Adventure Addict
Marco stepped through the portal and ended up at rather large town if he were guess it's population it would be a million. He walked over to to one of the townsmen. "Excuse me do you know where the blacksmith is?" "Yes sir, keep walking and take your first right then, take the second left and you should come across a building made of stone bricks."
Marco thanked the man and followed his directions. Once he reached his destination he gave a secret knock on the door.
"What's the password?" answered a old and rough voice
"Wet socks should be outlawed!" The door was then opened and the man at the door was a man in his mid to late 30's you could see the white hairs if you looked hard enough. If he was on earth you'd think he'd be from ireland or scotland with his accent and buffed up body.
"Well well it's about time you showed up Marco! I thought for a second you changed your mind about my debt!"
"Like I would forget! I told you one day i'd return and ask you to enchant my sword once you were a good enough blacksmith and I meant it!"
"Man you really don't hold back if you can benefit from something." "Well you know me." Marco shrugged.
"So how was the apprenticeship Jack?" "The best i've ever been too! My old teacher was good but these guys give him a run for his money!"
"So how did it go?" Marco was hoping he learned the necessary enchantment for his sword.
"Well me being the prodigy I am...I learned everything a year quicker than others!" Jack puffed up his chest in pride.
"Nice! But let's get down to business already i've go to leave quick." Marco enjoyed catching up with Jack but he left Mewni on a whim so he had to return quick.
"Alright so the enchantment you wanted on yer sword was the unbreaking enchantment?" "Yep that's the one."
"I don't get it mate, why would you want this enchantment? Once it's placed it forbids from putting on any more enchantments on yer sword."
"Don't worry man I know what i'm doing." "Fine but it's your funeral i'll just show up there to thank ye for saving me life."
An hour later
"And i'm done! I wish I could do this enchantment as fast as I do it on regular farm tools." "That reminds me why did you set up business here of all places why not in that city?"
"Well this is actually my father's old forgery. His wish was for me to continue the legacy."
"Legacy huh. I always wanted to leave one behind." "Ye already have ya dingus! yer already well known for going agianst that many Hekapoo clones!"
"Yeah but i'm only known by people like mercenaries and adventurers. Back in my home dimension there's a saying you die twice. The first time when you physically die and the second is when you name is said for the last time."
"Heh i'm too much brawn to get that philosophy junk but good luck mate!"
"Yeah you too Jack! If ya ever need any help just ask!" Marco then opened a portal back to Mewni and hoped through it.
"Hey Tom we still up to play Ultra Street Fighter 5?"
Hekapoo look at him like he was some lunatic."Don't just hop through a portal without any warning, not tell us what your up to, and come back as if nothing happened!" She then smacked him in the back of his head playfully.
Tom quicly caught on to Marcos joke"Yeah we're set but you'll have to bring your own controller i accidently dropped mines in lava."
Hekapoo was now getting irritated. "Don't ignore me as if i'm not here! You both know we should scold Marco about what he did!"
"Ok fine enough messing around. The reason I didn't give you guys anywarning was because of the the way time works between the two dimensions. During the the trial rematch I met a apprentice blacksmith whose life i saved. He decided that when he was a master blacksmith he would repay me by enchanting my sword with anything I wanted free of charge for the first time and any other times he would give me a discount."
"Oh cool what enchantment did you get!?" Asked Kelly eagerly. She really was an adventurous girl.
"Well I got a somewhat advanced enchantment. It's called the unbreaking enchantment but I got the most powerful version. The name's misleading because with each level of the enchantment the weapon or tool simply become more durable but the fifth level wakes the tool completely unbreakable."
"But it comes with a catch. It doesn't allow anymore enchantments to be added. The one's already on the weapon are fine but no more can be added. Also few blacksmiths know the level five enchantment because it's not taught a lot heck, the blacksmiths who do know it charge a lot for the level five one because it's such a troublesome process to enchant it."
"Yeah...too bad the sword doesn't have any other enchantments to help me during fights. Oh also a benefit of the enchantment is that your sword will never dull in sharpness. But if your short is dull and got enchanted it's stuck that way."
"Wait I just got a great idea! Hekapoo let's show these guys what one of our fights look like!"
"Ya know Marco sometime I wonder if you have telepathy CAUSE I WAS THINKIN' THE EXACT SAME THING!" The two high five each other in celebration.
"Hold up you two! Do it outside I don't want my mom getting mad at us."
"Wait if Marco is using a sword what weapon is Hekapoo using?" Kelly has never seen what the High Commission member uses to fight so she couldn't help but be curious.
"Oh I use split my scissors in half and use them as daggers
"Too the courtyard quick fast and in a hurry!" Kelly pointed outside in excitement.
"Wait a normal match is no fun unless you have people betting on who will win!" Tom kinda became a gambler after spending so much time in the Four Dragons Casino.
"So i'll do you two a favor and go gather some knights and squires to bet on the fight!" Tom didn't waIt for anyone's approval and just sprinted to go find the knights and their squires.
"Well we might as I well warm up so I don't pull something." Marco was well aware of his age after the trial rematch. Even though he was 38 his daily training made it so that he move like he was 32.
"Hey Hekapoo." "What's up muscles?" "Does my adult body still age whenever I turn into it?"
"Nope, that would suck if it did though. Imagine if you were and old man, grabbed the sword and instead of turning into your 38 year old self you became a 50 year old man."
"That would only barely lighten the burden…" "Yep! Be happy your favorite High Commission member thought long term!"
"Wait how are we going to fight without really hurting one another?" Marco just realized the big issue in the fight "Crap! I didn't think about that either!" Whenever one of Hekapoo's clones fought Marco his goal was blow out the flame not hurt her.
"Lucky for you two I'm here to fix that." Queen Moon said as walked to the group, slightly annoyed at Hekapoo for not thinking this through. Following her was Tom, knights, and some squires.
"Yeah she may have overheard as I was telling the squires." Tom admitted sheepishly.
Marck opened his mouth to ask if their fight was ok but Moon was one step ahead of him."You two can fight without reserve just don't try to kill each other."
"Mom are your healing spells as good as Lekmet's?!" Star could see herself getting into constant fights with her enemies only to heal herself when they though they were about to win.
"No sweetie, no one can heal as good as Lekmet cam but, I can heal non fatal cuts without issue.
"Wait why did you learn healing spells mom?" "That's because when I was hunting down the remains of Toffee's army Lekment couldn't be at two places at once. So I tried to make up for it by healed soldier's cuts and bruises."
Footsteps were then heard in the distance along with a blonde man raising his hand, signaling every to wait. "Ok I brought two chairs and some popcorn for us Moon pie." Queen moon smiled at her husband's thoughtfulness.
"Thank you River. You two seem prepared you may begin when ready."
"All right should we start it the old fashioned way Hekapoo?" "Yeah lets do it, it hypes me up a bit."
"Hey Tom catch!" Marco tossed Tom a quarter. "Flip this into the air!" Tom was more than eager to start off the fight he already gathered everyone's bets.
Tom got between Hekapoo and Marco. He lifted up his hand ready to toss the coin."Ready?" They both nodded.
Tom flipped the coin high into the air and backed away. Everyone's eyes was on the coin, anxious for it to land and see a Human fight a demigoddess.
Chink!
"Winners strike first!" Marco yelled confidently as he dashed towards Hekapoo
"Oh feeling bold huh?" Hekapoo dashed at Marco and thrusted a dagger at Marco's stomach.
Marco stopped in his tracks and spun on his front foot to dodge her attack. He realized he was too close range to use his sword so he did a spinning hook kick
"Too slow!" Hekapoo ducked and cut Marco's calf. Marco bit his lips in response.
"Youch. That looks like it cut a tendon but just barely." River commented
Marco decided to get Hekapoo out of range and front kicked her in the stomach and slightly in the solar plexus.
Marco then landed forward on the leg he kicked with and prepared a diagonal strike.
"Ya know it's too bad ya never had the chance to learn much swordsmanship." Hekapoo was slightly disappointed because Marco never learned how to properly use a sword. All Marco did was take out useless movements.
"Well I couldn't just go to some school while I was hunting you down. Besides my teacher was experience and there's no greater teacher than that."
"Hey is it just me or are they flirting a bit?" Janna had an odd way of flirting so she didn't know if those tao were flirting or not.
Jackie considered what Janna said but dismissed the thought. "I actually can't tell. Maybe there platonic?" Jackie never really flirted with other boys much so she wasn't sure either.
Hekapoo leaned back as fast as she could;knowing she wouldn't make it in time if she tried to dash back. The result was her dress was cut and it exposed some skin.
Marco whistled ome he saw some of her skin. "You sure do take care of your skin H-Poo!" Hekapoo instantly blushed and swung at Marco in embarrassment. "Don't call me that!"
Hekapoo did a fast jab like attack with her scissors to see Marco's reaction. Marco slipped the attack and thrusted his sword at her.
Hekapoo parried the attack. She then did the jab again and Marco took the bait. "Say Marco, how about you but me a drink after I win this match?"
"Oh you're that certain you'll win?" "Yep because you just love to eat bait!" And at that moment Hekapoo parried Marco's trust and swung at his shoulder.
Marco was no fool; he knew a set up when he saw one so he decided to play along. So the second Hekapoo swung her dagger he blocked the attack with his sword while holding it with one hand. He then punched hekapoo in the solar plexus with the other.
"All right let's kick it up a notch!" Hekapoo then threw her dagger at Marco. Marco easily dodged the attack and looked behind him to where the dagger landed.
"Hah! That was dumb!" "Oh was it now?" when Marco turned around he saw Hekapoo above him midair and ready to shoot a fireball.
Marco blocked the fireball but was left wide open. Hekapoo the landed and Marco finally caught on.
Hekapoo threw her dagger because she knew he would get cocky and turn around. She then shot the fireball at him from above so he would be forced to block it. While he blocked the fireball she would attack his torso or legs.
"Fine I didn't want to do this but you leave me no choice. I'll use one of my special techniques!"
"Just give muscles before you make yourself look dumb." At that moment Marco dropped his sword to everyone's surprise.
"Dude what is he doing?!" Tom bet a week's worth of lunch on Marco he couldn't lose when the stake was so high!
Marco then spun around half way, jumped, gaining momentum, and yelled something incomprehensible. "Tatsumaki senpuu kyaku!"
And just like that he then kicked Hekapoo square in the face with his shoe and knocked her down.
Hekapoo quickly did a kip up to recover off the ground. "Don't just break physics for a split second to win a fight!" "But i only did the medium version." Marco mumbled. He was pretty sure that he didn't go full helicopter but he could never tell with that technique.
Tom saw this as an opportunity to end the fight early and call it Marco's win. "Well, as fun as this fight is we should end it here."
"I concur. I have paperwork to finish. And you knights may want to work extra to make back the money you lost.
The knights looked to Tom wanting to pounce on the prince before anyone else claimed their money. Tom felt their greed and decided to do what he saw on Tv once. He grabbed his chair and threw it. He didn't hit anybody with it but that wasn't the intention.
"Man, i'm mad!" Said some random knight. He then punched the nearest man near him square in the face and others followed suite. This then caused a chain reaction making it into a small riot amongst the squires and knights.
Tom saw this as his opportunity to flee with the money.
"Should we stop him?" Asked Kelly, worried that someone may in fact get Tom. "Nah he's a demon. He'll be fine. Besides other may get the wrong idea and think we're trying to take it for ourselves." Janna in reality just didn't feel like moving.
"Well this was fun H-Poo, i'll see ya around."
"Likewise fleshwad." Marco noticed that she didn't say anything about the nickname.
Those who weren't participating in the brawl outside the castle decided to head back inside the castle.
"Hey Star what time is it?" Janna asked. She was sure it was almost time for Marco to realize he was missing something.."It's almost four. Why?" "You'll see in three, two, one!"
Right on que Marco asked, "Hey where's my wallet?!" Marco looked over to Janna in annoyance.
"Wow thats a new record. Must be the adult form kicking in." Janna pulled out Marco's wallet and threw it over to him.
"What's this?! You didn't take anything?" Marco was genuinely surprised nothing was stolen.
"Well i'm really sweaty i'll go take a shower. See ya around guys!" Marco then walked inside the Mewni castle and headed to his room.
A half an hour later after Marco's shower Star walks into Marco's room.
"Hey Marco have you seen my phon- what's all this?" She pointed to a bunch of gear that looked like it was for adventuring.
"Oh i'm just tracking inventory. Making sure I have everything in place." "Oh ok...for a second it looked like you were going on an adventure but you didn't want anyone to find out."
"Well that aside what did you ask when you came in Star?" "That if you have seen my phone?" "I think i saw some animal leave the castle with it and run into the forest of certain death."
"Well if that's what it takes for me to get my phone back so be it! Cmon Marco, lets go get my phone from an animal that habitat is the most dangerous place on mewni!"