Chapter Four: Unexpected Visitors.
"Time to wake up, Star." A woman called out sweetly.
"Ugh." Star moaned, turning over on her side. "Just five more minutes, mom."
The queen opened up the curtain, when the sunlight hit Star's face, she hissed and retreated under the covers.
"It's almost eight, sweetheart. Time to get up and moving."
"Fine." She moved the sheets off her head. "But I'm doing because I want to."
"Good," The queen has a sly grin on her face. "Because you have a guest downstairs waiting for you."
"It better not be another suitor, Mom." Star is brushing her hair out.
"It's not. But she knows you better than most." The queen tells her
"Who could that be?" Star asks her mother, tilting her head to the side.
"When you come downstairs, you'll see." and the queen walks out of Star's Room, leaving her daughter to wonder about who the visitor is.
"Marco, are you awake, hijo?" Mr Diaz shouts.
"Yeah, I'm up." Marco replies.
"Good, come down here and help out our visitor.
Marco runs downstairs to see who arrived. when he gets downstairs, he sees an old woman waiting for him.
"Hola, Marco." She calls out. reaching out for a hug.
"Abuela?" Marco runs downstairs and hugs his grandmother. "What are you doing here?"
"I was just coming by to visit mi familia." She looks around for a minute. "¿Dónde está Mariposa?" (Where is Butterfly?)
"Oh, Star?" Marco says "She went back home to Mewni a few days ago."
"Lo siento, Marco." Abuela replies. "Do you still talk to her?"
"Yeah, I do. She left her Magic Mirror here so I can talk to her."
"Bueno, Can you take these up to your room?" She hands him a few bags.
"No problem, Abuela, but wouldn't you rather stay in Star's old room."
"No, Mariposa's bed es muy duro. (Is very hard.)" Abuela explains. "My bones are too old for that."
"Ok, Abuela, my room it is." Marco grabs the bags and carries them upstairs.
"Muchas gracias, mi nieto." Abuela shouts. "One day, you'll make a girl very happy!"
Star is walking downstairs to the dining hall. "Mom, this person had better be worth getting up before ten." She mutters. When she opens the door to the dining hall, she is surprised at who she sees.
"Flying Princess Pony Head!?" Star exclaims. "What are you doing here?"
"Hey B-fly, I'm out on good behavior!" Pony head tells her.
"I'm so happy to see you! Hugs!" Star grabs her and holds her in a vice grip.
"I'm glad to see you too, Star." Pony Head flies around her head. "Heard you are getting hitched soon, Can I be in the wedding?"
"Sure!" Star squeals. "You'll be Maid of Honor!"
"Yay!" Pony Head neighs. "Who's the lucky guy?"
"Uh, about that…" Star hesitates. "Let's go to my room and talk about that."
"You're call, B-fly" and they go up to the princess's room.
Marco is seen in Star's old room, looking up at the ceiling, deep in thought. He does not notice the elderly woman until she knocks.
"Marco," Abuela looks at her grandson with worry. "¿Estás bien? (are you ok?) You seem troubled."
"I'm fine, Abuela" Marco tells the woman.
"No. Something is troubling you, nieto." Abuela insists. "Tell Abuela. ¿Por Favor?"
"Ok, It's about Star." Marco admits.
"Ah, tú mejor amiga (your best friend)." The old woman nods "¿Qué pasa? (What about?)"
"Well," he explains. "Ever since Star left, I've felt… hollow."
"Marco," His grandmother sits beside him. "That's how life is. You lose friends, you gain friends."
"Not like her." Marco smiles. "Her hair, her eyes, her personality! I won't meet a girl like that again, Abuela!"
Abuela laughs. "You sound like somebody I used to know." she chuckles.
"Who?" Marco asks.
"An old friend, We grew up in the same village in Mexico, we were inseparable. We had marvelous memories together, Dancing, singing, eating, having fun." She recalls, her face beaming. "But one day, mis padrés decided to move to America. I was seventeen at the time, and He was sixteen. I asked him how he felt about me before I left."
"Woah," Marco is awestruck."Is this how you met Grandpa?"
"No," Abuela replies. "I never got my answer. By the time we met again, I had a esposo and bebé, Your father." Abuela looks at Marco. "Don't make the same mistake he made, nieto, Search your corazón! If you know you love Mariposa, tell her before she is too far gone!"
"Ok, Abuela." Marco looks at her with a serious look."I'll do it."
"So, who's the lucky guy?" Pony head asks. Star gives her a glare.
"There is no guy. yet." Star tells her. "And how did you get out of St. O's this time? and don't tell me it's good behavior."
"Ok, you knows those horses on a stick on earth?"
"Yeah, why?" Star asks her.
"They took one of those instead of me!" She laughs. "And I thought the Earth-Turd was dumb."
"Don't make fun of him, he is my other bestie!" She demands.
"What's this?" Pony head looks at the undelivered invite.
"That's an unsent invite for my suitors!"
"Why do you still have it?" Pony asks, raising an eyebrow.
"I was going to send it out, but I don't know what he'll say."
"Who is it?" Pony demands to know.
"Incoming call, From Marco!" the mirror sounds.
"Quick Pony, hide!" Star tells her.
"Why?"
"Because I want to surprise him!" Star is busy fixing her hair.
"Oh, I get it now." Pony says, Grabbing the invite with her teeth.
"Hey Star." Marco greets the girl.
"Hey, Marco!" Star says with her big goofy grin. "I got a surprise!"
"What?" Pony head floats on screen. "Hey, Earth Turd!"
"Pony Head?" Marco is shocked. "Great to see you!"
"You too!" The Three of them share a laugh.
"Marco!" Mrs Diaz shouts from downstairs. "Foods Here!"
"Ok, Mom!" Marco looks at the Mirror. "Be back in a minute." and he runs to get his food.
"It's him, Isn't it?" Pony Head asks her.
"What? Don't be ridiculous." Star denies. "You've been in St. O's for too long.
"Star, You can't fool me." Pony head tells her. "I've known you for years! And I think you two would make a cute couple."
"Aww, really?"
"Yeah," Pony admits. "and I get to be your first Bestie again."
"Please don't tell him, I don't want to ruin our friendship."
"Ok, here he comes!" Star and Pony look at the Boy coming with a box of noodles.
"I'm back!" Marco announces sitting down with chopsticks in his hand, He thought about telling Star how he feels, but decided that she deserved better than him, and he didn't want to ruin their friendship.
"Lucky!" Star cries out. "I want to have a Fortune Cookie now!"
"I can get you one if you want." Marco shows her he has two cookies with him.
"Thanks, But how are you going to get it over here?"
"Leave that to me, B-Fly!" Pony uses her dimensional scissors to cut a portal to earth. "Wait here." She flies into the portal into Marco's room, She drops something in his room, but they don't notice it yet.
"Here you go, Pony." Marco gives her one of his cookies. She flies back into the portal and appears on Star's mirror.
"Thanks Marco, Thanks Pony!" Star and Marco break their cookies and eat them.
"What does your fortune say, Star?" Marco asks the Princess.
"It says,'Keep your eye out for someone special.' I wonder if it's talking about the suitors? Oh well, What does yours say, Marco?"
Marco looks down at his fortune. "Uh," he hesitates. "The greatest risk in life is not taking it."
He stares at it for a minute and sighs.
"Hey Marco, I gotta go soon."
"Ok, Bye" He looks down at the fortune again.
You already know the answer to the questions lingering inside your head."What does it mean?" he wonders.
"Hey, Earth Turd!" Marco looks at the mirror and sees Pony Head.
"I left you something on the floor. My mirror number should be on here if you decide to go, But hurry, you only have thirty six hours to decide on whether or not you should do it. Star wants you to go. Bye" She hangs up on the mirror.
"What does she- ?" Marco looks down and sees a scroll on the ground. He opens it and sees it's a Suitor request.
"Star wants me to be a suitor? But why?" He looks in his other hand and reads the fortune again.
You already know the answer to the questions lingering inside your head."She does." And he runs to the mirror and looks up Pony.
