A/N: Hey! Here's this week's chapter as promised! Now, I've gotten a few complaints about not updating some on my other fics, but it's summer and it's kinda hard to focus on writing when it's 35℃ outside, and no I do not have an air conditioner, so it ain't mich cooler inside the house! Now idk how it is in the US (where a lot of my readers are from) but here we generally spend our summer outdoors and at the swimming pool, which I regularly go to every year, so my writing time has also been cut in half. I'll try to update my other stories, but I'm focusing on this one, because I simply enjoy writing it! Well, enough rating, here you go!
Disclaimer: All characters from Star vs. The Forces of Evil belong to the creators of the show. The plot of this story and any original characters that may appear in it, however, do belong to me, and I would kindly ask you to inform me should you want to use anything from this story in your own fanfic.
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Beta read by ElleFreak.
Star vs. The Forces of Evil: My Star
Chapter 10
Well, that was unexpected...
The ray of energy hit the creature, however, instead of causing severe damage to it, like Tom thought it would, the blast instead deflected upon coming into contact with the hellhound and the beam flew in Star's direction. She reactively did a tuck n' roll maneuver, and the beam missed her by a hairsbreadth. Unfortunately for her, it just managed to graze her hair and burn its tips, nothing major though. Star quickly turned her wand into a mirror and looked at how bad the damage was, then shot an annoyed look at Tom.
"Ok, this was not my fault!" The demon argued.
Star sighed and brought her wand back into its normal state, then pointed it at the vicious creature. "Bacon Kitty Hawaiian Nightmare!" She exclaimed and a blast of kittens, bacon and pineapples were shot at the hellhound, only to have the same result as Tom's spell, except that it deflected into the ceiling, this time, causing the pineapples to smash on impact and fall down along with the bacon,making a big mess. The kittens, luckily, landed on all fours completely unharmed.
Both Star and Tom widened their eyes in shock when they noticed that the creature wasn't even scratched, and all their spells had managed to do was make it angrier.
Ludo, who was busy observing the ongoing events, chuckled evilly. "Like it? The magical barrier surrounding my little pet is far too strong for you two to ever get through! Mwahahaha-" Ludo laughed, but then noticed a small kitten sitting in front of him and looking at him with soft, wide eyes.
"Oh, how absolutely adorable!" He exclaimed and picked it up, then began tickling its stomach "Yes you are! Yes, you are!" Suddenly, he noticed the hellhound glaring at him angrily. "What?" He asked, then looked at the kitten that was snuggled up to him, and back at the hellhound "Oh..." he managed to utter before the beast lunged at him.
It tackled Ludo onto the ground and kept glaring at him, while the kitten broke free from Ludo's grasp, crawled out, then looked at Star and gave her a wink before disappearing in a puff os smoke. Star smiled.
"Not me you imbecile!" Ludo yelled at the hellhound, then pointed at Star and Tom "Get them!"
The hellhound was, to Ludo's luck, well trained and followed his orders, so it turned its attention back to Star and Tom and barked viciously.
"Raspberry Panzerfaust!" Star shouted and a magical missile launched out of her wand at toward the beast. It exploded upon impact, and Star thought that it had done the trick, but to her disbelief, the three-headed mutt remained unharmed.
Ludo smirked. "Told you so!" he mockingly stated and pointed his tongue at her.
The beast started slowly approaching the two, and Star turned her head at Tom. "What do we do? Our magic is useless against that thing!"
"You know how to handle weapons, right?" Tom swiftly asked.
Star raised an eyebrow at him "Yes, I do." she replied, unsure where Tom was going with this.
The demon then clapped both hands together and they both started emitting a red glow, after which a black scythe appeared, which he firmly grasped. "If that thing isn't affected by magic, then we'll just have to do this the old-fashioned way!" He exclaimed.
Star smirked viciously; finally, an idea she liked, a lot!
Star whipped her wand through the air and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a vicious looking twin-sided battle axe.
"Bring it on!" Star taunted.
Ludo chuckled "As you wish, Butterfly!" Ludo pointed at her and Tom and exclaimed to the hellhound "Go on now, incapacitate them!"
The three-headed mutt barked a few times before lunging itself at the two. Star and Tom each jumped to one side of the beast's flanks and attacked, swinging their weapons at the creature. It let out a loud yell of pain as Star and Tom drove their weapons into its flesh, then attempted to strike back, but the two quickly recoiled and dodged the counterattack.
They repeated this two more times, and each time they did, the hellhound grew more frustrated because they were getting free hits on it.
"Give it up Fido! There's two of us and only one of you, so why not just go chew on a bone and stop wasting our time?" Tom mockingly asked the creature, causing its fury to grow.
Star suddenly raised an eyebrow. "Hold on!" She began and put a finger on her chin in thought "I feel like I'm forgetting something..."
As if on cue, the hellhound howled with all three of its heads, then the two on the side began separating from the center one. There now stood three identical hellhounds, although smaller from the three-headed one, and shot death glares at Star and Tom.
"Oh right, that!" Star stated.
"You could have mentioned this sooner!" Tom exclaimed in a panicked manner, not liking the fact that they were now outnumbered.
The two then heard Ludo giggle evilly. "This ought to be interesting!" He exclaimed.
Star glared and took up battle stance. "Bring it on fleabags!"
The hellhounds complied and sprang forward, two going for Star and the remaining one for Tom.
Meanwhile
"Are you sure this is the right way?" Pony Head asked Marco. "I mean, not to insult your sense of direction or anything, but I'm pretty sure this is the 3rd time we've passed this exact same picture" she commented, referring to the picture of a weird looking jester on the wall. I swear that thing's eyes are following me... she thought.
"No, I'm not sure. As a matter of fact, I don't even know where we're headed..." Marco replied.
"Not to mention the size of this place! I swear it has a million doors" Pony Head commented.
"Yeah, locked doors! I mean seriously, who needs this many rooms!?" The boy angrily exclaimed.
" I dunno..." Pony Head muttered, and the two continued walking forward. After going down a hall the hadn't been in yet, they found a flight of stairs and descended down them, Marco walking down slowly so he wouldn't trip.
"Ya know, this place could use an elevator" Marco stated, and Pony Head nodded in agreement. They kept walking onward, occasionally stopping to try a door or two to see if any were open, but with no success. What was even weirder than the number of doors was the fact that each hallway looked identical to the previous one; same doors, same paintings, same colours, same armor statues
"OK, I am oficially creeped out!" Pony Head exclaimed, "How much longer 'till we find those two?"
Marco sighed "Beats me! This place is so massive that there's no telling where they are! It's like finding a needle in a haystack..."
"I'm just happy that this place is unguarded! This way, we can at least search for them without having to worry about anything else!" Pony Head happily stated.
A few moments of silence followed, and Pony Head raised an eyebrow. "I said, good thing that this place is unguarded!" She stated in a louder voice.
"What are you doing?" Marco curiously asked her, her antics seeming very strange to him.
"Isn't this usually the que for something to jump out and attack us?"
"Oh, that. Yeah, not happening... too cliché" Marco bluntly explained.
"Huh, alright then, let's just keep going I guess" Pony Head told him. Just then, they heard loud howling coming from somewhere within the building.
"Did you hear that?" Pony Head asked Marco.
He nodded. "It sounded like it came from that direction" he pointed down the hallway, "You think that whatever that was may have something to do with Star?" He asked Pony Head
"Only one way to find out! C'mon!" She exclaimed and rushed forward, forcing Marco to follow her with great haste. They had no time to lose.
Star was panting heavily and her face was covered with sweat as the strain from the fighting started to show. These two mutts sure were giving her a workout!
One lashed from behind and tried to bite her, but Star spotted out of the corner of her eye and turned around quickly enough to deflect its attack. The other one took the opening to jump her from behind, but Star jumped out of the way, causing the two hounds to collide. They, however, quickly picked themselves up and barked viciously at her.
On the other side of the room, Tom was trying his best to fend off the single hellhound that was attacking him, but his combat proficiency wasn't as high as Star's, so he had more trouble with it than Star with the two. Nevertheless, he was holding his ground fairly well, but fatigue was starting to take its toll on him, much like with Star.
Ludo was meanwhile observing the happenings from a safe distance and smiled every time he saw either of the two struggle to fend off an attack. At this rate, it wouldn't be much longer until they would have to admit defeat. The best part was, once Star was defeated, he could gloat all he wanted! How wonderful! Finally, he would be able to rub it in that annoying princesses face!
What's more, he'll take all the credit for himself and execute the rest of the plan without Toffee. This way, he'd not only have the throne and the joy of taking revenge on Toffee, but also the one thing he truly desires; the wand! Ludo grinned, total victory would finally be his!
His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Star letting out a yelp of pain as one of the hounds managed to scratch her on the arm with its sharp claws. He expected her to finally yield after the injury, but to his amazement, Star managed to land a counter strike and repel the beast away, injuring its right eye. The hellhound roared viciously at that and stared at Star with bloodlust.
"Hmph! That the best you got?" Star smugly stated, the slight injury not phasing her one bit. This was going to be a long fight...
Marco and Pony Head both felt the structure shake as they heard a loud roar.
"What was that!?" Pony Head exclaimed.
"I dunno, but it didn't come from too far away. Let's hurry!"
"I just hope my bestie is ok!" Pony Head stated.
They kept running until they reached the end of the corridor, where an oddly shaped door stood out from the rest. As they approached it, the two started hearing sounds of what they could make out as fighting.
Once they were right next to it, Marco made out the muffled sound of Star taunting someone or something.
"This is it!" Marco exclaimed. "Star is in there, and by the sound of it, she's in trouble!"
"Well let's get in there and help her!"
Marco tried the handle. "Locked" he stated.
He kicked the door a few times, but it was more out of frustration than thinking it might actually open. He finally gave up after stumbling onto the floor after a powerful kick.
"This doesn't seem to be doing any damage dude" Pony Head told him.
Marco stood up and began thinking "How are we supposed to get in there? This door seems to be tightly secured..."
"Step back, I'm gonna try something" Pony Head ordered him, and Marco stepped away from the door. Pony Head then aimed her horn at the door and shot a laser at it, which was deflected and flew in a straight line past Marco and Pony Head down the long hallway.
"Hmm, that wasn't very productive..." she commented.
Marco suddenly remembered something from one of his previous encounters with Pony Head. "Hey, remember the time you used your horn as a drill?" Pony Head made a nodding gesture. "Can you do that again?"
"Of course, I can" Pony Head replied and began spinning her horn like a drill. She pondered about what Marco wanted her to do, but it hit her quickly "Oh, I can try and break open the lock with this!"
"Yep!" Marco confirmed, happy she had caught onto his idea.
Pony Head aimed her horn at the lock and charged at it, forcing her horn into the keyhole. She then began spinning it like a drill again and sparks started jumping from the lock. Maybe this was going to work after all!
Star dropped her weapon and collapsed onto one knee while sweating and panting heavily, her tired body finally having given in from sheer exhaustion. The two hellhounds started circling around her. On the other side of the room, Tom was still busy battling with the remaining hellhound, but it wasn't looking good for him either.
Ludo laughed triumphantly and slowly approached Star with a victorious grin on his face. He stopped a few feet in front of her and chuckled.
"So Butterfly, finally ready to give up?" He mockingly asked her.
Star didn't respond with words but instead kept panting heavily and glared at him.
Ludo smirked, "Hmph, feeling tired? Would you perhaps like a nice little drink to cool yourself off?" Ludo asked and took out the vial of love potion from behind his back. (A/N: While we're on this topic, where do all these cartoon characters put this stuff anyway?)
Star looked at the vile and shot Ludo a skeptical look. "Do you know what this is? Hmm? It's what a love potion, Butterfly!"
"Love potion? Aren't these things illegal?" Star asked.
"Why yes, yes they are, and you are going to drink it!" Ludo stated.
Star widened her eyes and recoiled. "As if!" She exclaimed with an angry expression. The two hellhounds then growled at her, causing her anger to be replaced with worry.
"You don't really have a choice here, do you?" Ludo leaned in closer and menacingly spoke "Once you've been a good girl and drunk it all up, I'll use your precious little wand and the mirror to make myself the new heir to the kingdom! I win this time, Butterfly!"
Star raised a curious eyebrow at him. Hang on, new heir to the throne? But, that means he'd have to be a prince, right? And the only way to become one is if he... Star widened her eyes in realization and looked at Ludo, who was smirking viciously. She then quickly put a hand on her mouth and did her best not to throw up.
She swallowed down what had come up from her stomach and spoke in a weakened voice "You cannot be serious!"
Ludo frowned angrily "Unfortunately, I am! I'm not thrilled about it either; being married to some annoying brat, but all power comes with a price I guess..." he explained.
Ludo then grabbed Star's chin and lifted her head up so that she was now staring into his eyes "My plan will not be foiled by you this time, Butterfly! Victory is mine!"
Star was stunned by this; how was Ludo able to come up with this on his own? This didn't make any sense!
Before she could further ponder the thought, Ludo clapped his hands twice, causing the two hellhounds to approach Star and pin her to the floor, each one holding down one of her arms. Star gulped as Ludo opened the vial containing the love potion.
All of a sudden Star, along with everybody else in the room, heard a loud *slam* coming from the other end of the room. Star managed to turn her head enough so that she could see what was happening, and smiled widely when she saw Marco and Pony Head walk through the door, the boy having an angry expression on his face.
"Marco! Pony Head!" Star cheerfully shouted.
"Star!" The two simultaneously shouted back, relieved to see her.
They then spotted Tom running away from the hellhound, kiting it around in circles and panting heavily. "Oh, hey Tom" Pony Head bluntly stated, having forgotten about him.
Marco shot Ludo an angry look. "What have you done this time, Ludo!"
"If it isn't the earthling and horse head! How nice that you could join us! I was just about to force this love potion down your precious friend's throat!" Ludo evilly proclaimed, then proceeded to do exactly that, shoving the vial into her mouth and forcing her to swallow its contents before the two could react.
"Star!?" Marco exclaimed in panic.
Once Star caught some air she burped, which made her blush from embarassment. Ludo laughed, "At last, the kingdom shall be mine!" He triumphantly exclaimed.
"Um, I don't feel any different..." Star commented from below, and Ludo gave her a confused look.
"What do you mean by that? Shouldn't you be madly in love with me right now?" He asked while scratching the top of his head.
"Nope, nothing..." Star concluded.
Ludo then heard Marco laugh, so he glared at him. "Why are you laughing?"
"Because, it looks like whatever you were planning has failed Ludo. Again, if I may add" Marco mockingly stated.
Ludo's fury grew at the thought of being made fun of, so he pointed and Marco and shouted : "Tare him apart!"
The hounds, even the one chasing Tom, looked at Marco and widened their eyes upon seeing him. The two holding down Star let her go and rushed at him, enabling her to finally stand up. As the three hounds ran at Marco, he quickly took cover behind Pony Head.
"Hey!?" She angrily exclaimed and swiftly flew away from him.
Marco shivered from fear as the dogs came closer, and his body became paralyzed and unable to move. Well, it was a good life... he thought, expecting the end to have finally come for him.
To his utter disbelief, however, the hounds stopped right in front of him and stared at him for a few moments, before one started choking on something. It then spat out some object from its mouth.
Marco looked at the drool covered object and widened his eyes in surprise, "Hey, my frisbee!" he stated, recognizing his blue frisbee, with which he had saved Star the other day.
He picked it up, although the drool grossed him out, and looked at the hounds only to see that they were looking at him with soft and happy expressions, and had their tongues hanging from their mouths. One then licked Marco across the face, covering him in saliva. The three hounds happily barked and began wiggling their tails.
Ludo's jaw dropped upon seeing that. "What!?" he demanded, this outcome seeming just plainly absurd to him.
"Huh, well that was unexpected..." Star stated with a perplexed expression. "Looks like they like you, Marco!"
"You don't say" Marco sarcastically replied, trying to wipe the drool from his face.
Tom finally joined the group and spoke after catching his breath: "You know, maybe we should have brought you along from the start". Marco looked at him with an unamused expression. "Ya think?"
"Well then" Ludo nervouslu spoke up while slowly backing away, "I guess I'll be on my way then!" He exclaimed, then swiftly ran away from the group and through a door at the side of the room.
"Get back here!" Star exclaimed and tried to run after him, but collapsed after a few steps. Marco rushed to her side and helped her stand up, letting her wrap and arm around his neck for support. He noticed several scratches, bruises and even a few bite marks on her skin.
"Star, you're in no condition to be chasing after anyone!" Marco warned her.
"But Marco! Ludo's getting away!" Star told him, not wanting to let her nemesis escape.
"Let him go. I'm just happy you're safe" Marco stated and surprised Star by pulling her into a hug, happy that he had arrived just in time to save her from Ludo's twisted plans.
Once the two broke the hug, Pony Head flew to her and let out a sigh of relief "You can thank me later"
"See," Marco began "This is why I said splitting up was a bad idea!"
"Alright, I should have listened to you, sorry" Star apologized. To her surprise, Marco hugged her again, tighter this time. Star returned the hug with a smile. Star somehow had the feeling that Marco was going to come to her rescue, but seeing how glad he was caused a warm and pleasant feeling to settle in her heart. What would she do without him?
Meanwhile
Ludo made sure that he had made enough distance between himself and those brats to safely open a dimensional portal with his scissors.
Before walking inside, however, he muttered "What is going on here? Why didn't the potion work?"
Ludo took out the empty glass vial and examined it. It had a label that read "Love Potion" on it, so it was strange that nothing had happened. "Maybe it's expired or something?"
Ludo kept staring at it, then noticed the fine print on it, which was hardly readable since it was written ridiculously small. "WARNING: Exhibition piece, not actual love potion!" He angrily exclaimed, then clenched his hand so tightly that the vile shattered in his hand.
"Toffee!" he furiously muttered while grinding his teeth, furious that he had been tricked yet again by that two-timing stuck up lizard.
"Iam going to make him into a crocodile purse! A good one too!" He swore before going inside the portal and making his escape. Oh, he wasn't done, not even close!
To be continued...
A/N: I'm not too good with battle scenes that don't involve blood and gore, so forgive me if it wasn't good enough. That aside, did you like this chapter? Well, I sure hope so XD! The story is, I'm gonna say, about a third done? Idk, but it's progressing the way I planned it to, unlike some of my other fics, so I'm happy with it so far! If you liked it, feel free to leave a favourite and a review, and if not just tell me what bothered you. Until next time! Goodbye and stay awesome!
Expected update: Next Saturday or Sunday