Heya!
So here's the 7th chapter!
Okay so I decided to make this one a bit longer because our thesis had just started and I don't think I would be able to update for the next week or two. Sorry guys! I'm now exploring all possible solutions to this, so don't worry!
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As a multimedia artist, I have the duty to oblige to all laws of copyright. Should there be another story that bears the same title, it is purely coincidental. To the author who is affected, please message me and I'll be more than happy to change the title. I do not own Star vs the Forces of Evil. Its characters are trademarks and property of the ABC- Walt Disney TV Animation Group, and Daron Nefcy. I do not own any of these characters, nor claim them as my own.
"Girls? Remember. Act normal okay? The more we act normal, the more we can get her without any problem. Okay?" PonyHead said to the two.
"Okay! Yiieee!" StarFan13 said with much enthusiasm.
"Got it!" Janna replied as well.
"Okay." PonyHead said to them before turning her attention to the large wooden door that leads to the lobby of the castle itself.
"Hello?" PonyHead said as she knocks on the door and calls the attention of the Royal Guard whom she just talked to a few minutes ago. "I'm here…with my girls."
"Oh. It's you!" It was apparently Manfred that she was talking to earlier. "Well come on in!"
"Thanks!" PonyHead said as she bumps the two, promptly asking them to say thanks to Manfred as well for letting them in.
"Uh, thank you, sir!" StarFan13 said to Manfred with a smile.
"Y-y-yeah, thanks!" Janna said as well, feeling a bit shy.
"So, what brought you kids here?" Manfred said as he closes the door. "Isn't it Christmas right now back on where you live?" he asked, still wondering as to why the 3 girls are there.
"Well that's the thing, Fred." PonyHead said, earning a sudden death stare from Manfred as he hates that nickname. "We kind of need my bestie for Christmas back on Earth. Could we talk to her?" she said.
"First, my name is Manfred, not Fred." Manfred replied. "Second, you can talk to the princess but I'm afraid you can't take her back to your place." He added.
"Wait, what!? Why!?" PonyHead asked. "Is this because she's in training already?"
"I'm afraid so. She needs to stay once she starts the training and she can't leave until she's done, unless the Queen had allowed her to do so."
"Well" PonyHead said with a defeated sigh. "Could we at least talk to her? We just really need to." She said, still hoping.
"Sure." Manfred said, smiling. "I'll go get her. Now if you'll wait for a moment, please." He said as he goes to fetch Star.
"Thanks, Fred!" PonyHead shouted to him.
"I'm not Fred! I'm MANFred!" He said, emphasizing the "man" in his name.
"Oh no!" StarFan13 exclaimed as soon as Manfred had left. "What do we do now!?" she hesitantly asked, worried that the plan might fail.
"Yeah, is this the part where we break her out? Because I like that!" Janna said as she ribs her hands together, excited about the idea.
"No! no, girl! No one's going to break out anyone!" PonyHead said. "We're going to talk to Star about this, then talk to her mom." She added.
"And if that fails?" Janna asked.
"That's where we break her out, girl." PonyHead said in a dead-serious tone. "No one's going to stand between me and my bestie. Not even the Queen of Mewni." She added as she gives Moon's portrait a death glare.
"Maybe I'll not go far into messing with her mom?" Janna asked. She knew that including Star's mom in the mess would be a bad idea.
"Y-yeah, she's right." StarFan13 said nervously.
Meanwhile, Star is on her bedroom, trying to put together what's left of her diary.
"I shouldn't have fought you because of this." Star said as she sighed.
"I should've just…" Star said, as she felt her cheeks burn.
"I should've just told my feelings about you when I had the chance. Even just by letting you read these." She said as she reminiscent the days when she wrote those.
Everything that was written on her diary about Marco was cute. She remembered the day she wrote about how she wants their children to look like, even their names.
"Heeheeheehee! Sooo cute!" Star said as she wrote the names that she wanted for their children.
"If we're having a girl, I want to name her "Nova Analise"!"
Star's sadness was starting to fade as she starts giggling about what she had read in her diary.
"What am I even thinking!? Hahahahaha!" She jokingly asked to herself as she reads more.
"-and if we're having a boy, I want to name him, "Sol"! I hope Marco's fine with this!"
Star's giggle had finally turned into a hysterical laugh as she continues to read what was written in her diary, or what was left in it. Her sadness had completely faded away.
"Star? Star? It's me, Manfred." Manfred said as he knocks on the door.
Star just kept on laughing until she hears the loud knocking on the door.
"Star! Star Butterfly! Open the door!" Manfred said as he knocks loudly on the door.
"Oh no! Sorry! I'm coming!" She said as she bundles all the papers and hide them under her pillow. She then stood up and fixed herself as she makes her way to the door.
"Heeeey!" Star said with a weird smile on her face as she greeted a somewhat annoyed Manfred on the door. "Uh, what's up?"
"Your friend Princess PonyHead is here." Manfred said.
"Really!?" was all the princess could mutter. She hasn't seen her friend for quite some time.
"Yes." The royal servant replied. "She also brought what seems to be your friends back on Earth." He added.
"SERIOUSLY! AHHHHH!" Star replied in excitement.
"Ma'am, are you going to attend them or not?" Manfred asked, waiting for a proper response from her.
"Oh! Yeah! Yeah!" Star said as she closes the door. "And oh, tell them I'll be there in a minute or too. I'll be you know, hee-hee!" she said as she points out her messy hair and clothes. "Thanks, Fred!"
"Fred. I swear." Manfred said as he sighed and shakes his head in disbelief.
While the girls are already close to reaching their goal of fetching Star, the boys, together with Jackie meanwhile are stuck at the Diaz residence. They all found themselves trapped in an inescapable dead end.
"I hope they've been successful." Jackie said, sighing. "We're a few hours before midnight and so far, northing good has happened." She added. Sadness and tiredness was evident in her voice.
"Hey, relax, okay?" Tom said, trying to look relaxed. "I'm sure they're with Star right now, as we speak" he said as he yawns.
"We failed." She said as she looks at the two boys who fell asleep.
While everyone is already tensed up back on Earth and Mewni, Marco is just about to begin his day, or at least his own challenge, that is.
"Ughhhhh" Marco groaned as he wakes up. His stomach groans as well as he feels the hunger slowly creeping upon him. "W-where am I?" He was so knocked out that it took him a while before he was able to see clearly.
"I see that you're awake" The distant voice said.
"W-who is that?" Marco said as he groaned. His head was pounding him and so he was still having difficulty trying to apprehend what was going on.
"Oh, you don't recognize me? Shame." The voice replied.
"Y-you a-actu-a-ally s-sound familiar." Marco said, still groaning in pain. He is so tired that he can barely move at all.
"Oh you poor thing! You must've been that tired after fighting my own assistant!" the voice said in a mocking tone.
"FEED HIM!" the voice then screamed angrily.
There was no response.
"I SAID, FEED THE BOY! OR ELSE!" the distant voice.
"Y-yes sir!" his assistant said. He then stood up from his deep slumber to prepare the food that shall be fed to Marco.
"MAKE IT FAST, WILL YOU? I still need that boy alive!" the distant voice said sternly.
"I-I'm on it!" was all his assistant could reply.
As the food was being prepared, Marco had tried to apprehend everything. He was so tired and his head and stomach hurts so bad that he didn't even tried escaping.
He was in a castle, a familiar castle.
Marco couldn't fully recognize who owns or even in what kind of castle he is currently in because there was only a couple of candles that light up the huge room.
As he turned his head, he was able to see an open passage to another room. That room was fairly lit, and the sound of a gentle cracking open fire could be heard from it. A large shadow can be also seen by it, as if the entity who got him is standing either beside or in front of the fire.
As he tries to stare into the shadow, trying to figure out whose shadow it is, the "assistant" came back with his food.
"Your food's ready, eat up, you'll be needing it for later" the assistant said.
At that moment, Marco knew who he was dealing with. The voice of the "assistant" had given it all away, though he was too late.
As he turns his head to see who it was, he saw the voice's assistant walking away. The room was so poorly lit that he wasn't able to recognize who it was.
He then turned his attention to the food that was served to him. It was also familiar.
In front of him is a sandwich. Not just any sandwich, but it was the exact same sandwich that Star had forced him to eat a year ago. Though this time the sandwich is complete and looks cleaner than the one that Star had. The assistant was also thoughtful to give him a glass of water, and another candle so he can see what he is eating.
"Wow, you've really outdone yourself preparing this for me." Marco said, calling the attention of the voice. "Too bad because I'm not going to eat it." He added with an annoyed voice.
"You sure?" the voice asked him. "You're going to regret it later!"
"Sure." Marco replied. "Because I would rather become weak and not being able to fight at all, rather than eat your stupid sandwich that who knows what kind of poison has been put in there."
"I SAID, EAT!" the voice screamed.
"No." was all that Marco could say. "Why do you even want me to eat your stupid sandwich?"
"Hmm?" The voice said.
"Isn't that what you also said to her with her sandwich before?" the voice asked.
"N-no I did not!" Marco said. He knew he was partially lying because he also rejected Star's sandwich before.
"Oh really?" The voice asked.
"Y-y-yes." Marco said softly as he stutters. He knew he lied.
"W-what's that?" the voice said in a mocking voice. "Is that the voice of lying and defeat that I hear?" he asked mockingly.
"N-no!" Marco said angrily.
"Oh come on! Hahahahaha!" the voice replied. "Just eat boy. You'll be staying here a lot longer than you expect" he added.
"No! S-she'll come and save me!" he said weakly.
"Really?" the voice asked.
"Oh no! I must run then! I'm so sorry!" the voice then said in a very mocking and taunting way. "It's not like the two of you fought!"
"W-what!? W-who told you that!?" He asked in disbelief. His curiosity towards the mysterious voice has just grown even further. "We d-didn't even have a fight, at all!"
"Who are you kidding?" the voice asked, still taunting the poor boy. "Didn't you left her when she needed you the most?"
"N-n-no."
"Didn't you spend that miserable night with your friend, leaving her suffer?" the voice asked Marco.
At that point, it was already a dead giveaway. Marco knew already at that point who he is dealing with.
"Y-yes" Marco said, defeated. "W-what do you even want from me?! Huh!?"
"Oh you know what I want!" The voice answered.
"You've got everything that you always wanted! WHAT MORE!? TELL ME!" Marco screamed on top of his lungs, causing him to cough. "Y-y-you got the b-book, you r-r-ruined he-r w-w-wa—"
"Shush!" the voiced said, interrupting Marco who's already having a hard time talking. "I know you're just mad because you weren't able to save her that night! Now thanks to you, I got what I wanted!" He added as he maniacally laughs.
"W-what? No! I s-save her!" Marco said weakly.
"ALMOST saved her, boy!" The voice replied, correcting him. "You're too busy with that girlfriend of yours that you didn't even noticed that she's in danger!"
"Is that what a friend really is!? Leaving them when they need you the most!?"
"You're nothing but a sad, pathetic weakling!" the voice said.
"Y-you're right." Marco mumbled as he hangs his head low. Tears were starting to fall from his eyes as he remembered what Star went through during that night. He couldn't help but blame himself for what happened.
"Anyways, I guess my job here is done for now." The voice said as he watches Marco tear up.
The distant voice then went nearer to the fire, putting it out.
"Come on, let's go."
"Y-yes sir!" his assistant then replied.
"Put out all the candles as you go out." The voice said, commanding his assistant.
"But sir?" the assistant asked hesitantly.
"I SAID, PUT OUT ALL THE CANDLES AS YOU GO OUT, AM I CLEAR, OR NOT?" The voice said as he pulls out what seems to be an object that emits a soft, green glow. "Don't make me do it myself."
"Y-yes sir!" was all that the assistant could mutter.
The door on the other room then shut. The assistant then stood up and blew out all the candles, except for the one that's beside Marco's food.
"Shhh, don't tell this but I don't really like him!" the assistant said, whispering to Marco.
There was no response.
"Well, I got to go now! About the food? I hope you like it! I kind of watched you and Star make one of those, so I figured, hey why not give the same food to you! It's a hundred percent clean, don't worry!"
And so the assistant left, leaving Marco alone in an almost pitch black room, if it wasn't for the lone candle by his food.
"PonyHead? Janna!? StarFan!? YOU ALL CAME! YIEEEE!" Star said as she saw the 3 girls who are waiting for her.
"BESTIE!" PonyHead exclaimed as she flied towards her.
"STAR!" the other two said at the same time. "Jinx! Hahahaha!" StarFan13 then said to Janna after.
"Oh I missed you guys so much!" Star said. "Group hug!" she said as she hugs the 3.
"So…shall we go to my room?" Star asked the 3.
"Sure! That sounds fun!" StarFan13 said.
"So, girls, do you need anything?" She asked.
"Nah, we're good!" PonyHead said.
"Yeah!" Janna said.
"Well, when you need anything, don't hesitate to tell me! Okay?" Star said as she sits down on the chair beside her desk. She let the three seat anywhere they like, with of course, StarFan13 hugging the same pillow that she uses when she sleeps.
"So, what brings you here?" Star then asked, wondering what could've caused the 3 to visit her.
"Uh…we missed you and all? But we kind of wanted to- "Janna said, but she was interrupted by StarFan who just blatantly spilled everything.
"WEWANTYOUANDMARCOTOBEBACKINTIMEFORTHEHOLIDAYSBECAUSEHEUSADWITHOUTYOUCOULDYOUPLEASPLEASEPLEASEFORGIVEHIMWITHWHATHEHASDONE! PLEASE PLEASE! PLEASE!" StarFan said in a very fast manner, eliciting weird looks from the 3.
"Uh, what?" was all that Star could say about what she just heard.
"Girl, what StarFan wants to say is that." PonyHead said, sighing before she continued. "We want you to fix your problems with Earth turd and be with him, even only for a day. We went to spend Christmas with him and his family, and he looks so sad, you know?" she then said. "I don't know anything that much about the human holiday, but I'm sure that Marco's not supposed to be like that." Even PonyHead looked sorry for the two.
"Oh. I see." Star said, her smile had faded once again.
"Why? Is there something that we've said girl?" PonyHead asked as she went nearer to her best friend. "You know, we could help you with this, or we could also leave you some space if that's what you want."
"No. I want to see him." Star replied.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Janna said.
"No, Janna, you don't understand." Star said as she looks at PonyHead, as if she was looking for something that her friend should've said.
"Oh, yeah I remember." PonyHead said as she saw her sad best friend look at her in the eye. "Girls, we're not allowed to take her back to Earth, remember?" she said sadly as she looks at the two, who were also not happy about it.
"Well…what do we do now?" StarFan13 asked sadly.
"I'll talk to mom." Star said as she stands up.
"I'll come." PonyHead said as she blocks Star's way, preventing her from going out.
"No." Star said. "You'll be punished once they find out about this, and I don't want that to happen because you're a princess as well."
"But…" PonyHead said.
"I can do this, girl." Star said as she looks at PonyHead while she tries to crack a smile.
"Okay, I'll trust you girl!" PonyHead said as she lets Star go out of the room.
"Thanks girl, just wait here, okay?" Star said as she smiles. "Toodles!"
As soon as the door had closed, PonyHead turned around to the two.
"We won't let her go alone. We'll join her."
"Hey mom?" Star said as she knocks on the door of the Master's bedroom.
After a few seconds, the door had opened, and it was her mom.
"Yes dear?" Her mom asked.
"Mom, could we talk for a minute or two?" Star said, asking her mom.
"Sure! Wait for me!" Moon said as she closes the door again.
After almost a minute of waiting, her mom came out of the room.
"What is it dear?"
"Mom, P-PonyHead and my friends from Earth are here, and they're basically fetching me." Star said straight away.
"They want me to go back to Earth with them."
There was no response from her mom. What's surprising though is that rather than giving Star a mad expression about it, it was instead a sad one.
"Well" Moon said as she sighed. "Okay. I'll let you."
"R-really!?" Star said as her energy starts to come back again.
"Yes dear." Moon replied, as she smiles.
"YEY! OH THANK YOU SO MUCH MOM! YIEEEEE!" Star said as she hugged and kissed her Mom.
"Okay. There's a condition that needs to be met, though." Her mom said.
"What is it? Pfft, I'm sure I can do that!" Star said confidently.
"I want you to be back in 5 days. Okay? And once you come back, I want you to be 100% ready for your training. You can see them again once you're done with your training, so spend those 5 days wisely. Is that clear?"
"Yes mom!" Star said as she salutes to her mom.
"You don't need to salute. Just promise me, okay?" Moon said as she smiled.
"Yes!" Star said.
"Okay, you may go." Her mom said. "Do you got everything you needed?"
"Yup!" Star said.
"Okay, see you dear in 5 days. I love you!" Queen said as she goes back to her husband's room.
"I love you too mom, bye!" Star said.
As she goes back to her room, she had managed to pass by the 3.
"Hey, hey! Where are you going?" Star said as she calls their attention.
"Wait, wha?" PonyHead said, surprised. "What are you doing? Aren't you supposed to be talking to your mom?" she asked.
"Yea! And she allowed me!" Star said as she jumps up and down repeatedly.
"Really!?" PonyHead asked in shock. "That's my girl!"
And so the 3 had hugged.
"So, shall we go back to Earth now?" Janna asked.
"Relax Janna, I still need to pack some of my stuff. Don't worry, you'll see Tom soon enough!" Star said as she teases Janna.
"Wait, what!?" Janna said. "Why has this suddenly become about me!?" she said as she blushed.
"Oh, so you're guilty, huh!?" Star said as she laughs hysterically. "Don't worry, only the 4 of us knows!" she added.
"COULD WE PLEASE JUST GET THIS DONE ALREADY!? UGH!" Janna screamed.
"Hey!" Star said as she continues on laughing. "Be quiet, mom and dad are prolly asleep by now!"
"So, is everyone ready?" PonyHead asked as she pulls out the dimensional scissors that he had borrowed from Tom.
"Yea! Let's get this show on the road!" Star said excitedly.
"Yep." Janna said, still annoyed from earlier.
"YES!" StarFan13 said as she takes a picture of them.
"Okay, let's go, girls!" PonyHead said as she opened the portal with the scissors.
And so the 4 went back to Earth with a very successful mission. They still haven't know the nightmare that's been waiting for them back on Earth.
Meanwhile at the Diaz Residence, everyone was watching TV at the living room. Alfonzo was able to wake up and is now browsing on his phone. Ferguson meanwhile still continues to sleep. Jackie was watching the TV together with Tom.
Everyone woke up with a shock as they hear a ripping sound. A portal had literally appeared out of nowhere, in front of the television.
Out of the portal came the 4. With StarFan13 being the first, screaming "WE'RE HOME! AND STAR IS WITH US!"
The boys stood up alongside Jackie.
"Wow! I missed you guys so much!" Star said as she hugged everyone.
"Psst, hey Janna!" Star said, calling her.
"What?" Janna asked nonchalantly.
"Look!" she said as she points towards Tom.
All that Janna said was give her the death stare and the silent treatment.
After everyone had settled down, the girls, specifically PonyHead had started the surprise for Star, not knowing that it was actually them who'll be surprised.
"So…. where is Earth turd?" PonyHead said, excited.
Star had begun to blush as soon as she looks for Marco.
And there was no response from the boys nor Jackie. All of them had exchanged looks with each other.
"Guys?" PonyHead said, anger and worriedness was obvious in her voice. "W-what happened?"
Tom sighed heavily.
"Uh, that's what we wanted to talk about." Tom said in a very serious tone.
Mr. and Mrs. Diaz have also thickened the atmosphere as they joined the group, while both looking down.
"What happened!?" Star then asked all of them.
