Just another day. That's what today was supposed to be. It wasn't supposed to be the last day of their lives, but the possibility was here now. Joe looked idly at Marco and Jackie, the former trying to cheer up the latter as she almost broke down completely. He was having moderate success. Joe then looked towards Star, furiously scanning through her book of spells, Glossaryck floating in perfect stillness. If only he hadn't gone for that damn run.

*earlier that day*

"Where's Joe?" Star was confused. In the past week since the Blood Moon, Joe had been acting weird. At first he seemed unaffected, but every morning before he smelled strongly of sweat. Not that Star disliked it, but, it was unusual. He seemed far more awake than usual, always greeting her as if he had been up for at least a few minutes. She was worried, but trusted him to say if something was wrong. Today though, she had planned to find out what was going on and used a spell for a personal alarm. It had worked, but Joe was missing.

"S-sorry Star, I uh, honestly haven't a clue. M-maybe he's downstairs making you breakfast. You should go check it out. Like. Now." Marco smiled nervously. Star would normally have let that pass, but Marco and Joe both hiding something seemed awfully suspicious.

"And what, pray tell, are you hiding mister?" She grinned deeply as the boy in front of her went wide-eyed. She kept herself as composed as possible, trying to emulate her mother, as she stared down Marco. She was hoping to catch Joe doing something for her, never doubting her lover's loyalty.

"N-nothing Star. And I really have no idea what Joe is up to. N-now if you'll excuse me, I uh, need to start my morning routine and I don't want to be naked around you. Parents may get the wrong idea."

"Marco, school isn't for another two hours. You're usually trying to be punctual for Jackie, but this is a little ridiculous. What's going on?" Star suddenly had an idea. The boy clearly wanted her out of the bathroom, and if romcoms where any hint, he would move to block her from whatever he wanted to hide. So she started to wander a bit. Marco, slowly giving himself away as he moved to block her.

"Seriously Star, nothing is going on! Now please leave so I can shower in-"

"In the closet huh? Classic." Marco realized his mistake too late. He moves to stop Star but the girl was already at the closet.

"Wait, Star!" He reached her as she opened the door.

"Ah, ha!" She looked in the closet, her face a triumph. Her eyes then darted to Marco, then the closet. Then to Marco. Then the closet. Her face fell slowly into shock as she continued the pace. Finally, in a mad blush she stared into the closet.

"Uh, hi?" The feminine voice called out to Star. She looked at the naked young woman in front of her. She had platinum-blonde hair with a single aqua highlight. Her green eyes were nervously looking at Star like a deer in headlights. She had freckles and tanned skin all over, surprisingly full breasts and figure, and absolutely no clothing. Suddenly, Star began to grin widely. All her worries momentarily forgotten.

"Why hello there Jackie Lynn-Thomas. Why don't you put on a bathrobe and come on out of there, hmm?" Star's excited grin put a blush on Jackie was she did just what Star said. Star meanwhile, was immensely happy.

"So, um, Star, this isn't what-"

"So how long you two been together?" Both Marco and Jackie where in shock. They had both expected Star to be okay with them, but it was still surprising to see it actually happening.

"A, uh, couple weeks now. You see, after seeing how well things went for you and Joe, I decided to throw out my own plans to get Jackie and just, talk to her. It went really well, and uh-"

"How long has it been physical? Cause if it wasn't last night, props on keeping it hidden." Both Jackie and Marco went red.

"Not, really comfortable talking about it dude. Uh, just, like, we're together so-"

"Were you two about to shower together? Cause that's adorable. Joe and I shower together all the- Joe! Almost forgot. I really need to find him! Something may have happened or-" Jackie put her hand on Star's shoulder for a moment, stopping her dead in her tracks.

"Relax. Joe wouldn't do something to get himself into danger, you know that." As if remembering where she was and what had just come to light, she backed off.

"But he has! He came to my rescue before, and he-"

"Wouldn't do something stupid unless it meant saving you." All eyes snapped to the door to see Joe standing there, sweaty and in a tracksuit. "So, finally found out about Jackco?"

"You knew?" Marco looked horrified.

"I may only have one reference besides you, but my nose works Marco. Really should wake up earlier and shower together. Makes it easier to hide the smell of sex. Also, your room reeked of it the last few days." Star and Joe looked smuggly at Jackie and Marco who were now very, very red in the face and avoiding their gaze. "But seriously, grats. It's about time you found love."

"Oh, uh, thanks, Joe. We, uh, should probably get clean, huh?"

"I'll say. School assembly in half an hour." Three sets of eyes suddenly landed on Joe. Well, for the three of us. Remember, student council holiday budget plans?"

"Oh no. There's no time for us to all shower!"

"Joe, where were you and also, I really like your smell right now!"

"Oh god, I reek of sex! I don't think they'll buy it if I say I was boarding, right?"

"Wait! Star! Do you have a spell to reverse or stop time?" Marco seemed to light up for a second.

"Uh, maybe?"

"Please girl! We need your help!" Jackie asked. Seeing the usually confident girl being awkward was a new one for Star, suddenly she was feeling the urgency of a matter that really didn't involve her.

"Uh." Star quickly reached for her wand, sitting on the counter with its charger plugged in.

"Wait, myabe stopping time isn't the best-"

"Easy Peasy Time Freezy?" Though said questioningly, the wand glowed as magic poured out from the wand. They all looked around, not noticing any change.

"Hmm. Guess it's shower time for you two. I can show up late. Can easily say I wanted to smooch Star before going… woah." During Joe's talk, Jackie had moved and knocked over some towels from the closet, only for them to stop midair.

"Uh, guess you can all get ready to go to school now?" Star grinned sheepishly. Marco however…

"School? No Star, it's a freeze day! We can go and do whatever we want!" The four teens started smiling.

"Just remember we gotta smell like not sex when this is over!"

"Oh come on Joe, what do you take me for?"

"As one man who has sex on the regular, to another, we are teenagers." Jackie sounded a little upset as she spoke directly to Joe.

"Joe, it's rude to make assumpti-"

"'Oh Marco, is round six going to be the wake up round, or the wet round?'" Joe smiled smuggly as he internally counted seconds. After a moment where everyone seemed frozen, Joe spoke again. "Trust me, Star's not exactly a slouch on that front either. I'm, honestly surprised she hasn't tested positive yet."

"I used a spell to protect myself after day one. Knocked me up first day by the way stud." She smiled as Marco and Jackie looked between them.

"Point being. We're teenagers in love, and besides Jackie's parents, all of ours are trying hard to make sure Star is a mother before we say our vows."

"Just a little longer My King."

"So yeah, no judgment here. Let's just have a fun time, regardless of what we do, and clean up for the ceremony. Worse comes to worst, we can shower in the gym." Jackie asked.

"So, you've thought about this?"

"Well, yeah. I'm a horny teenager. I've thought about plowing Star just about everywhere. Less now that they aren't feeding me aphrodisiacs every day. But still. Teenager."

"Huh. Guess that's, fair. But still. You wouldn't bang in front of her parents." Marco looked smugly at first, but as Star and Joe shared a knowing smile he wilted fast. "No way."

"With every dinner eventually devolving into a discussion of sex lives, I'm sure they almost wouldn't mind. Well, Moon wouldn't. River might kill me. But seriously, I know way too much about sex from them."

"Dude, tmi." Star decided to chime in before things got anymore awkward for people.

"Well sorry it was an easy subject to, 'distract' them with." Star shivered looking partly guilty as she remembered a few times he had distracted her parents from some, questionable questions. "Then let's get off the subject, go to the park, and start messing with people." Everyone eagerly nodded and headed downstairs, where Joe made a not unexpected discovery.

"Guys, they know."

"Who knows what?" Star asked.

"Marco's parents know he's with Jackie."

"How do you know that?" Jackie said, stumbling onto the scene.

"There's a cake with 'Good job mijo' on it and a very elaborate picture of you two in your bed."

"Dude, your parents are weird." Jackie chuckled, taking this surprisingly well.

"I'm leaving before anything else happens. I'll be outside by the street." Without setting foot in the kitchen, Marco left the house, clearly disappointed.

"And both your parents are here too Jackie." With that, Jackie sprinted in, finding indeed that her parents were both there, one actively taking away empty drug bottles away, the other poking tiny, tiny holes in her and Marco's condoms. Looking around she found a list, comparing her monthly cycle, to her meet ups with Marco, to 'planned fertility boosts'.

"Oh my God. Marco cannot find out about this."

"Okay, seriously, until I came here only my sister was this obsessed with having a baby. What the fuck."

"She's not obsessed Joe. Your sister is nice."

"Star, she literally dates men to get pregnant. She doesn't care if the baby daddy stays or goes, so long as she gets pregnant once in her life. If not for me, she would have tried to even bed you."

"But, that's pedophilia!"

"Like I said, all that matters is a baby. One. She's been trying for two years without success, so she jumped on the Star express as a distraction. Only thing she won't try with is a taken man."

"That, explains a lot actually. Now, let's go have fun! Especially before more horrible realizations!" The three of them quickly nodded and left, quickly running into Ludo. He was halfway out of a portal. The four looked at him, and suddenly Marco and Star got huge grins on their faces. They walked over and began to pass around Ludo's hat, taking pictures in funny poses. After a moment, they decided to make it so that he wouldn't want to stick around. Mainly, placing a rake under his foot. His army wasn't behind him yet, so Star decided to try something. She set up an arial narwal blast, timed to land just after Ludo would step away from the rake. It was horrible, yet genius.

"Star. Why go that far to hurt this little, kappa i think it is?"

"He wants to steal the family wand and use it for evil. Why wouldn't I stop him?"

"So, he wants your family wand to take over the universe or something?"

"For monsterkind yeah. He hates us mewmans. Wants us gone for supposed crimes against monsters. All baloney. Anyway, into more fun!" With that, Star grabbed Joe and Marco, the latter grabbing Jackie as they began to race throughout the town. They stacked dogs in the park, ate picnics on top of cars. Had sex in the open, had sex on the principals desk. Set up Brittany and Jeremy for fun revenge after a few fiascos. And finally. Found good hiding places for condoms around their various houses. Until finally showering and agreeing to head to the meeting.

"And you two are fine with being outed as a couple?"

"Dude, time may be stopped, but we've had a blast the last few days, talking and learning about each other, I think we're all ready for that. And again, nice job on the washing aspect. Too bad it took forever to find everything for a dry bath."

"Yeah, well, let's just hope everything goes well when you two kiss in front of the school. And remember, it's just you saying 'I love you', but physically." The newly minted couple nodded as Star raised the wand.

"Easy Peasy Time Unfreezy!" When nothing happened, the four got worried. Then Marco freaked out.

"Oh no, how do we restart time!?" Jackie fed on his panic.

"Oh man, none of us thought of it! We have to fix this!" Marco lost it. Normally, Joe would try and calm him down, but unlike normal, this had destabilized Joe. Their lives could all be in jeopardy and there was no one to help them. And that did scare Joe a lot. Thankfully, one girl had her head still on her shoulders.

"Calm down dudes. Surely Star has learned her magic from somewhere, maybe a book she has will know what to do." Star immediately kissed Jackie. Not on the cheek, but on the lips. This set her three companions hearts pounding as they watched her pull away in the same instant.

"Good call Jacks! Now let's go look, maybe Glossaryck knows the way!" As she bounded ahead, the other three regained their composure.

"Marco, babe, I have two questions for you."

"Yeah."

"First, should I feel ashamed I liked that kiss?"

"... No."

"Good. Great. Awesome. Uh, next question, and don't be mad please."

"... I won't be."

"... Would you be upset if I nailed that." Marco and Joe needed no time to contemplate their answer. The very idea eliciting a strong response.

"Not a bit." The three looked around, and suddenly felt uneasy.

"Wait, why are the three of us so, okay with that. You two just got together, and you're okay with her sleeping with another person?"

"Joe, as weird as it is, I'm okay with Jackie sleeping with you."

"Marco! I, well, can't say I didn't think about it… um…"

"Something is wrong. Because right now, I'm okay with that, and the opposite too." With Joe's remake the three of them looked at each other. The insanely sexual nature would have been weird before, but without being potentially drugged up, this was them. Shortly after that the three of them silently headed back to Marco's house to meet up with Star. The thoughts heavy on their minds.

A few hours had passed and the teens were eating a freshly made cake. Marco decided to get one after the near cataclysmic breakdown everyone had as the reality that this might be how They die set in. Thankfully, Marco was able to make a cake, time being stopped did not stop the man. And they rather enjoyed it, but as Jackie took another bite, a memory of days prior brought a chill down her spine.

"This cake is good Marco. How'd you make it?" She really, really hoped he wasn't about to say he hadn't.

"I didn't." Jackie eyed him nervously. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Joe stopped mid-bite, and Star looking up from her book, scared.

"Oh, right. We're did you find it?"

"Downstairs. I tried to make one but we had none of the usual ingredients and when I borrowed some from next door, I couldn't get any consistent heat source to work. Then I saw my parents baking a cake and-"

"Oh god. Marco, that caked was spiked with aphrodisiacs and fertility drugs!" Marco started to cough and spit out what he could of the cake. Suddenly the teens found themselves quite warm in the room. Surely, surely this wasn't something they couldn't overcome.

"I'll check what they had. Could be something easy, subtle." Joe suggested. He hoped the label, combined with a few books the parents may own, may tell them exactly what they wanted to know.

"I'll join you! Jackie said instantly. The tension in the air was palpable, but maybe, maybe they wouldn't have to worry. Maybe he was right, but she needed to know now. Not later. The pair made their way downstairs as Marco sprinted for his room. The plan was if nothing else Jackie would go to him while Joe would go to Star. Might as well be with your buddy, right?

As the pair made it downstairs, they were visibly flushing. Jie could feel his erection standing tall and Jackie's shorts were visibly wet. It had been less than ten minutes from first bite. How potent was this stuff?

"Okay, we, we need to f-find the bottle before we lose it." A loud moan from upstairs proved Marco had lost his battle. He was furiously masturbating and it wasn't helping either of the two teens in the kitchen. Realizing they were going to lose soon, they found the bottle.

"Let's see. Hah. Vigirol Ultra DX Extreme. Joe, look it up, now." Jackie was barely managing not to finger herself then and there.

"Let's see. Huh. Ah, uh. Found it! It, oh god. No counter measure, and since we ate the whole cake give or take I assume a quarter of a bottle each. What's a dose?"

"It says each bottle has a sixteen doses. For adults."

"So, estimating that, in god no. Please no. Jackie, get to Marco, now… Jackie?" Joe managed to turn around as lips met his. Joe lost all attempts at stopping as lips crashed together and they gave in. He grabbed Jackie's head and brought it full force against his lips as her hands found his shirt bottom. In a matter of seconds, she was trying to remove his shirt, and undershirt, the sheer pain of the wires being pulled dragging them out of his stupor.

"What are those? Also, nice abs." Jackie went wistful for a moment before suddenly going back to reality. "Seriously, what are the wires?"

"Long story short, they protect me and keep me alive. Just, gotta detach the wires before making love."

"Wait, if they keep you alive, isn't that more important than having more fun sex?"

"If you only knew the half of it. Suffice to say the only real benefit, is it hurts me less and scares Star less. But I ramble. Let's go to our lovers, before we go back under." Jackie needed no other words as she practically flew out of the kitchen. Joe's eyes wandered to the parents, before he sprinted out of the room. He barged into Star's room only for reason to be barred entry. He saw Jackie had missed her intended target, instead her she was, on top of a naked Star, her tongue in a massive war with Star's as stat helped Jackie out of her shorts and panties. Drugged up, and seeing two delectable blondes making out nude with a perfect shot at their babymakers, he had no chance. He was out of his clothes in record time as he practically leapt at the two girls.

They squealed in delight against each others lips as his hands and mouth began roaming their bodies. Jackie moaned in delight as Star inched down and began to kiss at her neck. Joe meanwhile was kissing on the back of her neck, opposite of Star. They were practically kissing through her body and she shuddered at the realization. Suddenly, she was flipped, Joe and Star on top of her like predators. With excitement in her eyes she nodded, approving whatever was to happen so long as it happened soon. She blinked and they were gone. Then she felt them suckling on her breasts.

For years she knew her breasts were the envy of boys and girls alike. Heck, they got her dates with high schoolers while in early middle school. They had their ups and downs, but right now, with the two lovers currently devouring her breasts, she would call it an up. The two of them never caused her pain either, never suckling too hard, but always driving her crazy. Crazy enough to achieve orgasm.

It wasn't the strongest she had felt, Marco currently reigned on that front, but it was the first time it was solely from above the waste. She ride it out, her temporary lovers kissing her breasts lightly, when a third set of lips found her. She breathed in shock and looked down. Marco was eating her out. Suddenly, she came again. Despite trying a few times, Marco couldn't eat her out before, always using his hands instead. She then noticed Star was stroking off Joe. Then they were kissing. She was in heaven, a show while getting eaten out. She came again on the spot. She came to her senses moments later to another show, Joe was fucking Star, and Marco was looking for permission to fuck her. Jackie couldn't stop the feelings as her legs spoke for her, pushing him inside a bit before nature made him slam inside.

She loved it. She loved it rough. Truth be told, she was a masochist. A dark masochist. She fantasized about scenarios where guys she tempted lost control, and took her in an alley. Of course she didn't want to really be raped, but the entire feeling of having her body used that way made her very excited. As her conscious mind came back to reality, she realized she had reached a state of nirvana. She felt all the pleasure, but it was, in another spot. She moaned, she groaned, but she was lucid. She looked all around. And she had an idea.

She wanted this. She wanted to fuck, and be fucked. She wanted a threesome with these two studs. She wanted then to bind her, and use her holes to pleasure themselves, spilling their virile seed inside her until she looked pregnant, planning it on a day to ensure that, nine months later, they would name her child before repeating the process. She came hard around Marco. She only now realized that he has already come and that there was a body next to her. Star's. She looked to the side to see Star's fucked silly face. She couldn't help but make out with it. As she felt Marco slam home one last time, she felt herself filling up, judging from Joe, he could go on a bit longer as he filled Star up, her body and tongue going limp as she nearly passed out. She looked at Jackie, smiling, before saying the words that solidified Star as Jackie's BGFF (best girlfriend forever).

"I'm done Joe, if Jackie's up for it maybe she wants to try your dick out." Jackie came again as she kissed Star, the girl passing out after a moment of returning the kiss. Jackie then looked to Marco. He simply looked at her questioningly. This was probably her one chance to have that dance. She was going for it.

"Marco, mind letting Joe in through my backdoor?" She smiled limply as Marco drew close, then with amazing skill gently, yet quickly, put her on top of him. Joe needed no further notice she could tell as she felt a warm, wet mass at her backdoor. She had always been curious, but curiosity was about to give way to fact. She expected him to thrust to the hilt, but while there was force, there was also gentleness. She enjoyed it as there was enough force to satisfy her fetish, but enough gentleness to prevent harm. As he hilted, she realized that she was very full, and she had. In fact, the more well endowed partner.

She had no time to adjust as Marco was now recovered and he began to take her. Shortly after, Joe began to move. It was amazing, the feeling of fullness as their thrusts were times differently. Sometimes they were alternatively in or out. Other times they were in synch. The sensation drove her wild, ending when she saw Joe and Marco kiss beside her. She passed out with a shudder.

The next time they awoke was very, very awkward. The four took three hours to talk to each other. And then almost a full day to agree that nothing was wrong with it. They had been drugged. It didn't mean they didn't enjoy it, but apparently Joe was not a fan of going at it with Marco. Joe had to run to a store afterword for some birth control meds to help prevent their mistake from learning to crawl in nine months. Not that he called it that. When they finally truly talked about it, they decided to do the easiest thing. Chalk it up to the parents. They would be getting back at them, meeting be damned. But for now, they all discovered a bit about the others, with Jackie and Marco learning about Joe's heart condition.

Before further questions could be raised though, Star finally found the solution. One that would fix everything. They just had to push a wheel. How hard could that be?

"You guys ready?"

"Ready as ever dude."

"Let's get this going, I'm gonna make the parents sweat a bit when we get back."

"Let's go already!" Marco merely sighed as he opened a portal to a place called the Planes of Time. As They entered, Joe,looked surprised.

"Huh, looks like a Salvidor Dali painting."

"Neet. Now where's that wheel?" Star looked for less than a second before spotting it. "There!" In an instant they all bound over. Smiling as they reached their goal.

"So, now we push?" Marco looked to Star who got in position. Following her lead soon all four teens were pushing hard, the wheel not even budging. After a moment, Star became furious.

"Oh for the love of, grrr." She aimed the wand at the wheel, only for a fifth voice to speak up.

"Magic won't move the wheel. Only the magic of tosies will!" They looked to the source and spotted a tall blue man with a long beard and a robe messing around with some rocks. "Greetings from the Land of Time. My name is Father Time."

"Uh. Hi. Where trying to restart time." Jackie said, trying her best to roll with everything going on.

"Oh. You must be the fellows who knocked me off of the wheel then. Thanks for that!." Thr man began to look closely at one rock as Star began to speak.

"So, you're the person that pushes the wheel. Look, I'm sorry, but we really need-"

"Oh look at that Rocknaldo! We need to, uh, do the thing!" In an instant the man bounded off, leading the teenagers and an hours long pursuit of him. Finally, they reached an odd building, deciding to take a break. They had just crossed the river,of,time and the four of them were in various parts of their lives. Marco was practically a toddler, Jackie was in her forties and looking like a milf, Star was busy being in her early twenties and being beautiful, while Joe was nearly seventy, and sporting an awesome eight pack, and a mediocre beard.

"Man, you two dudes can move. Joe, Marco, what's your secret?"

"Karate."

"I don't sleep."

"Huh? But Joe, you sleep as much as I do."

"Star, do you remember the sleepover where you walked down the stairs thinking about, uh, never mind, but,you remember what I said that night?" Star looked at Joe. Did, did he know what she was planning on doing that night?

"Uh. Something about being the same?"

"Yes. I don't sleep much. At first, it was due to nightmares, but eventually it was just how I was. When I couldn't get to sleep I'd become board. After Argute's I picked up the habit of reading or working out to prevent boredom. Side benefit of working out, it makes my heart more resilient to damage. Meaning fewer heart attacks."

"So that's why you disappeared. I was worried you were trying to impress me or something."

"I, sort of was. After the Blood Moon Ball fiasco I realized how much of a liability I've become. While, yes, it was your fault I was such an easy target, I made you worry. By exercising and working on myself I can stabilize my sleep schedule. I can, better myself to protect you, orbat least, help stop you from having to do so much for me. I love,you Star, and I want to be the best me I can for you. And you can't say you don't enjoy my abs, and wouldn't enjoy better abs." Star gave Joe a peck on the cheek as she hugged him. He blushed at the contact as Jackie kissed Marco's cheek. They walked inside and their bodies shifted back to normal. Everyone but Marco slightly saddened,by the change.

"Okay, now,where are we?" They looked around to spot various monitors, all pointing to various points in time. Marco looked at one and struck a victory pose. They all chuckled as a strange object came down before Marco. It scanned him as a series of events started to play. It showed him throughout his life, trying to impress Jackie, or learning karate, with a few sidesteps to other foreign exchange students or family members. It was a joyful trip overall as Jackie looked both happy, and a little scared. Star immediately recognized it. Marco had put Jackie on a pedestal and it was doomed to fail.

Then it swapped to Jackie. It showed her learning to skate and skateboard. It showed her learning to do some tricks. It showed her dating a few boys. It showed her crying over a few boys. One showed her looking wistfully at Marco just the year previous. It was obvious to everyone she recently developed a crush too. Marco,looked to her as she cried, motioning she wanted to talk. But saying later.

Then it moved to Star. Marco and Joe tensed as on the screen was at first displayed a happy girl playing with her dad. Then a sad girl, practically kidnapped by a woman who looked similar to Moon. Then came one where she was bounding all over the place, a bandage,over,her head and eye, her father doing his best to let her stay just out of reach. Then it showed her failing to sit still in lesson after lesson with various tutors and her own mother. Then came Ponyhead and Tom. They were playing happily together, honestly looking like good friends. Then it showed a passed-out Ponyhead, and a clearly out of it Star. Joe felt murderous rage boil in him as in thr few seconds of screen time the image had, he saw Star's panties in Tom's pocket, and a few dribbles of white from,between her legs. He was on the mirror with Moon, the woman looking furious. The next image was St. O's. Star looked terrified as her mother and father pushed her towards a guard. Her mother disappointed, and her father saddened.

The next images sent Star shaking. First was her getting slapped while several guards were yelling at her. The next one showed her getting raped while again, getting slapped. The scene happened a few times, each time showing blood between her legs. Twice it showed Moon visiting, River not present. For the third, it showed her getting doctored up, chemicals being injected into her back as they prepared her for her mother in the next room. The next scene showed her in a chair, her eyes held open, and her body clamped down. She was struggling causing some plastic,tubes filled with chemicals to shake around. Behind her was an older woman with silver hair, smiling evily. Then was a picture of her in the same room, naked and emotionless as guards were trying to grt one last fuck out of her as Moon and River stormed in. Then it shifted to them holding her, crying. There were several scenes,like that, Star slowly looking like the girl the friends met that day. The next scene was them crying in a carriage, before entering a very familiar school. The next few scenes Joe was very familiar with, and it showed him how much she needed him. How much better she was. The girl laid herself on his chest, Jackie and Marco giving him a warm smile through tears. Then Joe stated horrified as the scan of him finished.

"Well, at least we know it won't get too bad. Right?" Star looked up and regretted her words as she looked at Joe. She could hear his heart pounding wildly in his chest as his legs gave out. They looked to the screen as an image played out.

A cloaked figure appeared at a snowy doorstep, placing a baby in the stoop. They easily guessed the baby was Joe, and suddenly they gasped as the figure took the baby's arm, and snapped it. The figure dashed away as the baby cried. Their horror increased as it became implied that days passed before a passerby found the baby and took it to a shelter. The next image showed a very young boy at an orphanage, trying to play with some older kids who shrugged him off. Then an older woman came and took him away to a couple who were very happy on seeing him.

"Those must,be the Ackleman's."

"No." The group had no time to ponder this as the next scene played out. It was the same spot as earlier, the man stormed in and threw the young Joe at the elderly woman, knocking her down. The woman then walked in with a gas can. The next scene showed Joe and a few badly burnt kids being treated by an emt as several zipped up bags lay nearby.

"They were my first adopters. Had me for three days before they did that. Of the seventy people there that day, only myself and four other kids survived." The Look of stunned horror from his friends gave him a cold comfort. They hadn't the foggiest idea.

The next scene played out. Joe was older now, no burn scars from the fire. A fact that surprised Marco and Jackie. But as they watched, they became entranced by the happy smile the two shared. The next few scenes were that way as well. The two growing older together.

"Her name was Elena. She became my unofficial little sister at the time. She was the first to,never get unreasonably mad at me. I loved her. A lot." They looked at the screen. They didn't know her, but surely, something horrible was about to happen. Like clockwork, the scene changed. Marco and Jackie realized suddenly that they each had a hand,on Joe's shoulders as he began to shake, his arms crushing Star in a deathgrip as he was crying.

"That's them. The Ackleman's." They looked again to see Joe and Elena getting adopted by a nice looking couple and an older daughter. They assumed it was Olivia and she was definitely about ready to graduate high school. The next few images showed years passing, Joe and Elena looking older as the couple doted on them. Olivia was rarely there, but could be seen moving books. Then suddenly the images changed to Joe as a young boy, in his bed. He was getting up and Joe began to chant.

"Go back to,sleep and it won't happen. Go back to sleep and it won't happen. Go back to sleep…" He was stuck in a loop as the younger version of himself sprung out of bed, grabbing a wrapped present from under the bed. It was stressed,to,him from Olivia. It was a small video camera. Joe's chanting became louder as the small version of him began to film the room.

"Joe's, birthday maybe?" Marco asked, Joe himself just repeating his chant. The young him moved towards the door and Joe lashed out, punching the monitor in front of them. They looked horrified as the screen started to become bloody, Joe's hand creaking until the three held him back. Joe was frightened. Frightened to death. On the screen little Joe was heading towards a slightly ajar door, recording as he went. "Don't do it. Don't go. If you don't see it it won't be real! Please, stop!" Joe shouted at the monitor to no avail as little Joe opened the door. Marco and Jackie let go immediately as they lost it all over the floor.

The scene was dyed red. It almost looked like someone took a rag, soaked it in red paint, and spun it rapidly multiple times. At the foot of the bed was Mrs. Ackleman. Her head in her lap as she lay there, lacerations all over her body. She was in a fancy, Chinese style dress. On the bed nearby was Elena, her neck slit open, her eyes dimming as she died, a frantic smile on her face. Finally, right behind her, balls deep in his adopted daughter, was Mr. Ackleman. He was turning blue as a gag asphyxiated him. He smiled at Joe before pointing to a message written in blood on the wall.

'Happy Birthday Joe.'

Young Joe dropped the camera, it made a sickening thud on the ground as he simply looked at the scene. In front of everyone, was an open gift. Clearly meant for him. It contained a revolver, and a single bullet. Joe looked to and from the scene, the man in front of him finally passing out and falling over, revealing a knife in his back. The image flipped and it was clearly the same location, same day, but much later in the day. Joe was loading the bullet in the chamber and had closed the gun. The four watched as little Joe brought the gun to his head, and pulled the trigger. Nothing happened. He did it again and again, nothing. The six chamber gun clicked twelve times before he tossed it to the ground, the thing going off on impact. Joe broke down and cried.

The image finally changed, they were clearly at the house still, next morning was the assumption as Olivia hugged Joe. He was motionless. Thr image changed again, Olivia was distraught as Joe had a knife in his leg, laughing maniacally. He had snapped and as the four watched on, the scene didn't improve. That's when a familiar sign appeared.

"St. Argute's." Just as Joe said, it was leisurely at first, followed by the underground chamber. The man nearly killing him while raping him, down to the fire started by his electric chair. At this point, they all began to wonder, where were the burn scars? They watched as again, Olivia cried over Joe outside the building. Next came a normal looking town and school. At first, it looked nice. Everyone liking him and trying to help. But They knew the song and dance now. Shortly it changed to beatings, thefts, and near murders. It repeated again and again until Joe's expression stopped changing. He didn't react to anything. Then came the day they met. Joe went home, and held a knife. He did nothing with it but place it back. The process repeated for a while, but soon, Star and Marco were a part of his life. He quickly became happy. Star turned and grabbed him into a deep hug. In a matter of moments Marco and Jackie joined as well, holding him still. Then came a fourth set of arms, they saw who it was, but he wasn't important right this moment. Then the eye scanned the new guest, Father Time. It showed everyone that all his life, he ran and ran and ran. Never stopping.

"To be honest, I thought I had it pretty bad. But this kid takes the cake. I'll get back on the wheel, you need some happiness in your lives today."

"Father time, maybe we can compromise." The group looked at Joe, a determination shining in them deeper than anything.

"How? Time is too fragile to stop again."

"Do the feet have to be on the wheel?" They looked around, noticing some large blue hamsters. Joe found himself being hugged tightly by four people as a plan was set in motion.

"Thanks again kids!" Father,time screamed as he shit off on top of the wheel, riding it like a sleigh with hamsters instead of reindeer. He was smiling as he left and the kids went back to the Diaz residence. As They arrived, they saw the very confused looks of four adults. Joe smiled and signalled he had this. He walked over and smiled,

"Hey guys, what's up?" The three,teens were astonished, and scared, how easily he had recovered.

"We were, uh, baking a cake. And, it's, gone."

"Spell gone wrong. We were hungry but trapped so we ate it. Pretty good." The four adults smiled as Jackie's parents tried to hide from sight. "Well, Jackie and I need to get going. We have a meeting at school in a little and we have to be there. Marco and Star will be around a bit though, Marco already turned his report into the council." The four adults blanched.

"Well, uh, why not have Jackie and Marco go together. I'm sure he could improve his report with her, uh, help." Angie was glistening with sweat while the three teens behind Joe did an impressive job of hiding their jubilation at his joke. Jackie however wanted in on this.

"Nah, I'm part of the committee to overview everything. I came over to get Joe specifically because he's head treasurer and has done an amazing job so far. We really need to figure out what our expenditure goal is and we're the best so far." The Diaz's were ready to explode in grief as he looked on. Star finally saw her chance to make things more fun.

"Well Joe, just be careful if mom calls. There is an exclusivity period for kings to their queens before they have a kid. Wouldn't want you falling for that delectable girl and losing your head over it."

"And you be careful around a guy like Marco! Guys like him can have weak willpower when it comes to beautiful women throwing themselves at them. Wouldn't want him to have to make an honest woman out of you!" They genuinely laughed as the Diaz's nearly broke down. Until the Thomas's did it first.

"No! We drugged the cake. You'll be immensely horny soon and fuck whatever moves in front of you! Don't do it please!" The teens burst out laughing, confusing the distressed parents. Joe being the first to recover. While his face held the smile, his eyes looked at them, dead.

"So, are you going to stop drugging people's food? Next time. We might actually fail to stop ourselves in time." They looked at Joe frightened. Though his words could be taken any number of ways, Joe seemed to carry an enormous killing intent. "And so help me if this causes Star any harm. You may not see the sun again." Everyone looked at Joe, he seemed incredibly on edge. The adults were confused, but the teens knew why. His life of pain was revealed to them, causing him to relive it when he wasn't ready. He was scared and angry. Unconsciously, the three teens walked over and comforted Joe, causing him to release a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"Sorry, not really sure where that came from. But, please. Not again. We weren't lying about what could happen." The adults nodded and in minutes, Joe and Jackie were out the door. He wasn't lying about not needing Marco. He was so meticulous his notes had notes. Honestly, it wouldn't take much to pass it. Even the president of the council, Brittany, wouldn't be able, or willing, to fight it.

"Joe, I'm, sorry.".

"For what?"

"For a lot. My parents drugging the food, the, uh, sex. Seeing your past. I won't tell anyone by the way,"

"It's fine Jackie. Well, it isn't, but it isn't your fault. The cake was essentially Marco's fault, the past thing, I had my chance to run when it picked you and Marco. And I know you won't talk. You're an awesome girl. Just, expect me to be, off, for a few days. And to be fair, it's a relief to have it out there."

"About your little sister?"

"... Yeah. I loved her Jackie. She was my world back then."

"What happened to your parents if you don't mind."

"It's probably best to clarify it. Mom and dad, went insane. Mom planned for Olivia to be out of the house for a few days. She was able to save her, probably the biological aspect of motherhood, but she set up most of the scenario. Dad, dad suffered a brain tumor for years and damaged his frontal lobe. He lost control and did what he did. Sis, was an innocent. But she still died. If not for the camera I would have been convicted as the murderer. They even tried me as an adult. I was seven." Jackie looked horrified.

"How can you charge a seven year old like an adult, and expect you to do all that?"

"You should remember the rest. Random explosions of rage were commonplace. They held back with boundless love and that drove them mad. Each time I transferred the same thing happened. Each school I'd gain friends, and they would turn on me. Heck, my first 'girlfriend' brought me to her man-hating lesbian mothers and after raping me, they tried to have her castrate me. Literally out of nowhere. Luckily for me the girl realized things were going wrong while they were raping me and called the police. Too bad she explained it poorly. I got tased with hedge clippers at my groin." Jackie remembered that scene. She was thankful that she had nothing in her stomach right then."

"How did you survive?"

"... I didn't. Whoever the Joe back then would have been, died back then. And trust me, I tried to take my own life. Just never seemed to work out." He looked to his side, spotting a small bridge. "I tried over there fifth day of school. Had some weights on and tried to drown myself. Woke up being robbed of my clothes by a homeless man." Jackie looked at Joe, sadness flowing through her as she looked at Joe. She had taken notice of him day one. He wasn't bad looking, but he seemed so dead. Lots of people approached him and Star, but where Star tried, Joe did not. Jackie wanted to talk to him, but she was afraid it would look like she was going through him to impress Marco later on. So she had stayed away a bit. Nodding to him, giving passing greetings. That's when a new thought came over her.

"Why haven't I gotten upset at you? And Marco and Star? I've seen some kids at school do it, but not us. And we just spent a week practically joined at the shoulder."

"Well, until now I haven't spent much personal time with you, delayed the effect. Even Marco has had episodes in the past. But recently, it's calmed down significantly. I can't explain it, but, I'm happy about it."

"Maybe it has to do with how you really feel?"

"Might explain our okayness with odd things. However, that doesn't fully explain it all. I mean, Star was unaffected from the get go, as was my little sister and Olivia." Joe became lost in thought as he and Jackie approached the school.

"Whatever happens dude, we're friends first. I'll have your back no matter what." Her smile lit up Joe's heart. He smiled back.

"Thanks Jackie. If you want any tips on Marco, just ask. I owe you one compadre." They laughed as they entered the building. Unbeknownst to them, a pair of reptilian eyes were watching from the nearby shadows. Taking down notes as he calmly watched and listened.

"So, they were joking right?"

"Yes mom, we ate the cake but we didn't lose our heads until we were alone. Gotta say though, that is potent stuff. Where did you get it?"

"Mijo, some questions are better left unanswered. But you finally got Jackie huh? You must be happy!"

"Honestly dad, I'm worried I might be trying to go too fast." The four adults and Star, who was watching tv, looked at him, surprised. "I have lined after her for years, and now that I think about it, I know almost nothing about her as a person. Who is she really? I know she's awesome, but maybe I'm rushing it a bit. Comparing us to Joe and Star."

"Well, our relationship has had a lot of, unnecessary pushing." She partly glared at the Diazs who began to whistle, Marco included. "But we go together well because we never put the other on a pedestal. You still have the chance to fix this Marco, give Jackie a real try. Even if it doesn't work out, honest effort will leave you both happy in the end." Star smiled as Raphael cleared a tear from his eye.

"Thanks Star. You're the best." Star smiled.

"Naw, no one is the best. We are the best together."

"Naw, if any pair is the best, it's you and Joe. No one can claim true love like you two." Star's smile faded slightly. She really wondered, why did they fall in love?

A/N

Well, that's not the planned ending. Hell, I wasn't planning on having a fourway either. But it fits, and it doesn't ruin my story plan in the slightest. Now hopefully people start learning lessons about helping love out as this story's favorite couple (everywhere else starco for life) goes through that horrible moment of, 'what is love' just in time for a revisit to our favorite season three villain. Meteora.

Just gonna say something else though. Despite all the pain these characters have and will go through, there will come a time when all seems lost. But this story will have a happy(?) ending. After all, pain and suffering defines who we are. And when we visit St. O's, I will show you how we deal with our pain, and the pain of others, can define who we are, and how we love. After all, Star VS is a show about three things. True love, growing up, and what it means to truly be a friend.

Final note, I've been writing a lot on my phone. I'm planning on going back through and editing the last several chapters to fix them up. It's embarrassing how far off some are.