Okay, this is the second to last chapter I wrote before the hiatus ended but I did modify a few things (like Janna's name to actually be Janna) before posting it. Now when I say hiatus, I mean this chapter was written before Mewberty premiered, yes, this chapter has been sitting on my computer for that long and it is because of things like what I modified in this chapter … now to get to the reviews and get my motivation back.
SVTFOEfanatic: Well hopefully it won't take me as long to post the next chapter.
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Disclaimer: Star vs. the Forces of Evil characters belong to Daron Nefcy.
Stella, Marcus, Lannister, Roy, Mathew, and story belong to me
Beta read by Sabrina06
(Star's POV)
I was sitting on the island in another dimension, watching as the sun set over the horizon for the fifth time in the last half hour. "This would be so much more romantic if I had someone sitting here with me or, I don't know, any crush at all?" I said as I threw my hands into the air. "I would seriously rather be at Marco's tournament."
"Trust me, it's not as interesting as you might think." I heard someone say, causing me to grab my wand, jump to my feet, and turn around. I saw a boy, maybe the same age as me, with really short brown hair, a black tee shirt and shorts.
"Who are you?" I demanded.
"Easy." He replied. "I'm not here to fight." He pulled out a pair of dimensional scissors and I lowered my wand.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"I'm here to take you home." He responded.
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah right, the only people who know I'm here are the cultists; meaning that you have to be one of them or you were sent by them."
The boy nodded. "Yes … I am a member of the cult of Star … but I am really here to take you home."
I pointed my wand at him again. "Do you honestly expect me to believe that you don't have some ulterior motive?"
He sighed. "I didn't expect you to trust me … Lannister was way too aggressive, and Roy didn't help much either."
I lowered my wand, a little confused. "What do you mean?"
"I want you to know that I was against this direct approach, and more for a friendlier approach; but I was outvoted."
My eyes opened wide. "Wait … you're one of the leaders?"
He nodded. "My name's Mathew. I am one of the higher ups of the cult of Star."
"Meaning that I shouldn't trust you!" I spat.
"Please understand." He began. "Not all of us think the same way; Roy thinks force is the key, while Lannister has a more … tactical approach."
"And you?" I asked.
He smiled. "I want to do this peacefully, become friends along the way ... hopefully."
"Do you even understand what you're asking?" I asked. "You're a cult!"
"Does that make us evil?" He asked. "Sure, Roy is way over the top and Lannister can't be trusted to watch a glass of water, but remember who you are."
"I'm just a normal girl trying to hang out with her best friend."
Mathew laughed. "No, you're Star Butterfly. You're magic. You're a princess, and you're from another dimension. You are nothing close to normal by earth's standards." I lowered my wand a little. "Are you even normal by Mewni's standards? I mean you're pretty high up on the royal food chain, all the way at the top from what I've heard." He walked closer to me. "You're special, no matter how you look at it, now do you see where we're coming from with this whole cult thing?"
I sighed and bit my lower lip. "Fine, maybe you could be nice. That doesn't automatically mean that you are nice; when I already know that there are members of your cult who attacked me."
He smiled. "Well that's progress … I think." He handed me the dimensional scissors. "If you don't trust me to bring you home, let me trust you to bring me home."
I looked at him, confused. "You're … just going to let me go?"
"I want you to trust me Star, I want to be on your side and I want to convince Lannister and Roy that the nice way is best." He bowed slightly. "And if I want you to trust me, then I must show you that I trust you."
I sighed then slowly took the scissors. "I still don't trust you … yet … but I want to … I really want to believe I can trust you."
"You don't know how happy I am to hear that Star." He said with a smile. "You won't regret this."
"What are Lannister and Roy up to?" I asked. "I mean, if you're one of the leaders; you should know, right?"
He shook his head. "Sadly, no, I don't know what they're up to. Lannister is manipulative and cunning, and he knows my weakness; and would never trust me with any information unless he was okay with everyone knowing. As for Roy, well … he doesn't plan much at all, his own men didn't even know about the attack until just a few minutes prior." He sighed. "All I can do is try to sway them to my side, it's won't be easy; but I will do my best with the few that follow me."
I smiled. "Thanks Mathew … I hope we end up being friends." I opened a portal back to earth and stepped back and let Mathew go first.
"Why thank you." He said as he walked through. I followed him through and then the portal closed behind us.
"I hope to see you again soon." I said as I handed back the dimensional scissors.
"As do I." He responded.
(Marco's POV)
"Hello?" I shouted as I walked into my house.
"Ah, Marco." My mom replied as she walked out of the kitchen. "How did the tournament go?"
"I lost." I said as I put my karate bag down. "I made it to the quarter finals though."
"Oh, I wish we could have been there." She began. "Next time Marco, next time we'll be there and you'll win the whole thing."
"Thanks' mom." I replied. "Any idea where Star is?"
"What do you mean?" She asked. "Wasn't she at the tournament with you?"
I shook my head. "No, she didn't show up, I figured that she might have forgotten or something."
"Well she hasn't come home since I got home." She responded. "If she's not home now then she's probably not going to be home for the rest of the night."
"Say what?" I asked.
"Star said that she had to do something tonight and won't be home."
"Did she say what it was?" I asked.
"She's going to some slumber party or something." My mom answered. "Check her room, maybe she's there."
"All right." I said, as I walked upstairs. Star's door was unlocked, like it usually is, and the room empty like I expected. "Guess she was too busy for me." I sighed and closed the door. "And here I was thinking that we were getting past our issues." I walked back to my room and just as I was about to open the door, my phone began to ring. I pulled it out and recognized the number as Marcus'. "Hello?" I said as I answered.
"Hey Marco." Marcus replied. "Is Star there? I wanted to talk to her."
"She left for a slumber party that she didn't tell me about." I answered.
There was a brief pause before Marcus replied. "Are you surprised that she didn't tell you? I mean those things are usually girls only … actually I think their exclusively girls only."
"Fair point." I muttered. "What were you calling about anyway?"
"I wanted to know if Star wanted to see my new fireworks." Marcus answered. "But seeing as she's not there, I … actually, do you know if the others are free tonight?"
"Others?" I asked.
"Alfonzo and Ferguson." Marcus replied. "And if you know anyone else."
"They're free." I answered. "As for others … Stella might be interested."
"Sweet, you guys up for a fireworks show?"
"Why not? I would like to take it easy after today anyway."
"Cool. Think you can all meet me at the fireworks field in an hour and a half?"
I looked at my watch. "That's six thirty, right?"
"Yeah."
"All right, I'll tell Alfonzo and Ferguson, see if Stella is up for it, and then meet you there."
"Cool, see you then." He said before he hung up.
(Star's POV)
(Short time later)
It was already too late when I got out of the other dimension, meaning that I probably missed Marco's tournament. What's worse, is that I wouldn't be able to tell him why I missed it, because I didn't want him to worry about the cult. "Maybe I'll tell him after this mess is dealt with." I said as I made my way to Jackie's. "It would be best if Marco didn't get involved with this." I sighed as I reached the address.
I walked up to the door and got took a deep breath. "Well here I go." I knocked on the door.
(Marco's POV)
Alfonzo, Ferguson, and I had made it to the fireworks field, a little early, and ended up wandering area. "What do you think he has planned?" Alfonzo asked.
"No idea." Ferguson responded. "I'm just here because I have nothing better to do." He paused. "Oh, by the way Marco, did you get a chance to confirm what his burn scar looks like?"
I looked away. "No, I didn't get a look at it because I didn't ask him to take off his shirt." I lied. "Why do you care anyway?"
"Because I want to know if the stories are true." He answered. "I heard someone say it looks like a skull, and another said that it looks like a pentagram."
"Really?" I asked. "I don't think it would have a form to it if it's a burn mark."
"Actually it looks vaguely like a human torso." I heard someone say as they approached. I looked over to see Marcus walking over to us with his tablet in his hands. "Now are we going to talk about my scars or are we going to watch some fireworks?"
"Oh, fireworks!" Ferguson shouted as he got up and ran past Marcus.
"He's very eager for someone who came because he had nothing better to do." I said as I laughed.
"What can I say?" Marcus asked. "People love it when I paint the sky."
"Interesting choice of words." Alfonzo said as he got up and followed Ferguson.
I also followed, but Marcus stopped me before I got far. "Thank you … for not telling anyone … I owe you."
"Hey, what are friends for?" I responded. "We don't owe each other anything … except for those times money is involved and one of us spots the other."
He let out a small laugh. "Yeah … I guess that's true." We both walked out to see Alfonzo and Ferguson waiting for us.
"So where are we going to be sitting exactly?" Ferguson asked.
"Up there." Marcus said as he pointed to a hill not too far away. "It's where I've taken all my other viewers."
"You've had other viewers?" Alfonzo asked.
"Just Star." Marcus replied. "But I took her to that hill to watch."
It didn't take long to reach the top of the hill. When we arrived, Ferguson immediately sat down, and Alfonzo walked over to a small mound of dirt and took a seat. I followed and took a seat somewhere between them and Marcus sat next to me in the space available. "All right." Marcus began as he pressed a few buttons. "Let the show … begin."
At that moment, streams of light flew into the sky, exploding into various colors and shapes.
"Wow." We all said simultaneously.
(Star's POV)
The party was in full swing; we had recently finished watching the first movie and had begun painting each other's nails. Aside from Jackie and myself there were about five other girls present.
"I still can't believe that people thought you and Justin were going out." A black haired girl said, as Jackie painted her nails.
"People see us holding hands one time and suddenly they jump to conclusions." Jackie replied. "Just goes to show you that you need to make sure that your hand doesn't have any quick drying glue on it, before accepting a hand from someone."
"But still, you and Justin? Who would believe a thing like that?" Chantelle added.
"Well Marco did, apparently, and from what I heard he was really down about it." Janna replied, as she sat to the side.
Jackie paused and looked over at me. "Oh yeah, Star did you ever manage to tell Marco otherwise?"
I froze as Sabrina was trying to paint stars on my nails. "Oh … I knew I forgot to tell Marco something." I lied.
Jackie looked at me for a moment, before laughing. "Are you trying to keep Marco's eyes off me and focused on you?" She asked.
"What?" I asked, my voice sounding a little shaky. "Why would he-"
"Everyone knows about Marco's crush on Jackie, Star." Andrea pointed out. "Not to mention that you probably don't have anything to worry about. Jackie doesn't even like Marco."
"I never actually said I don't like him." Jackie replied. "I'm just not looking for a boyfriend at the moment."
"Well you still have nothing to worry about." Andrea added.
"What about Marco's new foreign exchange student?" Jackie asked. "From what you told me, they are already an item."
"Actually not so much." I began. "Marco told me that they aren't as close as they used to be."
"So Marco's available?" Janna asked, slightly hopeful.
"Really?" Jackie asked as she looked at her. "I thought you already had a boyfriend."
Janna crossed her arms and looked away. "He dumped me because I 'wasn't 'feminine enough'.'" She hissed.
"Oh!" Sabrina exclaimed. "That boy has got a thing or two coming."
(Marco's POV)
We were watching as Marcus's fireworks were going off one after another. "You know, it's too bad you had to open with this." Ferguson said as he watched.
"What do you mean?" Marcus asked.
"When you showed this to Star." He clarified. "If you had waited till later, then you would have been able to seal the deal with her no problem."
"Wha?" Marcus asked, gob smacked. "Star … I don't … I mean don't get me wrong, I do think she's great and all, but … it's … well …" He looked over to me. "Marco, you have feelings for her, don't you?"
"I never said that." I responded.
"Yes, you just keep giving us vague answers while trying to avoid the subject all together; that totally isn't suspicious at all." Ferguson said softly.
"Hey, I'll have you know that I explained myself rather clearly." I defended.
"All you've ever said about it was that you don't know what kind of answer that is?"
I was about to retort when Marcus interrupted me. "Enough!" He shouted. "If Marco has things that he doesn't want to talk about, then it's not our place to force him to talk."
Ferguson looked at Marcus before pouting. "Fine, I guess everyone is entitled to their secrets."
I thought about what Ferguson said before I finally spoke. "I found out that Star lied to me." I confessed.
Everyone turned to look at me, surprised. "Say what?" Marcus asked.
"Can Star even lie to you?" Ferguson asked.
"What did she lie about?" Alfonzo asked.
I sighed. "You remember … two days ago when she said that Jackie told her that she was dating Justin?"
"Honestly I didn't believe that." Marcus commented.
"So Star got some of her facts wrong, big deal." Alfonzo added.
I shut my eyes tight as a tear almost escaped, and shook my head. "There's more to it than that." I said meekly. "Star did in fact talk to Jackie about two weeks ago … but Jackie herself said that she told Star to tell me that she wasn't dating Justin."
Everyone paused as the fireworks finale began. "So … Star knew that Jackie wasn't dating Justin and was told to tell you that … but waited two weeks and told you the exact opposite?" Marcus asked.
I nodded as the tear escaped. "I … I'm not even sure what to make of it."
"I'm not sure what to make of this whole situation." Ferguson added. "I mean she lied to you, and that's wrong, but why cry over it?"
"Because Star knows how much I like Jackie!" I exclaimed as I threw my arms into the air. "She knows how much I like Jackie and she not only waited two weeks, but straight up lied to my face when I had already found out that she was supposed to tell me that Jackie wasn't dating Justin." I let my arms fall as I looked away. "She even had the nerve to openly lie to my face again."
"What happened?" Alfonzo asked.
I hugged my knees and looked away. "She said … she promised me … that she would be at my karate tournament … she said that she would be there before the first round and she didn't arrive at all."
"So she got caught up with something." Ferguson began. "These things happen."
"So she just leaves for her slumber party before even explaining anything?" I asked.
"Is that where she is?" Marcus asked.
(Star's POV)
"All right Janna, pick one." Andrea began. "Truth or dare?"
Janna thought carefully before answering. "Um … dare."
"I dare you to call up your worthless ex-boyfriend and tell him off."
Janna's eyes went wide for a moment, then she pulled out her cell and dialed his number. As the phone rang she pressed another button and put it on the ground. "Hello?" A voice replied from the phone.
"Hi Sean." Janna replied.
"Oh, hey Janna." Sean answered. "To what do I owe the pleasure of a call from the girl I just dumped?"
I felt the urge to hunt down this guy and kill him the more he spoke. "Well I just wanted to tell you that there's no hard feelings and that you are a *BEEP*ing *BEEP* whole who *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* and you are a complete *BEEP* *BEEP* with a degree in *BEEP* off and *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* and you will never find another girlfriend as long as you live!" She grabbed her phone, hit the end button and proceeded to block his number. "I needed that."
"What was with that beeping sound?" I asked.
"Censorship." Jackie replied. "This fic is only rated T so we can't allow curse words to get through. Anyway, it's your turn Star."
"Hm …" I began. I figured that if I were to make this interesting, then I should start off with something easy so that I could blow everyone away later. "I'm going to go with … truth."
"Have you ever killed someone?" Sabrina asked.
"We don't ask questions like that Sabrina." Jackie interrupted. "Remember, nothing that can be used in a court of law."
"Oh right." Sabrina responded.
"I have one." Janna began. "Star Butterfly … do you … like … Marco Diaz?"
"Really?" I asked, feeling a little let down. "He's my best friend, of course I like him."
"Not what she meant Star." Jackie replied. "She means are you in love with him."
My eyes widened as I realized the impact of the question. "Oh." I replied. "Now that is a good question … can I answer the previous one that was asked?"
Everyone shook their heads.
(Marco's POV)
"She barely has time for me anymore." I began. "I thought we were past the whole, her attacking me thing, but apparently we just replaced it with something else."
"I'm sure you two will work through it." Alfonzo replied.
"Yeah right." I said as I looked away.
(Star's POV)
"So … am I in love with Marco … well …" I was about to say no, but then began thinking of all the past experiences we had. Marco has always had my back with almost everything we went through, he's nice, supportive, always willing to help when I need it, and he's always looked out for me.
(Marco's POV)
"Maybe … maybe Stella was right." I began. "I mean it feels like things are getting rougher and rougher between Star and I."
(Star's POV)
I sighed and took a deep breath. All the times I've felt concerned about him recently, all the times I felt empty when he wasn't there, all the times I was jealous when he was hanging out with Stella instead of me, and why I lied to him about Jackie.
(Marco's POV)
I sighed as I hugged my knees once more. "Maybe … maybe Star and I … maybe she doesn't want to be my friend anymore." I said as a tear escaped.
(Star's POV)
I took one final deep breath before answering. "I … I do kinda love him."
And now for my final thought of the day … which is what I would say if I wasn't about to eat something then try and get my blood flowing. See you all tomorrow … wait … why did I say that?
R&R