Sometime after Season 1
Star has a crush on Marco
Star thinks that Moon is a poophead
Jump their ages by 1
"Boring, dull, stale, stupid...maybe humdrum?"
Those were the words that filled up the thoughts of Marco as he laid on his couch, with his arms fixed behind his head and his legs crossed straight against each other for leisure. He was never a big fan of using big words, but heck, it was awfully boring today. Summer was surprisingly boring, no class to pass or no new clubs to try out, no monster's butts to kick. With Ludo and Toffee no longer a threat, he has no reason to practice karate on just about anybody. Well for starters, he did every single thing interesting at the start of summer, and school starts in three days, but he really doesn't care. Marco can start preparing on the day before and still for school.
But just how was he going to spend his day? Maybe he can do Karate? No, Sensei kicked him out of the Dojo for breaking someone's arm, he pleaded it was an accident, but Sensei pulled the 'Old Proverb Card' about accidents and hurting him. He never mentioned how painful the cement in front of the dojo was.
Maybe talk to someone? He smiled at that thought as he whipped out his phone from his pocket. He scrolls through every single contact on her phone, trying to remember what they're planning on doing.
He mentally listed every single one of his contact's schedule, "Mom and Dad? Mom was doing some clothes shopping, and she hates when she is called. Dad is out of Echo Creek to meet his brother. Alphonzo and Ferguson? Alphonzo and Ferguson just texted me about doing another fiasco with the pool just before school starts. Janna? Janna was probably doing it with the two. Jackie? Jackie was out of state over at some place called Brussels. Wait...isn't that supposed to be a dish? Tom? Tom was planning on sacrificing someone today...why do I have Tom on my phone? Well, what about Star?"
That single name. Her best friend, the magical interdimensional alien princess posing as a foreign exchange student. She was always his friend from the start, sitting together, laughing together, kicking Ludo in the butt together, causing order and chaos wherever that magical scissors cut open. He cherishes their friendship, but there was something dropping hints on him. Was it her look on him? Or was it the way she poses for him? Maybe her hands always wanting to be on his, something was definitely dropping hints. She was dropping hints that she was his best friend. Only real solution to the thought.
Besides, Jackie finally notices him, like actually approaches him. No more skating past him, just because he wasn't that skater boy, as in, stopping her longboard to actually talk to him. She was always so chilled, laid back, and always fun to talk to even when you know that every single word can end their friendship. Sometimes Star didn't look pleased. All Marco thought was that Star disliked having a 3rd friend in the Parallelogram of Friends. Of course that friendship between many, including Bush Girl and Pony Head, even Janna. But he knew she always had that look on her face, full of displeasure, but one day she'll be happy for him and Jackie. The three can be best friends, well one probably closer to the other, and that is Jackie and him of course.
Marco smiled and went back to his thought process, "She was doing something over at Mew…"
A loud rip assaulted his right ear as a cosmic portal just ripped open out of the unexpected and steps out the very Princess of Mewni, Star Butterfly. The staple horns, blonde hair, her little purse, little red hearts on her cheeks, sea green dress, but she didn't really reflect with her upbeat clothes. Eyebags welled up in her eyes, her posture was slumped, and her eyes aimed straightforward into the familiar house of the Diaz.
"...Ni."
She unleashed a loud yawn, throwing her arms in the air, then she moving her neck in a precise angle for that satisfying pop. She then jumped on the couch without any form of warning, unwary of Marco lying down on it.
"Hey, Sta…"
Needless to say, she didn't hear those words, and that her landing was nowhere next to graceful, as she thought she landed on a pile of bricks…
"AH HAHAHA AH! WHY!"
Screaming bricks
She looked did a sharp flip to see a familiar face. Those wary brown eyes and that dirty little mole were recognizable to her. She was on Marco. Her face immediately became jovial, as if all traces of fatigue left her. Unwary of the fact that her hands and knees landed in areas that made Marco flinch in even greater pain.
"Ummphf!"
"Heyyyyy Marco!" she exclaimed, "How are you doin'?"
"Really fine...real fine." Marco did his best to hide the pain in his words by being joyful to the situation.
"You look hurt? What happened?" Star questioned her best friend, completely oblivious to the situation.
"I am." Marco looked at where she landed on his body, two hands on his chest, a knee in his stomach, and a knee on his...groin. Maybe a 100 some pound girl doesn't sound that heavy, but he understands that she weighs more than she looks, it was comical sometimes. He also thought that Star will learn about proper intuition one day, just not this day...and a little bit more of the male anatomy. He knew that he would get into a position into this one day, but why was it so painful? Was it supposed to be painful?
"Why?"
Marco's eyes winced in pain as her eyes were still locked onto him. He asked, "Do you jump before or after you look?"
"Well if I know I'll land on something," Star answered, "Why?"
"Why was she so oblivious even in the most common situations inflicted by her? Don't they have instinct at Mewni?" He gave a crude thought as he was still under the Princess. Marco replied as his face grew deliberately red, but not from her proximity to his body, but her knee, "I can tell."
"How?"
"Intuition," Marco could feel a single tear from his eye, "but can I ask you a favor?"
"Yes, Marco?" Star gave her sweetest voice to him.
"Get. Off. Me."
"Right now? But I have something so cool to show you..."
"Right. Now." Marco's sudden mean demeanor caused to Star shrug as she got off her best friend.
As soon as she got off of him, he quickly grabbed his groin, where the pain was sending off signals the most. He was giving gibberish, however, Star was still oblivious of his disdain. She was wanting to show Marco something, most likely why she jumped without ever looking.
"Marco, I have something super-duper awesome cool to show you!" Star exclaimed as her eyes grew large, "But first you must tell me how was your day!"
Marco stood up and gave a few hops to ease his pain. He finally stared at her with inquiry written in his eyes. "Unique, but boring. Why do you want to know?"
In truth, he has done nothing for the entire day but eating breakfast and sleep, which he thinks is regular but exciting nonetheless. He couldn't find anyone who disliked breakfast or sleep.
"Because I got this super-duper awesome cool spell to try out." Star quickly rapped.
Marco had to raise his eyebrow for this one, "Does it involve me getting hurt in anyway?"
"It doesn't...in a way."
Marco's mind told him to be careful, but his face couldn't express the same aspect. He always wondered if her testing her spells for the first time was ever a good idea. He asked, "So, what is your grand spell?
The Princess only signaled Marco to follow her outside. He hated his questions being unanswered, but he didn't object because she was his best friend, but maybe it might spice his day up. He nodded his head, giving Star the go to go outside. He followed her steps, where she opened the front door, venting a massive light onto their faces. The two covered the sun from their eyes, but they got accustomed to it in mere seconds. The fresh flowers of summer, birds chirping, and the way Star posed outside made him wonder.
"What could go wrong?" Then his eyes widen on the gravity of those four words. The four famous words before a situation go out of hand, those words, the jinxes. Maybe he should bring up his question again.
"So, what is your grand spell? Star?"
"Oh yeah, my grand spell, eh. I don't know? But I'm willing to give it a try!" Star gleefully answered. All she wanted was to get this over with.
"What should I expect at this point," Marco stated in truth, but him, on the other hand, was scared about her spell. His thoughts were in a frenzy as she held her wand up. "Was it a spell that could unleash the powers of Toffee? No! Worse! Maybe it was a spell that could summon black holes! NO! MAYBE IT COULD RETURN MS. SKULLNICK'S OLD LOOK BACK! ANYTHING BUT OLD MS. SKULLNICK!"
He had to avert the situation quickly, maybe he could stall her where her hunch may kick in and stop her. But when has that ever happen? Maybe only me and Jackie, but this was a different situation. Marco then quickly calmed himself mentally, informing that he had to know where he got the spell and what to expect.
Marco nervously gazed at the princess and hastily asked. "Hey Star, where'd you get that spell exactly? Hehe."
The question made her actually ponder a bit, "Well I did get it when my mom was speaking with my dad in the castle some time ago."
Sometime Ago
Moon Butterfly stared at the painting that lied in front of her. The painting where she held her wand against the all-powerful Toffee, an evil that was never truly. She smiled at her old friend, with no thoughts on that he was an enemy to Mewni, but for a friend just for one day for old time's sake. Looking down on the pedestal was there she read the golden etching:
The immortal monster will be haunted
By the darkest spell
Of Moon the Undaunted
She looked at herself and wondered, "Those were the days. Banishing monsters, traveling the dimensions, stopping crises left and right, maybe partying with Queen Pony Head and avoiding St. Olga." She even looked crisped in that picture, with her still having her youth. She was beautiful like her daughter, well she looked so much like her daughter in that picture, the only differences was Star's hair color, clearly rooting from her father, and her determination to stop crimes against Mewni, rather than actually committing them.
Speaking of beautiful, she admired herself in that picture. But now all she has is the dense makeup on her face to cover up the wrinkles and crevices that plague her, whereas her face was an all-natural complexion of the Mewni Royal Blood, without any need of makeup. Her tight gown supported by metal crinolines proved a stark comparison where she could run through the dimensions without stop, but now it's the standard situation of her just traversing through the dimensions in carriages to meet in summits and events. Nothing of most importance. She really missed her sweet adolescence.
And speaking of Star, Moon always wondered when Star was going to take the whole situation of banishing evil seriously. It could tear friendships apart, just like her and Toffee. She is the destined Queen of Mewni, soon she'll have her own portrait laid up the Tapestry Room. The only problem is if she wants to become the next Queen of Mewni. By all means, Star inherits all the Queen's traits, but not the correct ones. She inherits Celena's lay attitude, and not her wisdom. She inherits Solaria's brashness, and not her leadership. She inherits Eclipsa's desire, but not her skill. She inherits Moon's appearance and not her stoicness.
But Moon knew that she was always like Star at her age, doing un-princess-like things and being disobedient for one. She shouldn't be questioning.
However, she knew it is going to be much more devastating when she has to break her apart with her best friend Marco. But life is life, and being the Queen of Mewni means you have to make sacrifices for your kingdom, even if you are unwilling to do so. She never wanted to banish Toffee, but for the cause of her kingdom's safety, it was done.
"Vreeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..." A painfully awful whistle sound originated from the halls, as Moon already knows who makes that horrendous sound and quite the indecorous. Mr. Butterfly himself, the Ol' Slayer of the Sevenfold Centaur. Walking in, River just stared at his wife who kept a deadlock on her painting, wondering why the Tapestry Room was open. "...eeeeeeeeeeee..."
River had a frightful time and lecture from his beloved wife before about the annoying whistling and how it didn't even sound like whistling in the first place. After that notion, his whistling became weaker and weaker as his wife started to turn around to look at him with eyes spelling trouble.
"Hey, there honey. In the Tapestry Room again I see?" River nervously chuckled, as Moon kept the same look on her face, expecting an apology already from her husband, "Sorry for whistling...and for calling you, honey."
"You can continue to call me honey, but please, enough of your whistling." Moon bluntly replied to him. She has to deal with him not acting as the status he represents. She knows that members of the Johansen family are nothing close to the word elegance, but she loved him.
"So," River questioned with his wife, and with that annoying whistle every time with the S, wondering why would she be down in the forbidden room again, "What are you doing in the Tapestry Room again?"
Moon's eye winced at the nuisance of her husband's whistle, but yet, she kept her posture and answered, "Wondering."
River raised an eyebrow at that statement, "About?"
"Star's future?" The King saw his daughter with the potential of her being a great queen, like Moon. Unfortunately, Moon doesn't share that vision. He always thought she was going to hard on her sometimes. "Give her more time if you worry."
"That is not what I worry River."
"Then why the frown?"
"I fear she will lament her duty." The King grinned, then that grin slowly became a smile, then a chortle of joy, before dying down. Moon was unimpressed.
"You married me Moon, the worst haggard your father recommended, really shouldn't be complaining."
Now it was her turn to raise her eyebrow," What are you implying River?"
"All I'm saying is that you have to give her time, she knows she is the blood of the great Johansen," River grabbed his wife's hands, causing Moon to blush "...and the royal and beautiful Butterfly."
"Are you getting intimate with me River?"
"Hardly."
They locked in each other's eyes. Both thinking that each was beautiful and flawless in their own way. Moon dipped to kissed her husband straight on the lips and went on even longer than the two expected. He was surprised in the quick escalation, but he wasn't complaining, it's been years since he last done this. Both were rough on the edges, but with reason. The two have never been intimate since the birth of Star, and sometimes it was killing them.
"Umm, Star. How does this devolve into you finding that..."
"Not when I'm telling a story..."
It was so long since the two have actually got filled with sultry and love. When Moon still had the body of a goddess, and when River had the body of...himself. They locked their arms around each other for a perfect a stance. Moon always knew that River was the romantic type within all that monster slaying bluff he makes.
It was fun back then.
Wait...if she could go back to back then?
That thought actually swirled around on Moon's head. What if she could go back to back then? She could enjoy all the frivolities of being a newly-wed queen again, and River can be back with his strong and lewd six pack, for just one day. It was a marvelous thought.
She broke her kiss with her husband and remembered there was once spell she was always willing to try out. Moon knows it was an old spell, really old spell. But not that old. She was talking about frail yet smart Baby Wart Nulk-Butterfly, the wife of the great Monster Carver, Solaria. Quite the relationship they must've had. An alpha female over her prey. He created a spell of the age reversal, it was known as Versed Revert Contra Youth.
"River there is a spell I'm willing to try out."
"Yes, Dear?"
Moon cleared her throat in utter excitement, "It is a spell that reverses your age for a short while, a day that is."
River fell in love with her wife's passion of the moment. He was shaking with hype and hot with her, "Well spit it out, my love! We can get onto it in our chambers."
The queen gave a lustful smile and put both of her arms on her giddy husband, and then closed her eyes for the anticipation, "Stand still my sweet River."
River complied as Moon affirmed her words slowly, "Versed...Revert...Contra...Youth…" She added a slow pause to every single word and expected her husband to be a twenty-year-old Fabian.
But before she opened her eyes, she had to ask, "Well? Are you my precious Monster Slayer?"
"Why don't you open your eyes?"
Moon giggled at her husband's little quip, but she opened to her husband as he was before the words. Still old, still bearded, still short. Disappointment filled her mind, only thinking "What went wrong?"
"So am I your macho man yet Moon?"
"No...you're still you."
"So did it work?"
Moon only shook her head in denial, making River make an audible groan. She asserted those words one more time. "Versed Revert Contra Youth." Still with the same River.
"I don't get it. Why isn't it working?" Moon knew something was up. She was an all-powerful magical conduit, yet her husband isn't the masculine man he was. There was something going on.
"THE WAND!"
Moon blurted out and snapped her fingers in realization. Even though Wart wasn't a princess, he was a master at creating wands and making spells for them. It was only reasonable that there was no spell. She was a powerful user herself, but without that wand, spells like the one she was using would never succeed. To be specific, it had to be the family wand.
But Star has the wand.
Moon shrugged the thought off. She could borrow her daughter's wand whenever she needs it. Besides, she ought to get the wand repaired one day. She wouldn't mind now. All she had to say it was important business between her and the Head Daemon Lucitor. It was a flawless plan in her head really.
"Moon you're a genius. Let's get that wand and then let's get it on." River dropped hints on his wife for their later time in the bed.
"Now where did I put those dimensional scissors?" Moon asked River who simply rose his shoulder in neglect.
Unalerted by the dimensional rip that just happened outside of the doors.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait," Marco held up his arms and waved his arms around, signaling her to hold on to her thoughts, "So you're telling me that you were eavesdropping on your parents who were in fact 'having their time'." Marco had to lift his two fingers on both of his hands to signify a quotation on 'having their time.'
"Yeha. Kinda gross if you ask me." Star said with a drip of disgust in her voice.
After realizing that entire story that Star told, he was now worried about her plans, "Now you're telling me that the spell you're going to use."
Star nodded in agreement, "Yeha"
"Versed Revert Contra Youth."
"Yeha…"
"Age Reversal"
"Yeha..."
"And you plan on using it on ME?" Marco shouted out his final word as Star only gave a laugh. It was truly a time to panic.
"Marco, Marco, I told you, it's only for a day. What could go wrong?"
Marco felt like running away from Star so that she couldn't cast her spell on him, but his legs were paralyzed with fear. Sweat was already dripping from his head. He already remembers the time with Monster Arm and how it almost ruined his life, "A LOT OF THINGS COULD GO WRONG."
"Namely?"
He could already imagine the things happening to him. Mom doing her embarrassing cheek grabs, Dad doing his old Bullfighter days, Uncle Avo's stories about him beating up Dad, and Mom beating him up. Jackie laughing at him...JACKIE LAUGHING AT HIM. What if he doesn't become young? What if he grows a vestigial twin on his neck? What if he accidentally becomes Jackie? Even worse, Ms. Skullnick?
"EH, A LOT OF THINGS" Marco repeated himself in hesitation with Star only giggling it off.
"Come on Marco, you miss a hundred percent of the shots you don't take."
"Huh. It's true," Marco became quizzical at that quote for a few moments, a rare occasion where Star actually says something for a moment, truly insightful quote. He did give it some thought before returning to his panicked state, "STILL."
Star raised her arms up and pointed it at Marco, "Here it…"
"WHY WERE YOU TIRED?" Marco screamed aloud to do his best to delay Star's spell.
Star shrugged her shoulders and said, "Eh...Stopped by Party Lounge."
"WHY ARE YOU…"
"NO INTERRUPTIONS!" Having enough of Marco stalling antics, she mimicked his voice level which was already at the screaming. She finally held her wand erect, as she prepared to say her spell.
"WHAT IF THIS ENDS UP LIKE MONSTER ARM!"
"WHAT IF IT DOESN'T? NOW STOP SCREAMING!" Star mocked his panicked behavior as she began by aiming her wand at her best friend, not caring if he is hurt through the outcome. All she wanted was to see if she could do the spell.
"Versed!"
Marco could feel his sweat profusely falling to his white t-shirt. His pupils dilated as her wand begins to react to it.
"Revert!"
His overreaction leads him to have his life flash before his eyes, with him talking to Jackie once or twice. Mom baking him some cake, and Dad singing to him with that guitar he brings out once a year. Ferguson trying to flirt with Janna...then getting punched. It was pathetic really.
"Contra!"
He raised his arms in front of his face with fear, thinking that it will stop the full blast. The wand began to erupt in light as she could feel the wand's immense power being displayed at this very moment.
Suddenly a dimensional portal ripped in front of the panicked Diaz, with him being shocked by Star. Moon steps out from the portal first, with her River following, to see her daughter holding up her wand with it in a charging light, oblivious of what she is doing at the moment.
"Star dear would you mind if I were to borrow…"
"YOUTH!"
When the final utter slipped out of Star's mouth, the wand flared up in a blinding light. And from the wand came a tremendous beam of Red and Yellow, striking Moon straight into the chest, before everybody in the vicinity was dazed by the wand's power. Moon could her bones crackle and crack as tremendous pain filled her. She tried screaming, but something was stopping her, she could feel it clawing at her throat. Her eyes went shut, but something out of the black approached her. It was a girl, definitely Mewnian, but she looked so much like Star. Her complexion, the way she dressed, the same eyes, everything looked like Star. The only difference was her hair...her hair was blue, like hers. She only stared straight into the void, before the girl was consumed by an inky dark.
Something changed inside her, the voices speaking to her.
It was all too real.
"OH MY GOSH, MOM!"
"MOON!"
"I'M SAFE! OH NO! MRS. BUTTERFLY!"
I'm open to criticism, constructive is my favorite tho :P I might be open up to chapter suggestions later chapters. Like real later chapters. So leave your review.
