So this one is the AU of choice which I chose Starcoween from EVAunit52, if you are unfamiliar with the AU then you can find it under his collection of shorts titled 'there's always a Star and a hoodie' chapter 41. Now with that out of the way, lets get this last chapter of Starcoweek 2016 done with.

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

Marcus belongs to me

Starcoween

Marco sat there, propped up against the tree as the hunter pointed his boom stick at him. "Can't say you didn't make this an interesting hunt." The hunter said as he rubbed the bite mark Marco had given him. The hunter did a quick prayer before pulling back the hammer on his weapon. "I'll give you a moment to make your peace." Marco stared up into the barrel of the gun before him and remembered the nice explosion it had done the last time it was fired, even if he tried to retaliate, there wouldn't be much left of him after that thing went off.

"I've made my peace long ago." Marco replied. "Take the shot."

"May the powers that be have mercy on you." Marco closed his eyes and awaited the end as he began to recount the events that led up to this point.

Today was supposed to be simple, it was just supposed to be yet another trip to practice hunting for humans, there wasn't supposed to actually be a human, let alone a monster hunter. It had all started not too long ago, Marco and Star were walking through the forest, just trying to enjoy a moment before they had to pretend to hunt humans when Oscar and company arrived calming that Alfonzo smelt a human nearby. Marco was afraid that he was talking about Star, but as Alfonzo sniffed around the opening, Marco knew that he smelt something, or someone else. Then, out of nowhere, a blast of fire, a shriek of terror, and everyone began running to the bus, everyone that is, except Oscar, Alfonzo, Ferguson, Star and Marco. The first three thought that they could take him, all charging at him at once only to quickly learn that attacking someone trained to kill monster was a horrible, HORRIBLE idea. It started with Ferguson, the Frankenstein like monster was tough, but it only took one shot from the hunters hand cannon to blow off a majority of his right arm and nock him to the ground. Alfonzo was next, having nearly reached the hunters neck just before realizing that the hunter had a silver stake that was moments away from impaling the young werewolves' body. Alfonzo freaked out, nearly doing a backflip to get out of the way before scurrying to Ferguson and throwing him over his shoulder. Alfonzo wouldn't have gotten far after that, the hunter had pulled out a revolver, no doubt loaded with a silver bullet and had it pointed directly at him, one moment later and the werewolf would be dead, but thanks to a timely intervention by Oscar, the hunter was left with other things to think about aside from the fleeing pair. Oscar had rushed the hinter, but even with the vampires inhuman speed, the hunter was still able to sidestep the vampires attack causing his to go sliding to a stop, a delay that allowed the hunter to drop his revolver and pull out a hand crossbow and Oscar made a mistake, that even the newest of rookie's would be ashamed of. With the hunter holding two weapons that could ultimately kill a vampire, one being ranged, Oscar rushed straight at him, from the distance he was, he would have had to break every vampire speed record imaginable to get to him before a normal human reacted, let alone a hunter. The hunter fired a crossbow bolt into Oscar's leg insuring that he would fall, and as he did he plunged the stake right into his stomach, it would have had to be his heart or three more punctures anywhere else to kill him, but Oscar was definitely out of commission and feel the ground crying. With the perceived threats taken care of, the hunter was free to pick up his revolver and reload his hand cannon before pointing it at the crawling vampire. It would have been the end of Oscar, a sad and pathetic end, but soon, the unthinkable happened.

Marco knew from the start that they were making a very big mistake by taking the hunter head on, hunters had a major disadvantage in almost every category except intelligence, so taking on a bunch of hot headed teenage monsters head on would be nothing more than light homework. What Marco also knew was that there was no way he could get away while carrying Star, he wasn't strong enough to have inhuman strength, in fact, all he had was his speed, but it would suffice. As soon as Alfonzo picked up Ferguson, Marco made his move, he told Star to run and made his way around the hunter to his blind spot where he would pounce on him and, unfortunately, save Oscar. Marco had it all planed out, the hunter might be smarter, but Marco would take that from him, he would drink as much blood as he could from the hunters neck before the hunter could turn that explosive hand cannon on him, this would stop some of his blood from reaching his brain making it hard for him to focus to say the least, Marco would then use his inhuman speed to stay out of the hunters line of sight making quick attacks to keep the hunter off his balance until he had another opportunity to get at his neck. Wash rinse repeat until the hunter goes down and he saves Star, earns respect from his pears, and gets enough food to last him a whole month. His plan was foolproof, until he actually sank his teeth into the hunters' neck. The hunters blood tasted of fire, like Marco was drinking water from near a volcano or something and was quickly forced to let go and fall to his knees as he tried to cough it up.

The hunter surprisingly was almost amused by Marco's actions, even going so far as to call him clever before shooting a bolt into Marco's left arm causing him to cry out in pain. It felt like the bolt was laced with some form of poison which slowed Marco down more and more as he tried to escape. Eventually, he had to stop, and was lying against a tree waiting for the end to come.

'At least I saved Star.' Marco thought to himself as he readied himself for the end. 'I just wish I could have told her how much I care about her.' Marco sat there at peace as he ran out of story to recount and found it odd that he was still not dead. "What's the problem? You need help killing me?" Marco asked as he slowly opened his eyes only to freeze at the sight. Star Butterfly, the very human who he was willing to sacrifice himself to save, was now standing between him in the hunter with her arms outstretched. "Star no!" Marco exclaimed as he tried to get up only to wince from the pain of the bolt that was logged into his arm.

"If you want him then you'll have to go through me." She explained with a leer.

The hunter rolled his eyes as he lowered his hand cannon and pulled out his revolver. "You really think I have a problem with that? I was about to kill one monster, what makes you think I would have a problem with two? Or did you think I wasted my silver bullet?"

Star looked at him confused until she remembered that she was still wearing the devil headband that Marco had given her to fit in. "Oh, wait." She took the headband out of her golden hair and held it out showing that she was in fact, human. "I'm not a demon."

The hunter's mouth dropped open slightly as he looked at her incredulously. After a moment he shook off the confusion and switched back to his boom stick. "I have blanks in my head, not my gun, so please fill them."

"I'm human, my name is Star Butterfly and this vampire is my friend Marco." Star explained in a panic.

"And my name's Marcus but those weren't the blanks I was talking about." He began. "What are you doing with a class full of Monsters?"

"Marco saved me from them by helping me blend in." Star confessed. "I've been pretending to be a student ever since."

"You didn't try to run?" Marcus asked.

"If I did then Marco would be in trouble for another student vanishing, and I couldn't do that to him after he saved me."

Marcus paused for a moment before lowering his weapon, he realized that this vampire was different, but he didn't know just how different. "I can't, in good conscious, let you leave with him."

"Then don't." Marco said as he worked his way to his feet trying to ignore the pain. "You can take her back to her home, can't you?"

"Are you serious?" Star asked as she turned around. "If I disappear then they will roast you."

"They can't blame me for a hunter attack." Marco explained. "I've been trying to get you out for a while, this is the best chance we're going to get. Not to mention they can't really punish me if I have this." He motioned to the bolt in his arm.

"Yeah, you're actually not going to be able to make it back with that." Marcus explained. "Laced with garlic and what not so … you're not getting back to your bus before they leave."

Star turned to look at the hunter. "Then … what will happen to him?"

Marcus shook his head. "Well … if someone else doesn't find him … the sun will rise eventually."

Star stared at Marco worried; there wasn't much blood coming from the wound, but she knew Marcus was right; Marco was as good as dead if he didn't get help. She looked back at the hunter then back at Marco, the choice before her clear. She grabbed Marco's good arm and hoisted it over her shoulder. "What are you doing?" Both the boys asked.

"You've been protecting me since I arrived, I'm not going to repay that by letting you die."

Marco sighed in defeat. "And here I was thinking that I didn't have to worry about keeping you safe anymore." He said jokingly.

Star gave him a playful nudge as she looked back at Marcus who didn't look pleased with what was happening. "I've made up my mind, I'm not leaving him."

Marcus paused for a moment before cutting them off. "Marco, was it?" He asked. "I just want to make one thing clear, if I ever see you again, and she is not with you, healthy and safe," He raised his gun, pointed it at a far off tree and pulled the trigger, a flash of fire rocketed from his hand cannon and collided with the tree causing an explosion that annihilating part of it and caused the rest to catch on fire. "Understand?"

Marco looked at what was left of the tree before looking back at Marcus. "Completely." He replied.

"Good." Marcus turned around and took a few steps before turning back to look at the two of them. "Consider yourself lucky you're not the first monster I've come across that had compassion." He turned around and began walking back into the forest.

"We need to go." Marco noted as Marcus disappeared. "Miss Skullnick might not want to leave a student behind, but she won't stay forever."

Star put her devil headband back on as the pair made their way back to the bus. When Miss Skullnick saw the pair, she grabbed them before throwing them on the bus and telling the driver that all the students were accounted for and sped off.

Star and Marco were seated toads the front of the bus as Star looked at Marco's arm as she watched him try to pull it out to no avail. "You want me to-"

"Please, and make it quick, there's a barb."

Star looked at bolt and noticed that it was barbed meaning that as soon as she pulled it out, it was going to bleed like crazy when she pulled it out of him. "Are you sure you don't want a professional to look at it?"

Marco placed his hands on Star's causing her heart rate to pick up. "There's no one else I'd rather have, and don't worry, I'm not going to die from a little loss of blood."

She griped it and with one swift motion, yanked it out causing Marco to release a scream of agony which would have drawn attention were it not for the fact that nearly everyone else in the bus was already staring at the pare.

"So how did you escape?" Janna asked as she slid next to Marco.

"Well." Star began.

"Star saved me." Marco interrupted. "The hunter thought that he had done me in wit that last blast that went off, but Star managed to pull me out just in the nick of time."

"Uh huh." Janna said as she glanced up at Star with the faintest hint of jealousy in her stare.

"It doesn't matter." Oscar announced as he stood up with a hand covering the gaping hole in his stomach. "The next time I see that hunter, I'm going to paint the school with his entrails."

"Is that before or after you scream like a little girl?" Marco asked earning laughter from the whole bus and a glare from Oscar.

"Watch your step 'human' or I'll do the same to you."

"What are you going to do?" Marco asked. "Bite him? I tried that and it felt like I was drinking straight fire. Then again, what did you do but charge him like an idiot? His bolts were laced with garlick you know, all he had to do was get a clear shot at your heart and we wouldn't be having this conversation."

Oscar was taken aback while the whole bus marveled at Marco's come back. "I am not as week as you." He said as he gripped the bolt in his leg and ripped it out. "Garlic doesn't harm strong vampires as much as weaklings like you."

"Then his stake would have done you in, or is that hole just for show?" Oscar leered at Marco before limping away, the hole in his torso nearly visible from the back. "I guess that answers that question."

When the bus finally arrived back at the school Miss Skullnick directed the students out of the bus. "Everyone who is injured report the nurse's office, everyone else may return to their dorms, I need to report this."

The class dispersed as everyone except Star and Marco returned to their doors, Marco had been the only one to actually get hit so the two of them were the only ones on their way to the nurse's office.

As they walked Marco could swear that he could hear his heart rate pick up as he look at Star, she had opted to stay with him instead of the chance to return home just to save his life. "Hey Star." Marco choked out.

"Yeah?" Star replied as she looked to her vampire best friend.

Marco could feel his throat start to swell up as if someone had just fed him garlic. "I wanted … to thank you."

"For what?"

"Staying." Marco replied as his throat continued to dry up. "I would be dead right now … or at least I would be stuck in a forest waiting for … for …" Marco began to feel his throat begin to shut as he became more sluggish as he began to feel faint. "I … I didn't think … I would get the chance to-" Marco wasn't able to finish his sentence before collapsing.

"Marco?!" Star exclaimed as she caught him. "Marco, wake up!" Still no response. She lifted him up and began carrying him to the nurse's office as fast as she could. It wasn't the first time Star had been to the nurse's office, in fact, the nurse was one of the few people in the school that knew Star was a human, but after assisting in a bake sale she was more than happy to keep her secret.

"Nurse Aria!" Star shouted as she ran into the large dark room.

"I heard." A voice came from above. As Star looked up, she saw a large humanoid spider woman propelling down from the ceiling. "Lie him on the bed and tell me exactly what happened."

Star walked over to the bed and put Marco down as she began recounting the events that had transpired. "We were on a field trip to learn how to avoid hunters, but a hunter came and we all tried to run. Marco he … he tried to stop him … he … he-"

"Easy now." The nurse said as she placed a hand on Star's shoulder and motioned for her to sit down. "What did the hunter do to him?"

"He hit him with this." Star said as she lifted the bolt. "It's laced with garlic or something."

"I see." The nurse said as she looked at the bolt. "Poor Marco, too kind hearted for his own good." She looked at the wound and began wrapping it up. "A vampire as week as him … with garlic in his blood, he'll be gone before the sun rises."

Star looked at the nurse in disbelief. "Are you sure? Isn't there something we can do to save him?"

The nurse sighed. "He would have to become stronger … and to do that we need human blood." Before Star could volunteer the nurse raised a finger telling her to hold. "More than you alone can give, and more than the school can afford to lend at this moment in time."

Star thought to herself for a moment before walking out of the room. "Then I will have to find a friend to help."

Star needed to find a monster that had blood that could qualify as human, but sadly, the number of monsters who fell under that category were few and far between, thankfully however, she did know of one that could help, but there was one problem. "What's up Star?" A familiar voice asked as Star left the nurses office.

Star turned around to see the very person she had been looking for standing right behind her in a long black worn down robe, and a brown beanie. "Hi Janna." Star replied.

"Is Marco going to be okay?" Janna asked. "It would be a shame to lose my test subject."

"He's not your test subject." Star replied. "You're blood is technically human, right?"

"Kinda." Jannna answered as she looked away. "I mean it works like that, but no vampire can drink my blood without getting horribly cursed."

"Can you let a vampire drink it, without them getting horribly cursed?" Star asked.

Janna looked at her suspiciously. "I … could."

"Great!" Star said as she clasped her hands together. "Because Marco needs blood if he is to survive."

"So?" She asked. "Can't he just have yours? I mean you're-"

Star quickly put her hand over Janna's mouth before she could finish her sentence. Janna was one of the other few who knew about Star being a human, but thankfully, she loved toying around with Marco too much to risk his ire. "Don't say that out loud." She hissed. "And he needs more than I can give so what will it take for you to give him blood without cursing him?"

She thought to herself for a moment before smiling. "One month." She stated. "I want one month where you can't ask him out, or hang out with him other than when necessary."

"For one month?" Star asked. "That shouldn't be a-"

"But you can't tell him!" She quickly added. "And … it can be whenever I want."

"Only one?" Star asked, surprised that Janna had asked for something so simple. "Fine."

"Sweet, now let's save our vampire."

Janna walked into the nurses' office with Star close behind; Star knew that doing this would change Marco, maybe severely, but she didn't have much choice, Marco had saved her time and time again, now it was her turn to save him.