Story Premise: Shadow Princess Janna AU; Jealous Star; Adult protagonists; Lemon? Threesome?
Star convinces Marco that visiting the dimension of Dreams and Nightmares won't turn out horribly even though it's one of the few places where even Star knows to be cautious. They arrive and everything is great. They eat all their favorite foods, play games that only exist in Star's or Marco's head, and generally have fun.
They come across the edge of the Realm of Dreams and look down at the glowing storm of the Realm of Nightmares. Ludo, who has tracked them into this dimension, picks that time to attack them, knocking them down into the dimension of nightmares where he believes he can defeat them. When the trio and Ludo's spider and eagle minions land however they are beset by nightmares on every side and then run off in different directions.
Ludo portals out but Star cannot leave without Marco who she can hear screaming in the distance. She wanders the mist of the Realm of Nightmares, encountering fake Marco's in various states of dead and dying.
During this time Marco finds an obsidian tower and against his better judgment he hides inside of it, as there are horrors stalking him. The inside is lavish, which tips him off that this place is far more dangerous than outside, but he still doesn't want to be ripped apart by monsters. Marco hides in the thick drapes and tries to wait until Star also finds this place. When he decides that it would be a good idea to leave his phone outside playing music to draw Star to him he hears the sounds of swishing skirts.
Coming down the stairs is a pallid girl with raven black hair and blood red eyes. She wears a mourning dress of deep black and two luscious wings are dragged behind her, leaving a trail of blood as they are wrapped in gently glowing razor wire. She sits at the long table and calls out to Marco, telling him that he is here because she called him here.
Marco reluctantly sits at her table and she explains that she is the oldest princess of this dimension, but that her mother, an evil queen, had locked her up in this tower, believing that no one would come for her. The princess (Janna) explains that she only needs a kind soul to pledge themselves to her cause to be free.
Marco, not being an idiot, thinks that she is lying, but says that he will do it on the condition that the princess bring Star to the tower first. The princess agrees and Marco hears Star outside, but the princess also drew the horrific denizens of the Realm of Nightmares to the tower as well, and Star is having trouble fighting them all off.
When Marco tries to leave but finds his way blocked. The princess 'reveals' that no living soul can leave the tower until she is free. In reality she is keeping Marco there with her limited power, making him watch as his friend grows more weary and wounded. Under duress Marco agrees to pledge himself to the shadow princess and kneels before her. She anoints him Lucifer, First Knight of The Dawn Star, and has him remove the razor wire on her wings.
Once this is done she easily banishes the nightmares. Star is happy to see Marco but stops short when the shadow princess claims him as her own. Star is confused, telling Marco that the shadow princess was locked up for killing the king and plotting to kill the queen. Certainly the queen is horrible but the shadow princess had lead a revolt that ended the lives of millions.
Marco, hearing this, wants nothing to do with the princess, but cannot leave her side because he has pledged himself to her and only she can release him. When Star tries to attack the shadow princess Marco is forced to interfere. Demanding Marco's release does nothing as the shadow princess states that she is going to complete her work, kill the queen, and take over the dimension.
Star begs for Marco's release, and the princess says she'll think about it, but not until after the current queen is dead, and so Marco and Star are dragged into an assassination, hoping beyond hope that the shadow princess can be held to her word once the deed is done.
Over the course of the adventure our two heroes and one villain both bond and fight, growing closer, but it is yet to be seen if the shadow princess will release Marco, or perhaps take him as her king. But Star is willing to fight against that outcome, though Marco doesn't understand why, as he finds himself falling for the shadow princes, not entirely against his will.
A/N: Just getting this out because I'm currently working on two new chapters, one a suggestion and one an original. Shower me with your ideas oh readers, for they sustain me. Also, not just full story ideas but scenes that could happen in the stories as that is also quite helpful.
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JRC1700 seems quite pleased with how I played out his suggestion. Dragonick711 and brave kid agree that it was a good chapter and I'm glad that you all like it! As I said, it was supposed to be much shorter than that, but I just couldn't stop typing.