Smitty: Howdy.

Nymph: Been a while, hasn't it?

Smitty: Sorry about that, guys.

Nymph: Just an FYI, the 5 part out of order thing that we posted last chapter will be put on hold for the time being.

Smitty: It's honestly too much to write, and even though we have the idea in our heads, turning it into literature is kind of difficult.

Nymph: Since there are no more delays, onto the reviews!

SonicELITE: Unmatched? Our sinister sides will not accept this! Bring it on Cliff. When Nymph is pissed, she's a match for evil itself. Oh and thanks for that. Smimph is a very cute and funny ship name. Hey Nymph, what do you think? Burn it. Alrighty then, that's her opinion!

BlankSheet425: Yeah, sorry. A lot of people know that when I promise something...it doesn't really have a guarenteed due date. That chapter will come out eventually, not today, but another day. Oh, and if you try sending a mob, I got these. *pulls out pair of dimensional scissors* I wonder what Rick would do with these...

Anyways, just a quick note on the story. Skip if you want to go in blind and such. So, we saw a fair amount of Star's Suitors fics, and you know what? We're hopping on this bandwagon, Smitty Style! So yeah. This is part one of the Suitors arc, and this one won't take long to finish. I swear on it. -Smitty 2K16.


"Ah! Good morning everything!" Star jumped out of bed, excitedly dashing to her closet to pick out her best clothes.

Star emerged wearing a royal blue dress, with striped leggings, purple boots, and her classic red devil headband. "And it's not only a good morning, it's a great morning!" Star picked up a sleeping laser puppy, who immediately woke up and smiled at its owner.

"And do you know why? It's because it's my birthday!" She jumped back onto her bed, the puppy happily shooting lasers out of its eyes.

"Not just any birthday too," Star grabbed her wand and held it up high, "but my eighteenth one! Isn't that exciting?" She asked the laser puppy, who only cocked its head slightly to the right, a happy look still on its face.

"And you have no idea what I'm saying!" Star exclaimed once more, dashing down the stairs to meet the Diaz family.

"Good morning Diaz family!" Star cried out, to which she surprisingly no response.

"Hello? Mr. and Mrs. Diaz? Marco?" Star began to look around, and found a note on the counter. Star picked it up, and it was a note from Marco to her. She read it aloud, doing her best impression of Marco.

"To Star. Hey Star! Sorry mom, dad and I aren't here to celebrate your birthday. Happy Birthday by the way! – Aww! They remembered!" Star coughed and returned to reading the letter. "- Anyways, just because we're not here at the moment, doesn't mean you can't have fun. We'll be back to see you at the end of the day. Don't ask where we are. Best if you don't know. Look for Janna and Jackie, they'll be there to hang with you until we get back. Love, Marco. I wonder where they are. Too bad they aren't here on my big day." Star was really upset that she wouldn't be able to hang out with her best friend and her host family.

"Oh well. I'll see them at the end of the day. Besides, I have other friends!" Star dashed outside the door, and immediately collided with another body, sending both of them backwards.

Star rubbed her forehead in pain, trying to regain her senses. "Ow! There's not usually a person there."

Janna stood up, her forehead in the same pain as Star's. "I don't really remember you running out the door either."

"Hey, you guys okay?" Jackie asked, offering a hand to Star. She gladly took it and got up, smiling at the two of her friends.

"Yeah, I'm fine. What are you doing here?" Star asked.

"Marco asked us to keep you occupied while he prepared-" Jackie elbowed Janna, preventing her from spilling the beans.

"What Janna means, is that Marco asked us to keep an eye on you while he's gone." Jackie said, giving a nasty look towards the girl she just elbowed.

"Why's he gone?" Star asked.

"Family emergency."

"He got kidnapped."

Jackie and Janna whirled their heads towards another, coming up with two different excuses.

"He got kidnapped."
"Family emergency."

The two face palmed as they had just made the situation more confusing and suspicious.

"So somebody from his family got kidnapped?" Star asked.

The two girls shared a look of agreement and nodded furiously.

"Oh. Well I do hope that they come out okay." Star said.

"Yep. So Star, Jackie and I have this awesome place that we think you'll love!" Janna informed her.

"Ooh! What is it?"

Line Break

Marco, and several other people came up from the house's basement, once they were sure Star had left with Jackie and Janna.

Marco pulled out his phone and texted Jackie, Has the comet left its orbit?

Jackie responded with, Marco, there's no need to speak in code. Just ask if Star has left with us.

Well, has she?

Yeah.

Good. Keep her occupied for as long as possible. This is going to take a long time.

You're lucky we're friends Diaz.

Yeah, I'm grateful alright.

Marco put his phone away, before turning to the group of people in his house.

"All right people! We have one day to set up this party, so work fast. All of you already know your duties, so get to it, chop chop!"

I think maybe…3 hours later:

"No! That's supposed to be tilted to the right, not the left!" Marco exclaimed, waving his arms and clipboard in the air.

"Calm down, nobody's going to notice." Ferguson responded.

Marco gestured to himself. "Well this somebody is going to, and he says to tilt it to the RIGHT!"

"Okay, don't get wound up too tight." Ferguson reached back up to the banner and began to reposition it.

"Thank you." Marco walked back to the center of his backyard, inspecting all the decorations around him. He wiped his forehead, and smiled at his work. Justin was working on all the awesome games and activities, Ferguson was hanging all the hanging decorations, Alfonzo handled the drinks and the snack bar, Sabrina and Hope were off to the side dressing up all of the laser puppies, Oskar was setting up all of his music equipment, Pony Head was even asked to pitched in and made everything as crazy and wild as possible (although it started some rather intense arguments), and Mr. and Mrs. were already dancing with each other in the backyard. Those who were not helping in the backyard was throughout town, helping in their own way.

"Relax, Marco! This party does not have to perfect to satisfy Star!" Mr. Diaz told him, still dancing with his lovely wife.

"Satisfy? No, this party has to blow her away. It's her eighteenth birthday. After all she's done for us when she popped up into our lives four years ago," Marco stared into space, smiling at the thought of her, "she deserves it.

"Are you sure you're not just trying to win her over?" Mrs. Diaz asked with a knowing look.

Marco's clipboard flew into the air, Marco fumbling with it for a few seconds before firmly catching with a pale look on his face.

"What? N-no! She's just… besides, I'm… uh… you don't know… forget it, I got a party to finish setting up." Marco said before walking away rather quickly.

With Star, Janna, and Jackie.

"Why were we chosen to do this again?" Janna asked as she rounded the corner.

"Why do you need to be told again?" Jackie retorted, shooting somebody behind them.

"So the readers know." Janna answered nonchalantly, firing at a screaming nine-year-old.

"Well, fair enough. Besides, you do know how to keep people away from things. Especially their own personal items." Jackie responded, racing down the corridor before sliding for cover.

"True, but did we have to distract her with this particular game?" Janna asked once more, fixing the annoying vest on her abdomen.

"DEATH TO MY ENEMIES!" Star yelled, running and jumping off a ramp, firing a barrage of lasers towards the opposing team.

"Laser tag sure is one hell of a way to get somebody to lose track of time. It's also perfect to calm Star's sadistic combat urges." Jackie said, shooting the back of a passing opponent.

"EAT LASER, BLUE TEAM SCUM!" Star shouted once more, ambushing four unsuspecting children at their birthday party.

"Though it does make her a bit frightening." Jackie said. Janna rolled her eyes, before charging to join Star in the ambush.

Back with Marco…

"Ah, perfect! Everything is done-" Marco walked over to the bench on their porch, and plopped down on top of it. "-and I am dead beat tired! How does Star plan a party without completely shutting down? That was exhausting!" Marco grabbed a plastic water bottle from the case beside him and took a big gulp of water. "Speaking of Star," Marco's watch read 8:34pm, and he stood up. "Alright everyone! Star and the others are gonna be here soon, so let's cut the lights and hide." Marco switched off all the lights in the backyard, leaving the whole party covered in a pool of shade. Everybody hid behind tables or bushes, while Marco ran inside to wait for Star. He sat on the couch and switched the TV on to pretend to he was watching a movie.

"Wow! That was a blast!" Star busted through the front door, a victorious look on her face. She ran to the couch and jumped on, bouncing on it energetically to get Marco's attention.

"Marco! You're back! Was your family member found? Did you save them?" Star asked.

Marco looked at her weirdly, before laughing and shaking his head. "What? No, my parents were just out doing errands, and I was stuck with them."

Star cocked her head to the side, making a mental note to question her friends on why they gave Marco a different alibi. "The laser tag thing Jackie and Janna showed me was amazing! I mean, the laser guns didn't actually destroy things, but they were still awesome! The whole- are you watching My Little Pony?" Star asked, her attention now directed to the channel Marco left the TV on. Marco flushed red with embarrassment and quickly shut off the TV.

"There was nothing else to watch." Marco quickly blurted out. Jackie and Janna trudged through Marco's front door, wearing tired looks on their faces.

"We played laser tag for a whole day!" Janna groaned.

"Star, how are you still bursting with energy?" Jackie asked, slouching over.

"Simple! I don't pay attention to any fatigue I feel, and eventually it goes away! Leaving me with a second shot of Star energy!" Star answered, jumping on the couch again as to prove her point.

"Hey Marco, can we use your washroom? Janna and I really need to freshen up." Jackie asked.

"Yeah sure, just hurry up and meet us outside when you're done." Janna and Jackie began to walk away, before Marco called out to them once more. "And don't let Janna steal anything!"

Janna pouted before following Jackie. "You're no fun, Marco."

"What did you mean by meet us outside?" Star asked.

"Oh, you have to follow me outside for a sec."

"Why?" Star asked.

"You'll see. You need to wear this blindfold by the way." Before Star could reply, Marco had already dazed her by spinning her around, and the next thing she knew, her vision was blacked out by a red handkerchief.

"Is this necessary?" Star asked, her arms held out in front of her in case she walked into something.

"What? Don't trust me, princess?" Marco slyly asked.

"Well, no. Of course I trust. It's just, what's the big deal? Is it something that I did?" Star asked as Marco led her through the door to the backyard.

"Yeah, I guess you can say that." Marco smiled at how she was technically right. This was all because of what she's done.

"We never got to formally wish you a happy birthday, sooo…" Marco trailed off, taking off Star's handkerchief. She stood in shock at the sight before her, before giddily smiling and tearing up a bit. It was everyone she knew in Echo Creek. Friends, schoolmates, even Pony Head was here!

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY STAR!" Everyone cried in one big shout. Lights shone on the party that they had set up. A fruit punch fountain was in the middle of the backyard, cascading flows of red liquid in a constant loop. A snack bar with enough food to feed an army, with quality good enough for royalty (which, it was being served to) and many plates of nachos. A lot of nachos. A huge banner tilted to the right read, YOU'RE OUR SHOOTING STRA!Thought it was spelt incorrectly, (And boy did Ferguson get an earful from Marco for that) Star loved it and giggled at the simple mistake.

There were so many games and stuff near the fence, it almost looked like a carnival. Her magical creations were out and about, running around and making the party that much more fun. A huge DJ station was off to the side, with Oskar Greason controlling the music. There was color everywhere, rainbows, glitter, and a huge amount of confetti. Whoever was cleaning this up was gonna be really pissed off.

"Awww! You guys are the best! This whole party for me?" Star began waving her hands in excitement, like she usually did in a state of happiness.

"You deserve it girl! You're the best thing to happen to everybody here!" Pony Head said.

"Me? What have I done to deserve this?" Star questioned.

"The answer is simple," Marco poked her chest. "You were being you. You helped everyone here, you were the nicest, bubbliest and most hyperactive person we know. Everybody loves you for it, and even though some may call you reckless and irresponsible," Marco paused to place a hand on Star's shoulder. "We all like to call it having fun."

Star gave him a heart-warming smile, before bringing him into a tight embrace, which Marco happily returned.

"Thank you so much, Marco. For everything." Star hugged him tighter.

Marco chuckled. "What are you thanking me for? If anything we have to thank you for coming into our lives."

"Let's not worry now on who should thank who." Star released him from her grip, before turning to the large crowd, whom were waiting for her to say the words. "For now, let's get this party started!" Star raised her wand to the sky and shot a pink firework out of it.

Oskar laid a track onto his board, and the music started playing. Everyone began to dance, and were either talking or swinging around wildly.

Star noticed some decorations literally floating in that air, and turned to Marco. "Did you use my spell book?" Star asked with a smile.

"Yessssirrree!" Glossaryck said, floating up to the princess' level. "He took the book and forced me to help him. I tried, knowing I made a formidable effort to resist!"

"You cracked immediately after I said 'Pudding'." Marco said, staring at Glossaryck with an eyebrow raised.

"You would've too if you were stuck in this book for thousands of years!" Glossaryck accused.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Marco slammed the book shut before turning to Star.

"Well? What do you want to do first, best bestie?" Marco asked her.

The party was great. Everyone was having fun, the food and drinks were delicious, the music was awesome, the games were fun, and dancing was the best! Marco and Star stayed together the entire time, hanging out and having fun.

"This is even better than the Bounce Lounge!" Star exclaimed, dancing freely.

"It's about to get a whole lot cooler!" Marco signaled to Oskar, who nodded in response and pressed a button on his board. Suddenly a smoke machine turned on, followed by a sick laser show. After the day she had, Star thought that she would have had enough lasers for today.

Man, she was dead wrong.

Marco drifted off towards the snack bar, where he grabbed one of the cups of punch and slid the contents down his throat. Jackie walked up to Marco, grabbing a nacho and munching down on it.

"You guys did an awesome job on this party." Jackie said.

"Thanks. We would do anything to make Star happy." Marco stared at the blonde princess, who was still dancing.

"You really like that girl, don't you Diaz?" Jackie asked, grabbing another nacho.

Marco sighed and took another drink from his cup of punch. "Heh, yeah. Am I that obvious?" Marco asked.

"I know when guy really likes somebody. There's a spark in their eyes whenever they think or see the person they like."

"Really? How'd you figure that out?"

"I know, because I once saw that light in your eyes when you looked at me." Jackie answered.

"Yeah, but you know those feelings dissipated a long time ago. I'm glad we're still friends though." Marco said, placing a hand on her shoulder.

Jackie smiled and looked at Marco. "Yeah, I'm glad we became pals as well."

Marco took his hand off Jackie's shoulder, grabbing a nacho as well and taking a bite out of it.

"Are you going to tell her?" Jackie asked.

"I still don't know. I'm pretty conflicted on the situation."

"You're running out of time, Diaz."

"Yeah, yeah, I know. We only have one year left (A/N: I don't care if people usually graduate at 17 or whatever in this universe they graduate at 18 years old) before high school ends."

"And that's when Star is gonna have to go home."

"I despise that day."

"We all do, Marco. So do her a favor and just tell her how you feel."

"But, how do you just tell somebody that you lo- really like them?"

"Just suck up and do it."

"Easier said than done."

"It's your choice, Marco. Take my advice and get it over it, or wither with the regret of never taking that risk."

"That sounds pretty poetic."

"Eh, it's a gift."

"And I know how to take a risk."

"Really? Is that why you're labelled the Safe Kid?"

"Shut up."

Jackie chuckled at Marco frustrated look.

"Don't feel like you have to do anything. If you don't want to, then that's okay. I'll be over there talking to Janna." Jackie walked away, leaving Marco on his own.

His mind was plagued with conflict, one side of him burning with desire to take risks, another side shivering with the thought of getting hurt, emotionally. His thoughts were scattered as he heard a snap echo through his ears.

"Are you okay, Marco? You sort of drifted off the dance floor, and had this dazed look on your face." Star asked.

"Yeah, I'm good. Just thinking." Marco said.

"Good, because we got a lot more dancing ahead of us!" Before Marco could realize what was happening, Star grabbed him and pulled him back onto the dance floor, spinning him enough for his motion sickness to kick in.

The party went along rather normal, before a tearing sound was heard, and the opening of a portal was heard. Everybody turned to the swirling portal, and out stepped three figures. King Butterfly, Queen Butterfly, and Manfred.

"Mom! Dad! You made it!" Star exclaimed, running to hug her parents. They both opened their arms with smiles on their faces.

"Good to see you again, my dear." Queen Butterfly said.

"Thought you'd have a party without me, did you?" King Butterfly joked.

"I can't believe you guys made it here!" Star exclaimed, still happy here parents were able to make to her 18th birthday party.

"We can always make time for our daughter." King Butterfly said, before walking over to Marco.

"Hello again dear boy! Good to see that you've grown Marco!" Marco shook the King's hand, a grin on both their faces.

"It's always good to see you, your majesty."

"No need for formalities here, my boy! Just call me River!" The king gave Marco another bright smile, which Marco returned.

"So why else are you here?" Star asked.

"Why would you assume we have come here other than to wish you a happy birthday?" Queen Butterfly asked.

"Because it's necessary to the plot." Star bluntly answered.

"Then yes, you are correct. There is another reason we have come here." The queen had a sad look on her face.

"I apologize for being the bringer of bad news to you on your birthday, but you need to know…" Queen Butterfly trailed off.

"Yes?" Star offered her mother to continue.

"That you are to be married soon." Star's mother finished.

"Oh. Okay." Star replied, not letting the words completely sink in.

"MARRIED!?" Marco and Star yelled.


R&R, and have a good night everybody! Or morning, afternoon? Timezones are weird. Requests will be done after this, so leave some why don't ya?