Tom dances with an unknow girl by accident at the Blood Moon Ball, ruining his plan to tie his and Star's soul for all eternity. Will this become the bigest mistake of his life or will he find the right path by taking a wrong turn?
Before you start reading I will just warn you: This is not a Tom x Star nor a Tom x Marco fanfic... and I will not hint to that nowhere in this story. So, don't flame, complain or beg about it. It is not negociable.
Anyway, to those who still wanna give this story a try... thanks and you are welcome to stick around.
As always: italics are thoughts, the " o " is a page breaker, bold is for emphasis.
Tom, Star and Marco (along with the other characters of Start vs The Forces of Evil universe) belong to Daron Nefcy and Disney Television Animation. Any other charcaters are of my own invention.
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I skip the last hour of class to go to Earth and search for Star.
Since it is around 8:00PM ET (Earth Time), I know she will be at that twerp s house. The hard part would be to talk to her since our argument at the party still being so fresh; however, I hope she is in a better mood. I reluctantly knock the front door and wait. As expected but not desired Marco is the one attending the call. When he sees me, he frowns deeply and crosses his arms over his chest.
"What do you want, Tom?", he asks annoyed.
"I'm looking for Starship, of course", I state in my most arrogant tone, "but I see I have to deal with her lap dog, first".
"You are just a sore loser", Marco counters. He is more in the right than I'm willing to admit. I make a ball of fire appear on my hand.
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way, amigo", I threaten him; I make the flaming orb twirl on my index finger. "What would it be?" The guy makes a karate chop, but is a predictable movement on his part and this time I dodge it without trouble. I fling the orb at his feet and the flames twirl and coil to form a cage around him.
"Mhmm... I have always liked my meat crispy", I taunt, "it s been a while since I ate a delicacy such as human meat". My words seem to shake the guy some, I see a fleeting spark of fear mixed with helplessness. However, he recovers as much as he can under his present circumstances.
"If you think you can take Star away by force you are mistaken, Tom", Marco speaks but I can see he is trying to make time probably to try and escape. However, I know better than anyone else that trying to imprison Star is a huge mistake; otherwise, I would have done that centuries ago.
"I just came to talk to her", I repeat, "I came in peace until you, moron, started the fight". I make the flaming cage go away to show the human I mean it. The guy gives a relieved huff and then looks at me the way someone would look an exotic specimen of an insect. I growl.
"Fine, fine", he concedes and waves his hand in a, somewhat, inviting way to let myself in the house, "Star, you have a visitor". Star dashes down the stairs at a comet-like speed. As energetic as always. However, she blinks a few times when she sees me in the living room.
"What are you doing here, Tom?", her question is more out of curiosity than suspicion. Star has always been a good girl.
"I came to ask your help, Star", I begin, "can we talk in private?"
"I don't think so", Marco butts in and takes Star's hand in his. So annoying! "if you have something to tell Star, you will have to say it to us both". I roar softly and my eyes start to shine dangerously red. However, I cannot risk making Star angry without listening to my request. I sigh and pinch the bridge of my nose, nodding.
"Fine", I answer, "I don't have time to waste anyway".
"Come take a seat", Star says and guides me to the couch. I seat and she seats across, Marco by her side.
"I need you to keep a person away from the Demon Dimension for two days three tops", I start.
"Sure!", Star immediately replies. Marco places a hand on her shoulder and they exchange glances. Star pouts and leans on the couch. I m surprised she gave in to the guy with just that exchange. I look at him with a hard stare.
"We would like to ask you some questions first", Marco says. I imagine that 'we' means him. However, Star has already perked up and nods emphatically.
"And for us, he means himself", she says aloud what I cannot. I chuckle when I see Marco s embarrassed expression.
"We are talking about Tom, Star", the guy says, "we have to be cautious". I frown.
"Whatev", I say. I wanna leave the place as fast as I can, "ask away".
"Who is that person you want us to keep here?", Marco asks, "is he an assassin? a spy? One of your demon friends that is escaping justice?"
"It s a girl a maid of my household", I say and roll my eyes at his paranoid thought. As if I would say I m sending an assassin just because he asks, "and I m not even sure if she is a demon".
"Is she going to stay here two or three days starting today?", the guy asks. I shake my head no.
"I just need you to keep an eye on her tomorrow and I ll come pick her up the day after. The second time I ll bring her here, will be 20 days from now", I explain.
"But that...", Marco seems to not like the timeframe I m giving. I tilt my head to the side, not that I really care what he thinks.
"... it will be CHRISTMAS TIME!", Star shouts joyously. I understand now and that fact even fits perfectly in my plans.
"Perfect", I entwine my fingers together, "can you give me a piece of paper and a pen, please?" Marco frowns, confusion written on his face, but he stands up and leaves... returning a moment later with a notebook. I take the items from him with an appreciative nod and lean on the coffee table to scribble something on the sheet. When I finish, I hand the piece of paper to them. Star and Marco stare at the paper content and then the guy looks at me even more confused.
"This is...", he starts.
"A Christmas shopping list, yes", I nod and cross my arms over my chest.
"But why?", the guy asks, "I don t think demons celebrate Christmas".
"We don't" , I agree, "have you heard of a Sabbath?" Marco nods. Start shakes her head no. I can't fault her: we were young and this will be the first Sabbath I'll be attending. Despite mom's wicked personality, she 'protected me' from having to witness the 'horrors of a Sabbath' at a tender age.
"Well... whatever you know of it", I continue,"it's even worse than your wildest nightmares of senseless debauchery and depravation". Marco pales with such a short definition of the event... if he is not devout, at least his reaction tells me he is well informed. "I want to keep that girl away from it".
"You? Wanting to protect someone?", Marco snorts in disbelief. I frown and look murderously at him.
"Maybe you would like to join the Sabbath, Marco", I say and smile mischievously, "I'm sure Star would like you to get out of your comfort-zone".
"Is the Sabbath some kind of stamina game?", Star asks, excitedly I m positively sure she didn't even pay attention to the previous exchange. She is a girl of action, not words.
"Something like that", I say and look at the guy, "it may help Marco become a man... give him some backbone". I let the phrase linger like that. Star clings to the guy's arm.
"You should totally go, Marco", she encourages him. Marco's face is tomato red and I chuckle at his predicament. However, he turns his eyes to me.
"What do you want us to do with this girl?" Clever guy, I smirk, he wants to change the topic... I ll allow it.
"I'll bring the maid tomorrow and you will give her the list", I explain, "I'll tell her you will be helping her with the errands and that will be pretty much it. I ll pick her up at midnight... Earth midnight".
"And the second time?", Marco asks, the red on his face has diminished but his cheeks are holding their blush.
"That will be the day of the Sabbath", I scowl, "the celebration will last seven days. I ll come pick her right after it ends".
"Why are you doing all this?", Marco asks, "why don't you just tell her she is not allowed into the celebration".
"It is not about being allowed or not", I say, "She will be dragged into it and that, I cannot allow". The guy opens his mouth to ask something. But I make a wave with my hand and he stops from doing so.
"Will you both keep her safe?", I ask with determination. If they don t, I ll find a way to keep Cille out of it... why I'm going to such lengths for her is something I still cannot guess. Probably is just a selfish whim of mine to fuel my self-satisfaction but the thought of her, being tainted with the experience of the Sabbath is something I can't bear.
"We'll help you", Star says and smiles dashingly, "she can help us with the Christmas Party we are planning".
"Are we?", Marco asks with a dreadful feeling of impending doom written on his features.
"Of course, silly!", Star replies, "your parents said it was ok to make it here". She stretches her arms to show that will be the place for the party.
"When did you ask them?", the guy inquires.
"I haven't", the girl looks at him and bats her eyelashes, "but it will be fine".
"That's why I'm worried about", Marco mutters and gives himself a face palm. I clear my throat and both turn to look at me.
"Thank you, Starship", I step in front of her and take her hand. I place a gentle kiss on the back of it, smiling gallantly. Star blushes and smiles back.
"Yeah... well", Marco adds, untangling our hands, "I just hope this is not one of your schemes". We both stare into each other's eyes with contained disdain.
"Enough!", Star stands between us and stretches her arms to keep us at a distance, "Marco if Tom is planning something I can handle it, ok?", she looks sternly at the human. "And Tom", she turns to face me, "if this turns out to be some kind of trickery I assure you I'll let you in an ice casket for years to come, do you understand?".
Marco and I nod. Star can be scary when she gets serious... but so can I. This was a successful meeting. However, what worries me is that I didn't even want to charm Star during my brief visit. My head was filled mostly with thoughts of Cille.
That can't be good...
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Tom steps out of the portal and I do, too. I shield my eyes from the bright sunlight with my hand... Inferno Dimension is not as illuminated as this new place. Once my eyes adjusted to the change, I look around: chirping birds, green grass, blue skies, a faint breeze blowing. This place looks pretty nice.
"You okay?", Tom asks from my left, shades covering his eyes, and I blink a few times.
"I was just surprised", I reply, nodding, and turn to look at him, "here we'll find what the Queen wants, right?"
"Yes", he says, "I have things to do back home, but I got people here to help you with the errand. They should be here shortly". The demon takes his shades off and walks to a nearby bench, I follow suit. We both seat. I look around and smile, this place looks like a park of sort.
"Stop that", the demon huffs and closes his eyes in an annoyed frown.
"Sorry", I say, "Is just... this place is so colorful... bright... it reminds me of He...". I cut myself from saying anything further. Tom looks at me from the corner of his eyes. "Nevermind", I giggle nervously and wave my hands - palms facing him - in front of me. He huffs again but says nothing.
"Tom! Girl!", a voice comes from far away and I turn to see a rapidly approaching girl with a guy that seems to be trying to catch up with her. The girl stops suddenly in front of us and hugs me.
"Err... hello", I grunt, she is hugging me tight; she is strong despite her innocent looks. Thankfully, she lets go of me once the guy that came with her approaches, huffing and puffing.
"I was so excited to meet you", the blond girl chirps cheerfully, "Wow! You are cute!". She is going to hug me again but her companion, still catching his breath, places a hand on her shoulder.
"Star... stop...", he wheezes. The girl pouts but smiles to me again.
"What s your name?", she asks, "I'm Star from Mewni". Her name reminds me of the princess that arrived at Tom's party. So, she is the one...
I feel as if my heart is being clenched so tight that it cannot beat but I wonder why. Why is it I feel like that being in front of the girl Tom likes? He is a prince... so to speak, is only natural that he likes a princess, yet...
"Lucille", I stammer, "but you can call me Cille".
"Well, Cille", the guy next to Star replies, "I'm Marco, nice to meet you". He stretched his hand to me and I give him a shake.
"Nice to meet you, too, Marco", I smile briefly, "and you, Star".
"Yeah, yeah", Tom butts in and swats Marco's hand from mine; he gives the other guy a dirty look, "now that introductions are over, you can take care of the rest, correct?"
"Yes, Master Tom", I reply but he is not looking at me, he is still looking at Marco with an unfriendly glare.
"We'll keep her here", Star chirps and then giggles, "I mean... we ll help her with the errand". The girl produces a piece of paper from her dress pocket.
"Good", the demon sighs and smiles at her, "I'm counting on you, Starship". The gentle tone he is using to address her only makes the clenching in my heart worse and I gulp.
"Well, I'm leaving", Tom says and looks at me, "I'll pick you up at midnight, Cille". His voice is not harsh but is not the same warm tone he uses with this Star girl. I nod.
The three of us wait for the demon to open the portal and leave through it. Once the portal closes, Star grabs hold of my arm with her own and smiles.
"Do you like Christmas?", she asks.
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A/N: I'm sorry I couldn't end the X-Mas chapter as I wanted, but I'll still post it. No need for reviews unless you feel like doing so. Thank you for reading this story so far.