Either I'm getting better at writing or I'm just lucky this chapter, there were minimal mistakes but that could also be because this was an unbelievably short chapter … well … it has an okay length but had I known this was the next chapter I would have posted it yesterday and posted another one today. In other news I'm going to get to the reviews.

Steel Razer: Thank you.

H. Mae: Right about what? Your previous prediction? I', not going to tell you that you were wrong … or right. Yes I do take inspiration from people I know for my OC's and Erick and Marcus were … slightly taken from myself but there might be a reason that they are so alike … I haven't decided yet. And a scene with Star and Marco? … um … next chapter?

Apple: I like your prediction, are you right? I won't tell you, but I will tell you that I like your prediction.

acosta perez jose Ramiro: Well I have already written the chapter where Marco confronts Star about that and let me tell you … it ends with a blast.

Guest: Thank you.

Disclaimer: Star vs. the Forces of Evil characters belong to Daron Nefcy.

Stella, Marcus, and story belong to me

Beta read by Sabrina06


(Marco's POV)

(Later)

I had met up with Stella and vacated the school ground as quickly as we could. "Looks like we made it before Oscar started playing." I said as we left the school grounds.

"You know we could have waited for Star." Stella pointed out.

"No, she likes his music so she would just have stayed." I said as I continued walking. "Not to mention that she probably has plans with Marcus."

"Marco!" Stella said as she walked in front of me. "Star is only friends with him, and he doesn't live in the same house as you." She placed her hands on her hips. "Now tell me, what's wrong?"

I looked away. "I … it's compli-"

"Don't you dare say complicated!" She interrupted.

I sighed and looked away. "Personal."

"Personal?" She asked. "Sounds more like your jealous of someone who has Star's attention."

I looked at her, then looked away. "I … don't want to talk about it right now."

Just then, a portal opened in front of us, causing both Stella and I to stare at it in shock. "Marco." Stella began. "What is that?"

I was about to answer but Ludo and his minions came through. "Ah, Star Butterfly." He said as he looked at Stella. "Wait a second." He walked up to us and took a closer look. "You're not Star." He turned to Buff Frog. "You said that this was Star Butterfly."

"I made a mistake?" Buff Frog responded.

"Star's not here." I interrupted. "So can you just leave us alone?"

Ludo turned back to us. "Oh no, getting rid of Star's ex body guard should still have an impact on her."

"Ex?" I asked.

"Yes, ex. Her new body guard is that guy with the crazy explosives."

I stood there in disbelief. "Star … said she replaced me?"

"I'm sure that it was just a misunderstanding." Stella said as she placed her hand on my shoulder.

"Looked like she replaced you, to me." Ludo said nonchalantly.

"Can we just get this over with!?" I shouted.

"Fine." Ludo said with a shrug. He turned to his minions. "You know the drill, destroy them."

His minions started charging and Stella and I took fighting stances.

I kicked Bearicorn, then punched him, causing him to fall over before roundhouse kicking Three-eyed-potato-baby. "Is that all you got?" I asked.

Just then, I saw Emmitt standing in front of me cracking his knuckles. "Oh, so you want a rematch?" I asked as I punched my fist. He replied with something incomprehensible. "Them's fighting words." I said as I pointed at him. "I … think."

Just then, Stella ran in duel wielding escrima sticks and striking his solar plexus; causing him to fall over. "Get in the game Marco." She said, a little annoyed.

I rolled my eyes and turned to Big Chicken. I avoided his beak and chopped him in the stomach. I was then tackled by Deer Beard who knocked me to the ground. "Get off!" I shouted as I struggled to get free. I managed to get an arm free, which allowed me to elbow him in the face, freeing myself.

When I got up I saw Stella standing around a bunch of defeated monsters. "Is that all of them?" She asked.

"I think so." I replied before a spike ball came between the two of us. "Except Spikeballs!" He swung his spike ball at me but he was slow enough that I managed to dodge out of the way in time. I quickly regrouped with Stella, and we stood side by side staring at Spikeballs.

"So how do you usually defeat this guy?" She asked.

"I don't" I responded as Spikeballs took a few steps closer. "Star's the one to beat him and Man Arm."

"Man Arm?" She asked.

I looked around. "Hey, where's Man Arm?"

Spikeballs stopped moving when he was almost on top of us and held out his hand spikes. "Well, Man Arm's mom's birthday is today so he took the day off; meaning it's just me for the large category today."

"What about that mushroom guy?" I asked as I pointed to the thing with mushrooms on its head.

"He's only a medium sized henchmen, Man Arm and I are the only large henchmen in Ludo's forces." Spikeballs explained. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to crush you now." He brought down one of his spike hands and Stella and I dodged out of the way.

"He's very polite." Stella said as she dodged another attack. "I actually feel a little bad about what I'm about to do to him." She rushed forward dodging his attacks and with both her escrima, nailed him right between the legs causing him to freeze before falling over. "Sorry." She said as she walked over to his head.

"It's okay." Spikeballs squeezed out. "Occupational hazard." His eyes shut tight as he bit his lower lip.

"Ugh, maybe I'm going about this all wrong." Ludo said as he pulled out his dimensional scissors. "Maybe I need to find more large henchmen." Ludo opened a portal with his dimensional scissors and stood to the side. "All right everyone, time to go."

All of Ludo's henchmen got up and made their way through the portal. "I'll get you next time ex minion." Ludo said before walking through the portal himself.

I stood there, staring at the portal as it closed, before shoving my hands into my pockets. I then felt a hand on my shoulder and looked to see that it was Stella. "Don't let that 'ex' thing get to you, I'm sure Star still needs you to protect her."

"I'm not her body guard." I said as I started walking. "She can protect herself."

"Don't be like that." She said as she walked over me. "Is this because I arrived? Does she think that I'm replacing her?"

"What do you care?!" I asked as I turned around.

She looked at me surprised before placing her hands on her hips. "Oh, you want to talk about this now?"

I leered at her before shaking my head. "Yes, I want to talk about this now."

"Fine then." She replied. "What is the problem?"

"I could ask you the same thing." I replied. "Why did you pretend to have feelings for me?"

"Because I did." She replied. "And you seemed more than happy to see me when I first got here."

"I guess I was just too happy, that I forgot about what happened."

"And what is that?" She asked. "What did I do to make you think I don't like you?"

"You flirted with every other guy in the school!" I hissed. "I would think that would be obvious."

"I was nine!" She pointed out. "I had no idea what flirting was at the time."

"That's not the point!" I exclaimed. "I thought … you said that I was special to you."

"You were, you are!"

"Then why nothing?!" I demanded as I turned around. "Five years and you don't send a single thing, every other exchange student sends e-mails or writes but you … you, absolutely nothing for five whole years."

She looked away. "I was … scared." She replied. "You … you had feelings for Jackie … and I didn't think I would ever be back so …" She looked up at me. "Could we still be … something?"

I sighed. "Look … Jackie might be taken but … 'we' can't be a thing …" I looked away. "But … I am still willing to be friends, if you are."

She smiled. "Sure … I guess I should have at least written you." She walked up to me and we started walking home. "And how does a llama write? Not to mention be a foreign exchange student."

"It's not a llama." I exclaimed. "It's actually a kid with a rare hair disorder."

"And the robot?" She asked.

"An actor." I explained.

She laughed. "Man, you sure have some weird foreign exchange students."

"Yeah." I replied. "And they keep getting stranger."


I'm not going to say what but of all the predictions ever made … there are a few (maybe one, maybe two, maybe all of them) that are correct, and I will love to see the looks on everyone's face when I reveal which one's are real. But until then, I've got to write chapter 15 … I should not have said that.

R&R