herself off.
Marco walked into his room and closed the door behind him before walking over to his bed and laid down before taking a deep breath and frowned, "She's part monster…she's still a person…she's part monster, and she's still a person. She won't do anything to me in my sleep," he closed his eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Star finished getting dressed before yawning and climbed into bed and pulled the covers over her. A small smile formed across her lips as she nuzzled into the covers, "Toasty. I guess Marco did turn the heat on like he promised," she yawned and closed her eyes, "He won't do anything…we're going to get clothes tomorrow and he's letting me live with him. He won't do anything to me. He's not like mom and River or the guards and servants in the castle," she turned on her side, yawned before drifting off to sleep.
I understand that this first chapter seems a tad rushed, believe I know. The next chapter will explain both parties involved a bit better, I promise, and so do my advisors. Please enjoy everyone and please let me know what everyone thinks.