Marco's POV
I opened my eyes see that I was still alive. That was suprising,I wonder why they didn't already kill me. I looked around to see the spiders backing away from me in fear, like I was on fire on fire.
I looked down to see myself on fire, floating in mid air. So of course I did the natural thing and screamed.
It took me an embarrassingly long time to realise the fire wasn't actually burning me, it just felt comfortably warm. I slowly floated down to the ground, the flames around me disappearing, leaving me unharmed. In my hands was a blood red blade, which was long and bent in a crecent, with inticrinate designs on it.
Filled with newly found confidence, I charged into the enemy, slashing and hacking with the sword. It was light and sharp, and felt like an extension of my arm itself.
I swung the sword in a wide arc, cutting off several legs of the nearest spider. I jumped up with a vault using my sword, and got into its head, quickly lopping it off before running after the second spider, who was now backing away.
"Not so fast", I shouted with a dark smile, before throwing my knife at it out of instinct. By some luck the blade struck it right between the mandibles, ending it instantly. I held out my hand and the blade came back to me.
I looked over at Stella and my expression softened. She was crouching, clutching her head. As I looked more closely, I saw she was in a state of flux. Her form seemed to change back and forth between Star and Stella. Even her staff changing between Star's wand and then back.
Suddenly it all clicked together. Star was Stella all along, that was what they voice was telling me. That's why they had seemed so similar.
As I slowly approached her, she got up with staff raised, while still in flux. "I will fight you", she said weakly.
"But I won't", I softly said letting go of the blade, which disappeared back into the void. "Star, I love you, and if you want to hurt me, I don't have it in me to stop you. You are everything to me", I continued. Having reached her, I took her hands, staff still in it, and put them to my chest."If you want to kill me, do it, I won't stop you. I can't live in a world without you in it", I said, and I wasn't lying.
Slowly but steadily, she started to remain as star for longer and longer, with a few tears running down her face. Suddenly a tattoo turned visible on her neck before peeling off. At that very moment she changed fully back to her old self, before letting go of the wand and collapsing.
I quickly caught her before she could hit the floor, before cutting the tattoo into pieces. All around me, I could hear the voices of spiders walking across the floors and walls. I was in no condition to look after Star and fight them off at the same time. I quickly took the dimensional sizzors from her pocket, before cutting a hole to mewni and jumping through.