Hello!

After a very long hiatus that I am VERY sorry for, Comet is back!

The past month has kind of been really weird for me, so I really didn't have the motivation to write.

So I'm sorry.

But, my classes have started up again. I have a mountain of homework I have to do and I'm afraid I'm only going to get more homework in the future.

So if the updates for CATFOE start slowing down, I'm sorry. But I do kind of have to put schoolwork first.

Anyway! So last chapter, there was kind of an issue with the link to the masterpost of drawings I talked about. So to fix that, I made a hashtag on tumblr. If you want to see the drawings and the masterpost (I'm kind of ditching the masterpost because I don't need it since everything will be under one tag), please look up:

catfoe

That's all you have to do. Look up that tag on Tumblr and you should see all the drawings.

Anyway, I know that you're really here for the new chapter that wraps up Comet Comes to Earth, so I won't keep you any longer.

Happy Reading!

Chapter 3

Comet Comes to Earth part 3

Comet paced around the empty shell that used to be Marcia's room. He twirled his wand in his fingers, his eyebrows furrowing. He stared at the scorched walls and floor and crossed his arms across his chest. His desperate attempts of restoring Marcia's bedroom hadn't been successful. He began to think that she might never come back.

He left the room, slamming the door behind him. He kicked his own door open and threw his wand on his bed. He slouched against the door, dragging his hands down his face. He stared, hazy eyed and unfocused, at the room he had created around him. The guilt bubbled in his stomach. He realized that he could have actually ruined Marcia's life. He had destroyed her room, his laser puppies had hurt her mom, and now Marcia was gone and Comet didn't know when or if she would come home. But he got to stay in her house with a nice, large bedroom room. She never got a choice about that and he had ruined her life. He felt sick.

Comet intertwined his fingers and popped them with a loud snap. He had to do more for her to pay back for all of the other mistakes he had made. She didn't choose for him to live with her. He didn't either. But he still had a choice, he knew that. Comet knew that if he could find Principal Skeeves, he could find another family to live with. But his stomach turned because he liked the Diazes. Mr. and Mrs. Diaz were so nice to him and Marcia… he only met her earlier that day, but he knew that she was incredible. He had to give her a choice though and leave if she wanted him to. Maybe she would forgive him if he wasn't around him all day every day.

Comet walked across his bedroom and grabbed the wand off of his bed. He took a deep breath and squeezed the handle. He walked out of his room, face stern and determined, and stood in front of Marcia's bedroom door. He pushed the door open and walked inside, ready to keep casting until he fixed at least one mistake.

Marcia trudged into the nearest Stop & Slurp. She walked through the squeaking door, rain water pooling around her feet. The cashier behind the checkout counter stared at her, wide eyed. Marcia ignored the stares and limped through the aisles, collecting the things she needed.

She pushed a package of bandages, a pair of tweezers, a few candy bars, and a large soda onto the checkout counter. She carefully reached down and pulled a few dollars out of her sock and added the money to the pile. She gave the cashier a dead eyed look.

"Are you okay?" the cashier asked.

"I'm fine," Marcia said. "Just ring me up, please."

The cashier rang up her items and handed them to her in a plastic bag. Marcia left the store and stood outside, staring blankly at the gas station. She had no idea where else to go. Fiona and Alana's houses were too far away for a walk with spines sticking out of her arms, legs, and face. She didn't have any other place to go. So she sat down in front of the store against the wall.

She took out the tweezers and began to pull the spines out of her arm. She winced slightly at the pain. She put band aids over the areas that hurt the most or any parts that bled. She put the spines into a small pile next to her. The rain made everything harder. She kept having to move strands of hair that stuck on her face. The spines were wet and harder to grab. And her vision kept being blocked by the large raindrops. She couldn't even use her phone to help her take the spines out of her face.

Marcia let out a sigh of relief when she was done. She carefully picked up the pile of spines and dropped them down into a trashcan before sitting back down on the cold, wet concrete. She opened a candy bar and took a bite out of it. She frowned—it was wet by the time it reached her mouth.

People kept giving her strange looks as they walked into and left the Stop & Slurp. They looked at her like they hadn't ever seen something so sad, like she should be ashamed. Marcia wanted to hide her face in her hoodie—but her hoodie was soaked and she didn't want to be any colder. She kept seeing the sad looks of strangers out of the corner of her eye.

Marcia took a drink from her large soda and slumped against the wall. She yearned for something dry and warm. She couldn't be sure if she was feeling tears on her face or just more raindrops.

Comet wasn't sure when the sun had set. He had just looked out of the window and saw the moon in the dark sky. He still hadn't had success with bringing Marcia's things back. His shoulders slouched and he stared down at his wand hopelessly. He rubbed his face. "How…" he didn't know what to say. "Why is nothing working!?" he shouted. He threw his wand at the wall. There was a loud crash and then a soft clang when it hit the floor. He had tried everything, every spell he could think of.

He grabbed his wand off the floor. He didn't have a choice but to try again. He twirled the wand in his hand. He walked into the middle of the room. He closed his eyes, held his wand up, and began to cast a spell. He wasn't quite sure what he said, he had stopped listening to his own spell casting half way through his tries. He focused all his attention on bringing Marcia's things back to her room. He forced himself to focus on how upset she was and how he desperately wanted to change that.

He heard a sharp shimmering noise in the air around him. Comet opened his eyes and a smile immediately struck onto his face. Everything was back to normal. He wasn't sure what changed or how, but all of Marcia's things were back to her room. He grinned and jumped around the room. "I did it!" he shouted. "I did it!"

Comet ran out of Marcia's room, taking a second to carefully close the door behind him. He sprinted into his own room, grabbed his red, devil-horned baseball cap and slapped it onto his head. He scrambled down the hall, and down the staircase. The living room was still dark. Mr. and Mrs. Diaz hadn't returned home yet. But Comet couldn't focus on that. He ran out into the night, his wand lit up like a flashlight. He ran down the sidewalk, ignoring the cold air. He didn't know where Marcia could have gone, but it didn't mean that he would stop looking for her.

Comet ran around the town of Echo Creek, getting lost in side streets and alleyways. He went passed buildings with large neon signs and houses with golden glowing lights. But he didn't see Marcia anywhere.

He had to stop and catch his breath after a while. He used his wand to make a cup of water appear in his hand and took a moment to drink it. He wasn't sure how long he had been running.

He slouched against the wall of a random building to rest. He didn't know where he was exactly, but he could see building across the street with a large neon sign glowing in front of it reading, "Stop & Slurp." There was an odd car feeding station in front of the store. People kept stopping and putting an odd pump looking things into their cars.

Comet scanned the building again. He liked the sign and its bright lights, though it was flickering. People occasionally walked in and out of the building. He read a sign next to the building and let his eyes travel a bit more. He froze when they landed on Marcia. She was right there, right across the street from him.

Comet dropped his empty cup and sprinted across the street without waiting to check for cars. "Marcia!" he called, waving his hand in the air.

Marcia looked away from the spot on the sidewalk she had been staring at. She saw the blond boy running towards her, a huge smile on his face. Marcia pushed herself off of the ground, stumbling as she stood. As he ran up to her, she stretched her arms out to keep him away. "Stay away from me!" she yelled. Comet frowned, his eyes growing sad. "What are you doing here?"

Comet raised his wand and proofed the raincloud above her head out of existence. "Listen," he said. "I came here to say I'm sorry. I didn't get a choice about coming to earth," he told her. "So I thought that you should have the choice about whether you want me to stay with you or not. And considering how today went…" he went silent for a moment, "I can find another place to live."

Marcia's shoulders shrugged forward. She suddenly felt a pang of guilt in her stomach. He had puppy dog eyes. The big, blue, sad puppy dog eyes that could make anyone feel bad. His voice had been soft and dripping with guilt—he was being completely genuine. His heart had been in the right place—she wanted to hit herself for not realizing it earlier. Marcia gaped at him, words unable to come from her mouth because she had no clue what to say.

"Oh and I got all of your furniture from your room back," Comet continued. "It's all set up like it was before… I think. It looks exactly the same so that's a good sign. But I didn't go through any of your stuff so I can't be one hundred percent sure. But it's all back and—"

Lots of things moved in the corner of Marcia's eye. She looked over at what seemed to be a huge blurry blob. The blurry blob wasn't a blurry blob. It was a crowd of—not people—but oddly colored, odd looking creatures. They walked up and stood, glowering behind Comet, who was still rambling about the magic he used to get her room back.

"Comet," Marcia whispered.

Comet stopped talking and looked at her. Her eyes were glassy, staring at the area behind him. Her jaw was slack and hanging, occasionally twitching as if wanting to talk more. Her arm shook as she limply pointed to where she seemed to be staring. "Are you okay?" he asked.

"Look behind—" her voice faded to less than a whisper.

Comet turned around. A crowd of monsters towered over him. They leered at him, their eyes intense and their mouths twisted into smiles and confident smirks. "Comet Dagonfly!" a loud, eerily familiar voice yelled.

Comet looked down at the source of the voice. It came from a small, bird—esque monster that seemed to only be as tall as his knee. "I found you!" the monster cheered. She turned to her army of other monsters. "Look! I found him!" The monsters grumbled in applause.

Comet rolled his eyes. "What are you doing here, Luda?" he asked. "I'm kind of in the middle of something!" he gestured towards Marcia. "How did you even find me anyway? Are you stalking me or something? Because that's creepy."

"I'm not stalking you!" Luda exclaimed, waving her arms.

"It kinda seems like you are," Comet argued. "How else would you know where I am?"

"Doesn't matter!"

"It kinda does matter."

"Shut up!" Luda screamed. "You're distracting me!" Comet snickered. Luda turned to her small army. "Get him!"

Marcia didn't expect for the monsters to attack Comet. She didn't know what she was expecting them to do. And least of all, she didn't expect herself to step in front of Comet and roundhouse kick one of the monsters in the face. But the next thing she knew, the front of her foot was slamming into the cheek of a monster. The monster flew sideways and collapsed on the floor.

"What was that?" Comet asked. Marcia lowered her automatic fighting position and turned to him. He had a large grin on his face.

"It's karate," she told him. Another monster ran towards them, but Marcia quickly cross chopped her in the back. The monster fell onto the ground.

Comet ran towards another monster. He kicked her in the stomach, causing her double over, the hammer she was once wielding falling onto her head. Comet couldn't help but cringe. He could hear Luda shout, "You said he wasn't guarded!"

Marcia never thought she would see someone or something with two heads. She didn't anticipate the split between the heads when she attempting to punch the monster in the face. Her fist sat between the monster's two necks. She wasn't sure what to do, so she swung her fist to both sides, smashing it against the heads.

Comet swung on the neck of a giraffe—esque monster. He launched off her neck and pointed his wand towards the back of her head. "Fireball fist punch!" A red and gold fist of flames shot itself at the back of the monster's head. The monster crashed through the window of a random car. Marcia, who stood on the other side of the car, opened the other door and the giraffe—esque monster's neck sprung out and hit the monster Marcia had been fighting. Comet quickly blasted another monster into a street lamp before running to help Marcia.

Luda ran over to her right-hand-woman. "Buff Frog!" she screeched. "You and the other dumbasses are embarrassing me! Do better!"

Buff Frog pulled herself off of the ground. "Yes Luda," she grumbled. Buff Frog wrapped her hand around the street lamp and broke it off of its stand. She roared and ran towards the magical prince.

Comet turned when he heard the monster growl. Just before she could reach him, Comet held out his wand towards her. "Jelly Bean Hallucination Mist!" A cloud of minty green mist shrouded her head.

Marcia stumbled towards him. "This is great!" Comet shouted. "Are you okay?"

Marcia smiled. "Yeah, I'm completely fi—" her sentence was cut off.

The two teens were pushed onto the harsh asphalt. Comet's wand flew from his hand and skidded a short way away from him. Comet and Marcia exchanged small worried looks. "Buy me a second?" he asked. Marcia nodded.

They both launched off of the ground. Marcia kicked one of the monsters in the stomach, causing her to fall and scrape against the ground. She chopped and punched the other monster until she retreated away from them. Comet came back with his wand held tightly in his hand.

"Watch this," Comet told Marcia, a smirk growing on his face. He turned and held his wand out. "Mega narwhal blast!" he shouted. Several narwhals sprang from his wand, attacking the monster minions. They all collapsed onto the ground, either completely knocked out or groaning in pain.

Luda stood alone amongst the exhausted monsters, her mouth agape. "You wanna try to fight be now, Luda?" Comet shouted, taunting her with a confident smirk.

"Well I can't exactly now, can I?" Luda asked. "Look at my minions!" she gestured all the monsters, who were still sprawled out on the asphalt. She woke up her minions and opened a portal with her dimensional scissors. She grumbled and insulted her minions as they climbed through the portal back to Mewni. But before she left, Luda stuck her head out of the portal. "I'll be bac—" the portal closed around the throat and she choked before pulling her head back through the portal.

Marcia could believe what had just happened. She couldn't believe herself. Never in her life did she believe that she would be fighting monsters with a magical teenage boy in front at a gas station. She laughed to herself in relief. "That was amazing!" she exclaimed. She turned to Comet. "We were amazing!"

Comet smiled at her, laughing slightly. "Yeah, we really were," he said. He grew quiet. He bit his lip and looked away from her. "Um… I guess we should get back. I'll pack my bags and stuff." Marcia didn't say anything. She watched him turn and walk away.

Marcia sighed. She knew that there a few experiences you couldn't share without liking the person you shared them with—and fighting monsters outside of a gas station was one of them. "Comet, wait!" she called after him. He stopped where he stood and turned to her as she jogged to catch up with him. "You can stay with us."

A grin grew on Comet's face. "Really?" he asked. Marcia felt herself smiling and nodding. She felt his arms wrap around her and pull her into a hug. Marcia stood stunned, her head tilted up and resting on his shoulder. She didn't plan on pulling away, but she didn't hug back.

"Thanks Marcia," he whispered in her ear.

Marcia felt a smile tug onto her face. She wrapped her arms around his back and hugged him. He squeezed her tighter before letting her go. "Let's go home," he said.

"Yeah," she agreed.

They walked down the sidewalk together. Marcia watched Comet out of the corner of her eye as they passed under warm glowing street lamps. A content smile sat on his face. He caught her looking at him out of the corner of his eye. "So," he said, looking down at her, "I have no clue where we're going."

"Yeah, right," Marcia said. She quickly looked around the street. "We have to go there," she told him, pointing to a street diagonally across from them.

Comet nodded. He stepped onto the street, intending on just walking across to the street. But a hand pulled at the back of his shirt. Marcia still stood on the edge of the sidewalk. "Can we take the crosswalks?" she asked. There was a beat of silence. "Because there could be cars out of the blue. And it's technically jaywalking and you don't know where a policeman is."

"Yeah, yeah, okay," Comet said, stepping back onto the side walk. "Whatever you say, wild girl."

Comet Comes to Earth is done! Next chapter we shall see the introduction of Pony Head!

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Thanks for reading. See you soon.

Lots of Love,

The Stargazer