Hello guys, Junior here!
I'm doing my best to update "Stardust" but I have some deep, unwanted troubles going on in my house right now and it's not a good time to write
However, I give you the first chapter of a two-shot I had in the back of my mind
"Yeah, just pretend Face the Music and Starcrushed never happened Junior, you're doing a great job"…
30 Days Without Marco
Princess Star Butterfly sighed. Her parents had to leave the kingdom for a month for some sort of diplomatic mission that she didn't really care about, in their absence, someone had to take care of the kingdom, and she was, of course, the first on the list.
She complained, pouted, invented excuses, but her parents paid no attention, so she was stuck there for at least 30 days. 30 long, boring days. After defeating Toffee and regained his full wand, her life had been a little bit less exciting.
Of course, she had Marco, without him, she would have gone completely crazy long time ago, the earthling boy and her spent most of the time together, dimension hopping or simply relaxing in the couch, each moment of her life with him felt like a whole new adventure.
But Marco was not there, and in fact, he couldn't be. Nothing bad happened to him, luckily, but the King and Queen of Mewni had forbidden the entrance to the castle to practically every outsiders, concerned (maybe too much) about her daughter's safety
- Narwhal blast! – Star shouted out of pure boredom –
Pfft!. The wand barely emitted a sound, unable to respond to the princess spell
- Is everything alright, Lady Butterfly? – One of his subjects, Sir Adam, asked, opening her bedroom's door a little –
- I can't even use my wand? – She protested –
- I need to remind you, Princess – Sir Adam explained – The castle is surrounded with a force field that prevents the use of any magic object or enchantment on the inside
- What about the spellbook?
- Sir Glossaryck of Terms left with your parents, Lady Butterfly, he also took the spellbook with him
- The Magic Mirror?
- The force field blocks any sort of communication with other dimensions, Lady Butterfly
- What about my own powers?
- Force field, Lady Butterfly
- What about my Dimensional Scissors?
- F-O-R-C-E-F-I-E-L-D- Lady Butterfly – Sir Adam repeated, emphasizing every letter of his answer –
- Fine, you can leave, and Adam?
- Yes, Lady Butterfly?
- Stop calling me like that! It's Star, simply Star, okay?
- As you wish, Lad… Star
The magical princess sighed once more; Marco's absence was really affecting her, especially after she discovered her true feelings for the earth boy
It started as a little flame inside her, an occasional blush appeared here and there the last times Marco hugged her, but she pretended to not notice it. Then the blushes became more evident, until the point he had to hide her face from him
This new sensation affected her daily cycle; she started to lack sleep, spending entire nights thinking about the red hoodie boy, questioning what the heck was happening with her
Such change didn't go unnoticed to the Diaz family (especially to Marco), but over and over again, she forced herself to keep hiding her feelings, for the sake of their friendship
Star snapped about of her daydream, realizing that remembering those times wouldn't help to make the present time go faster
She was without Marco now, so she quickly came up with an idea to make his absence a little less painful
4 hours later
La calaca, la calaca
La calaca feliz
La calaca feliz
La calaca feliz
- Oh, for the Universe's sake, what's wrong with that girl? – Sir Aaron, another of the princess subjects, commented angrily –
- Nothing is wrong with her – Sir Adam remarked patiently – She's just feeling some homesickness, that's all
- But this is her home!
- Well, not since a year and a half ago, she was sent to Earth and had to adapt to the new environment, obviously she misses it
- Still, it's not natural – one of the other guards added – After all, how many times we already heard that ridiculous song?
Said song suddenly stopped, only to start once again five seconds later
- Oh, how I wish King River hadn't show the princess how to activate the castle's speakers! - Sir Aaron lamented –
2 hours later
- I said I wanted nachos!
- Miss Butterfly, I'm afraid we don't…
- And I said you have to call me Star!
The princess demand was really simple actually, she just wanted one of the Royal Chefs to cook her favorite Earth dish, however, none of them ever heard the word "nacho" in their lifetime
- At least can you give us some explanation on how to make the dish, Miss…
The girl stared angrily at one of his chefs
- Sorry, Star?
- Of course! You know, you have the corn, then with the corn you make the flour
- Flour?
- Yeah! And after that you just need to get the thing with the…
A few minutes later, everything that came out of Star's mouth were just incoherencies; her chefs put effort in the task at hand, but with disastrous results
Defeated, the magical princess went to her room without eating. Bored, hungry, and without a hint of exhaustion in her face, she knew this wasn't going to be a good night for her.
Three soft knocks on her door startled her
- Come in… - she replied –
- Star… - The always welcome face of Sir Adam appeared at the side of the door – You really should eat something
She denied with her head
- I'm not in the mood
- But your parents, they asked me…
- I know, I know my safety is your responsibility Adam, but I don't have the will to do anything without…
- Without Marco Diaz from Earth
Star gasped at the mention of her crush
- How… did you know?
- Oh, it was pretty simple actually. That weird song, your insistency for eating tacos
- Nachos – Star corrected –
- The fact that you covered the window of your castle with a picture of what I assume was the view from your household on Earth
Star huffed, she really hated to be controlled that much
- And, one last detail: You just ask me one hour ago to get you a pillow with the size and the shape of Marco Diaz, you even gave me his picture
- Fine, just leave it outside the door and stop teasing me, Adam
- Oh, I'm sorry Star, but the Royal Loom is closed for the next two days
The princess let out another sigh
This was going to be a long, long month…
Why did I leave like that, you may ask?
Five words: My father is an asshole
See you… (Tomorrow, I guess?) guys!