Light of the Sun and Stars

by thDorkMagnet

His whole life Marco Diaz has been raised by monsters, living under the cruel rule of their leader, Toffee. But one day Marco escapes into Mewni where he meets a magical princess and Mewman like himself, who begins teaching him all about her world. Together they will learn about life, love, and the lights within each of them, as they change their world forever.

25. The Spy We (Might) Can Trust

Chapter 24: The Spy We (Might) Can Trust

Hey, Stardom, Happy Starcoweek! I'm here and I've brought another long one for you all! It would have been here sooner, but my power was out due to storms. Whew, well here it is, folks, the first official chapter after Star vs. has ended. *loud sobbing fills the room* What too soon? So the show may be over, but this writer is still going strong! The Starco ship must continue to sail! No spoilers here for the new one, but you can find my thoughts at the bottom and quite a bit in the comment section since you all kept talking about it and I couldn't stop myself from ranting a bit, haha! ^V^' Speaking of which thank you all for the favorites follows and review. I'm feeling kinda spoiled at the sheer number of reviews I got, like 14 wow! I know it's because of the show ending and all but still, thank you guys so, so much! o^w^o

Okay onto the chapter, I hope you all enjoy it!

Edit: Someone told me that I posted this with Rhomulus' name wrong :( so I fixed it. Oops my bad. Thanks Kaira B for letting me know!

Disclaimer: Star vs and all it's characters are owned by Daron Nefcy and Disney. All rights go to them.

"Ughh, I can't believe how long this is taking?" Star complained, tapping her foot impatiently as she stood in the waiting room of the Magical Archives, where the Magic High Commission resided. She and Marco had been there for hours after being summoned by the MHC themselves and yet it seemed like they had been all but forgotten by the magical beings as they continued to remain on the bottom floor rather than be welcomed up like they had expected to be. "What are they even doing up there? Seriously, what is soooo much more important than our meeting. I have things to do too, y'know?"

Star looked over at Marco, who sat in one of the waiting chairs, looking around at the room with wide-eyed curiosity. He was still so used to Mewni he couldn't help but gawk anytime he was in a different dimension. But feeling Star's gaze on him, he quickly turned to his girlfriend with an apologetic look. "Sorry, what was that?" he asked.

Star sighed, before taking a seat next to her bestie. "Nothing, I'm just frustrated that their making us wait, is all," she admitted, crossing her arms in front of her chest.

"Well they are really busy making sure the entire galaxy is running smoothly," Marco pointed out and Star smiled at him. Her bestie always found some way to see the good in people and always chose to give them the benefit of the doubt. "Just be patient, I'm sure they'll be done soon."

"Yeah, you're right, Marco." She reached out and took hold of his hand. "Thanks for coming with me, it's really nice to have you here," she said sweetly to him, before leaning over and cuddling his side.

Marco blushed, before saying, "I'm just glad you asked me to come. It's a big deal, meeting the Magic High Commission." He bit his lip, adding a bit nervously, " I just hope I don't mess it up."

Star laughed, before reassuring him, "Don't worry, Marco. I'm sure they'll love you. Just be yourself, okay?"

Marco nodded. "Okay," he agreed, trying very hard not to let his frantic brain worry and fret over every possible thing that could go wrong during the meeting or try to think of the perfect way to introduce himself. He would just take Star's advice and be himself.

Star, seeing her boyfriend perking up, rose back up from her seat, saying, "I'm just going to go check and see if they're ready for us yet."

"Then I'll come, too," Marco said, rising up from his chair and following after the blond.

The two approached the desk of the only security guard in the entire archives, for whatever reason, a yellow deer creature named Shawn. The guard spotted the two approaching and put a wide smile on his face, greeting them pleasantly, "Hello Princess Star, what can I do for you?"

Star smiled back, before saying, "We were just wondering if the Magic High Commission was ready to see us, yet?"

Shawn kept the smile on his face as he replied, "I'm sorry princess, but the commission can't see you right now. They're still busy."

With what, Star thought angrily, but didn't dare say it out loud. After all, it wasn't Shawn's fault that they were stuck there. So she tried to keep her face neutral as she pressed, "Are you sure? Cause we've been waiting for over three hours now and when they summoned us here we didn't expect to wait this long."

"I'm sorry, princess," Shawn apologized, still with the unnerving smile plastered on his face. "But your going to have to continue waiting until the commission is ready to see you. But in the meantime, you are welcome to try one of our complimentary muffins." The deer gestured over to the basket of muffins sitting on the desk beside him, all of them misshaped and gross looking.

Marco started to reach out a hand to take one, Star quickly grabbing a hold of it to stop him in the most indiscreet way she could think of. The hooded boy eyed her in confusion, but just stood with his hand in hers, as he continued to stare eagerly at the treats.

"That's okay, Shawn. Just please re-inform the commission that we are here and that we're ready to meet with them as soon as they are available," Star said.

Shawn nodded, saluting the future ruler, saying enthusiastically, "You can count on me, Princess Star."

"Thank you," Star replied, before going back over to her seat, the frown returning the second her back was to the guard.

Marco stood where he was for a moment, watching his bestie, before turning back to Shawn. "I'd like one of those muffins, please," he asked nicely.

"Help yourself," Shawn said and Marco took one, before going back over to join his girlfriend.

Star watched Marco as he approached and took the seat next to her, cautiously keeping an eye on the muffin in the boy's hands. The hooded boy licked his lips and slowly brought the treat closer to his mouth, until the blond put a hand on his, stopping him before he could take a bite. The boy looked over at her in shock and Star shook her head, telling him, "Marco, trust me on this, you don't want to eat that."

"Why?" Marco asked.

"Well according to the rumors, the last person who ate one of those ended up with food poisoning and couldn't hold food down for a week. It was not pretty," Star whispered and Marco's eyes widened in fear. He looked around for a place to stash the muffin until deciding to hide it in the pocket of his hoodie, keeping an eye on Shawn in case he looked that way. He didn't want to hurt the guard's feelings, since he had been the one who had asked for one in the first place, after all.

Once he was done storing the inedible snack away until he could throw it away later, he sighed in relief and leaned back in his chair, trying to relax while they waited for the commission to give the okay to send them up. "Your Majesty," a voice suddenly sounded out of nowhere from right beside Marco, causing the hooded teen to scream in fright and bolt upright in his chair once more, nearly tipping the whole thing over. Star instinctively grabbed onto her boyfriend by the back of his hood, making sure he didn't tumble to the floor, before pulling him back into his seat.

Once Marco was sitting properly in the seat once again, both Star and Marco looked beside them to see Shawn staring at them with a wide, but somehow emotionless smile, which both found quite unnerving.

"Wait, how did you-" Marco started to say, looking over to the desk he had just seen the guard sitting at, then back to the figure now standing beside him.

"Sorry about that, didn't mean to startle you," Shawn said impassively, the smile never leaving and his unblinking gaze never shifting away from the two. The hooded boy continued to gaze back and forth in confusion trying to figure out how this deer man had moved so fast without them noticing.

Star, on the other hand, knew to dismiss this weird behavior to save herself from a headache, instead calmly telling him, "That's okay, no harm done. Right Marco?"

The blond looked over to her boyfriend who still looked quite puzzled but was quickly giving up on an explanation he knew he wasn't going to get. "Uhh, right."

"What were you going to tell us?" Star asked, hoping it was good news.

"The Magic High Commission is ready to see you, now," Shawn said around his plastered on grin, causing Star and Marco to gasp in excitement and jump out of their seats, Star even exclaiming, "Finally!"

The two ran toward the elevator, until Shawn suddenly held a hand up in front of them, stopping them in their tracks. "Hold on a moment, please," he said. "First you'll need to get through security check-up."

Star and Marco turned to the seats behind them, which were now empty before looking back at Shawn, who had somehow gotten in front of them. "How do you keep doing that?" Marco asked and Shawn gave him a baffled look.

"Do what?"

Marco opened his mouth to reply, but seeing how perplexed Shawn seemed, instead simply shook his head, saying hesitantly, "N-Never mind."

"Okay then," Shawn said, in a very chipper voice, as he pulled out a clipboard from seemingly nowhere. "Now, are either of you carrying any magical items or contraband." This was when Star and Marco noticed the sign on the floor, stating, 'No magic beyond this point.'

So the two decided to cooperate, Marco pointed at Star, who raised one hand and held out her wand for Shawn to see with her other. "Um, just my wand," she said slowly.

Shawn nodded, writing something down on the clipboard. He looked back up to Star telling her nicely, "I'll need you to leave that here." He pointed over to where a box suddenly appeared, filled with strange magical items of all shapes and sizes. She hesitated, feeling a little unsure about leaving the most prized heirloom in Mewni and the most important possession of her family's legacy to be left with some strange deer-man. But, seeing no other alternative, decided to obey.

"All right," Star agreed, looking into the box, trying to find the best place to leave it, not wanting it to get damaged by any of the other magical items while it was left in there. Finally, she set it down gently next to a strange bell-looking thing, which gleamed with magical energy itself, but otherwise looked relatively harmless.

"Now, I just need you to step through, please," Shawn continued, still looking down at his clipboard as he waited for Star and Marco to walk through a magical detection gate that again hadn't been there a moment before. Marco looked at the glowing and blinking doorway with uncertainty, before shifting his gaze to Star, his eyes cutely pleading with her not to make him pass through alone. Star smiled before taking his hand, leading her bestie through the gate, right by her side.

Marco closed his eyes as they passed through and squeezed Star's hand tight, as if expecting it to shock him or harm him in some way, but once they had made it safely to the other side, his brown orbs opened once more, blinking a few times in shock, before the hooded teen's whole body visibly relaxed. He looked sheepishly over at Star, softly saying, "Well, that wasn't so bad."

Star just smiled at the boy, holding in her laughter, as they continued their way over to the elevators. The blond pressed the "up" button, the two only waiting a few seconds before the doors opened, revealing Shawn, standing inside, that same far-too-wide smile on his face. "Hello, Your Majesty, which floor?" he asked pleasantly.

Star and Marco shared a look, but didn't question how the deer man could possibly be inside the elevator and didn't even bother turning around to check and see if he was somehow still behind them, knowing he couldn't possibly be. So instead the young couple just shrugged, before stepping into the elevator, both saying at the same time, "Top floor, please."

The ride was a short one, but to Star and Marco it felt like an eternity. The elevator was dead quiet, only the slight hum from the machine providing any form of sound within, which quite upset Star. Seriously, one of the most powerful groups in the multiverse and they couldn't even put some elevator music in their "magical" elevator, something most human elevators would provide. And in the unnerving silence, Star couldn't help but feel her anxiety beginning to plague her some, her heart rate elevating with every floor. After all, this would be the very first time she had even met with the MHC by herself. Sure she had Marco, but every time before she had been accompanying her mom, this time Marco was accompanying her. She had never really even spoke to the commission before as far as she could recall, only Glossaryk and she wasn't sure how much he really counted. Now she was mere seconds away from standing in front of the most powerful group of magical beings in the galaxy. She really wished the ride would just hurry up, before her nerves got the better of her... or Marco for that matter.

If Star was feeling anxious she wasn't sure she could comprehend what her insecure and often shy-natured bestie was feeling. That was when she picked up on Marco's labored breathing, the boy trying to take in deep, shaky breaths to calm himself, but seemed to be failing to do so. She looked over at him and felt her heart clench at how panicked he looked. His face had paled, a look of dread on his scrunched up face, as well as a grimace that seemed to be his attempt to mask his fear and doubt. Sweat was beginning to drip down his face, as his skin started to turn a near sickly color. The poor thing, he looked like he was about to puke.

"Hey," Star said to him in the most calm voice she could and waited until Marco's nervous gaze fell upon her. "Remember just be you, okay?"

Marco swallowed, the muscles in his face relaxing some and his color returning a little, as he just nodded. She gave his hand a gentle squeeze of reassurance, but could offer him no more encouragement as a ding in the elevator sounded and the machine lurched slightly in warning, before the doors opened up wide, revealing the large chamber where the Magic High Commission were already sat waiting. Star reluctantly let go of Marco's hand, immediately missing the warmth and strength it provided her.

"Here we go," Star muttered, taking a single relaxing breath, before putting up the best royal mask possible, as she stepped regally and defiantly into the room. She felt Marco's presence next to her and she felt a mixture of pride and relief that he had followed in after her with zero hesitation. Star made sure to keep her gaze level with at least one member at all times, which was hard to do, since their seats stood several feet above the ground, making it so they literally towered over the two in an intimidating manner.

The two stopped in the center of the room, now practically surrounded on all sides by the MHC. "You wished to meet with us today, Magic High Commission?" Star asked politely.

"Actually, we stated we wished to meet with you," Heckapoo spoke up, hers arms crossed in front of her chest, giving Star an accusing look. "We never permitted you to bring along a friend." Everyone's attention shifted to Marco, who flinched but continued to stand tall at Star's side.

"Yes this is a sacred temple, only a select number of people should be permitted inside," Omintraxous added.

"This isn't just a friend," Star explained, trying to keep the contempt out of her voice. "This is one of my fellow members, the representative of the Monsters."

"Ah-ha, so your the one we've been hearing about, huh?" Rhombuls suddenly shouted, his voice full of disgust and hate, as he pointed one of his snake hands at the boy accusingly.

Star was about to speak up for her boyfriend, but to her surprise, it was Marco who spoke, his voice sounding much stronger than the blond royal was expecting, "Yeah, that's me. My name's Marco D-"

"Your the one who was raised by Toffee, right!" Rhombuls continued, his beady eyes narrowing on the boy's form.

"Well, sorta..." Marco hesitantly responded. "It was more like he let me live, while Buff Frog and the rest of the Monsters actually took care of me."

"Well I'm onto you, Monster spy," the magical being continued., slamming a hand down on his seat, menacingly. "And once I catch you in the act, I'm gonna freeze you in a crystal so strong no one will ever be able to get you out."

Marco shuddered at this, looking quite frightened by the threat and Star quickly jumped to his defense, forgetting who she was in the presence of for a moment. "Hey, don't threaten my boyfriend!" Star shouted up at Rhombuls. "He hasn't done anything wrong! In fact, he's the whole reason the Monsters aren't fighting us anymore. If anything, you should be showing him some gratitude instead of treating him like a common criminal!"

"Oh yeah, well-"

"Hey, knock it off, Rhombuls, or you go in the time-out corner again," Heckapoo scolded her fellow member, who looked at her in frustration.

"But-"

"I said no," Heckapoo interrupted again, a finality to her tone. "You can't freeze Star's boyfriend in crystal." This did finally silence Rubilax from further arguments, though it didn't stop him from grumbling to himself. Marco sighed in relief and Star relaxed as well, her protective rage ending now that she knew Marco was no longer in any danger.

"And as for you," Heckapoo suddenly said, turning to Star with a look of anger. "We will permit Marco to remain here, but if you speak to any one of us in such a manner again, no matter the reason, both you and your boyfriend will be removed from this dimension. Don't forget, you are only here because we have given you permission to do so, and we can just as easily take that away from you. Am I clear?"

Star felt her anger burst a bit, but held her tongue, reminding herself she needed to remain on their good side. Not to mention she couldn't help but feel slightly intimidated as the magical being continued to glare her way, waiting for a response. "Right, sorry. Won't happen again," she apologized, bowing her head in submission.

"Good." Heckapoo said, satisfied that she had gained control back over the meeting. She then cleared her throat and began again, "Now then, the reason we summoned you here, Princess Star Butterfly, as I'm sure you probably guessed, was to discuss your peace commission, whatever it was called."

Leckmet's bleating suddenly sounded, as every person in the room heard a voice in their head saying, "The Mewman Monster Peace Commission." Marco looked quite startled by this, looking around him to see where the voice could be coming from, but no one else seemed to notice.

Heckapoo raised a critical eyebrow. "Really that's what your calling it?" she said with a scoff. "Couldn't have come up with any better name?"

Coming from the Magic High Commission, Star thought to herself, but made sure not to let her contempt show. "We just wanted something simple and plain, something people could remember easy," the blond explained.

"Yeah, okay but, maybe you could have come up with something with a bit more flair. That name just sounds kinda dull."

Lekmet gave a quick bleat, which managed to snap Heckapoo out of her critiquing, as she returned focus back to the matter at hand. "Oh right, well regardless of the name, your commission is going to be starting up soon, correct?"

Star nodded. "Yes, I already gave you the proper paperwork you requested just the other day," the blond royal said.

"Well, then that just leaves which of us will be set to join your commission as an act of good faith.." Star mentally scoffed. An act of good faith? Yeah right. More like an act of mistrust. "And after much deliberation," Heckapoo continued, interrupting Star's thoughts and snapping her back into the moment. "The member we have chosen..." This was it, the success of her commission depended on the council's decision. Everything from this moment on would decide the fate of Mewni. "...is..." Star held her breath and mentally crossed her fingers. Though she wasn't sure why. She was still trying to decide which of them would be the least destructive to join. Who was she hoping she became stuck with? Her eyes scanning the room once, though none of them seemed all that promising of candidates.

Heckapoo clearly disapproved of her commission and the Keeper of the Scissors was sure to do everything in her power to see it destroyed. She could easily make life for Star quite difficult. Star really hoped it wasn't her. Omnitraxus wasn't any better, he too seemed to dislike Monsters and had pretty much said so. She doubted he would be doing anything in the way of helping build trust and good relations with Monster kind. And the farther away Rubilax stayed from Marco the better. That just left Lekmet or...

"...Glossaryk."

Star reeled back in shock from that line, blinking in confusion. "Glossaryk?" Star asked, making sure she had heard the Keeper of the Scissors correctly.

"Yes, is there a problem with that?" Heckapoo asked crossly, raising an eyebrow.

"No, not at all," Star quickly piped up, her voice squeaking a little. This almost seemed a little too good to be true, out of all the members Glossaryk was the absolute best possible one. After all, he was the one who had given Star the idea in the first place. He didn't seem to have any affiliation with the other MHC so it was unlikely he would try and ruin Star's plans or report back to them anything condemning. But she couldn't let them see her joy, so immediately hid it, clearing her throat before saying in a much more dignified tone, "We would be honored to accept any of the members of the Magic High Commission."

"Well that is excellent to hear, because he is ready to get started right away," Omnitraxus said.

Star's eyes widened at that. "Wait, now?" she questioned. "But the commission isn't even ready yet."

"Which is why we will be sending him to help you get set up," Heckapoo clarified, though Star almost heard a hint of a snicker in her tone, which was a little puzzling to Star.

But before she could question the meaning for this further, she felt a tap on her shoulder, before Marco leaned in closer to her. "Who's Glossaryk?" the hooded teen asked in a whisper.

"Why that would be me," Glossaryk replied, suddenly floating between the young couple and they both reeled back with a shout.

"Where did you come from?" Marco asked in shock.

"I've been sleeping in your hood this whole time," the small blue man explained and Marco looked suddenly creeped out, as he felt the inside of his hoodie, his face paling as he felt a sticky substance within. "Uhh," Marco shouted in disgust, looking down on the brown substance on his hand.

"Oh yes, sorry about the mess, I was eating pudding and with all your moving around I wasn't able to keep myself from spilling it."

"Glossaryk," Heckapoo suddenly said, drawing his attention onto her. Glossaryk regarded his fellow members with the same level of disinterest as usual, which led her to ask suspiciously, "You do remember your purpose and mission that we discussed."

"Please I was here at the dawning of time itself and created every single one of you and this commission, I think I can handle a simple task such as this," the magical being said, though his monotone voice was anything but convincing.

However, Heckapoo just nodded and said to Star, "Very good, then we leave this in your capable hands, Star Butterfly." As the blond felt their attention return to her, she bowed, Marco doing the same.

"I-" Star cut herself off, quickly correcting herself. "We won't let you down." She gave her boyfriend a small smile, which he eagerly returned.

"Very good," Heckapoo replied, all formalities, no hint of hostility in her tone. "Than I guess we have nothing left to discuss."

Before either Star or Marco could say anything more, Glossaryk began floating toward the elevator doors. "Well since we're finished then we should hurry and head downstairs, I want to help myself to some of Shawn's muffins before he throws them away."

Star and Marco shrugged and started to follow after, when a bunch of heavy bags landed on top of them, crushing them both under its massive weight. "Oh and do me a favor and carry those for me, would you."

"Sure thing," Star called back in a strained tone, trying and failing to sit up and push the dead weight off of her back. After several moments of struggling, the young couple finally managed to haul themselves out from under the bags, they began dragging them toward the elevators, grunting and groaning as they fought against the luggage's heavy weight, the going agonizingly slow. The commission watched this whole display with blank looks, waiting until the doors to the elevator shut, sealing the princess and her boyfriend from earshot, as Heckapoo let out a loud laugh. "Ha, well that went off without a hitch," she chuckled darkly to herself, moving so she was sitting sideways in her chair, relaxing her posture now that they were alone.

"I don't know, I still think I should have gone to oversee things," Omnitraxus spoke up, not sure this plan of theirs was a good one. "You know Glossaryk. He's not loyal to us in the slightest."

Heckapoo scoffed. "Glossaryk isn't loyal to anyone and that includes Star," Heckapoo pointed out. "Seriously we already discussed this. This plan of mine is perfect." Heckapoo smiled to herself at her genius, before continuing to brag. "Sure he may not help create a Monster free world or anything like that, but we all know what a pain that little blue man can be. And now he can go and be a nuisance to Star and we don't have to deal what that little pest anymore, it's a win-win."

Rhombuls laughed. "Ha, yeah, no more Glossaryk! This is the best day ever!" the crystal man declared, throwing his snake arms up as he cheered. He and Glossaryk had a very rocky relationship, the magical being often provoking and making fun of Rhombuls just to anger him and see him punished. The crystal man despised Glossaryk and now he didn't have to deal with him ever again.

"We should throw a pizza party to celebrate!" Heckapoo shouted in joy, and the others all cheered in agreement. All but Lekmet, who were still watching the elevator doors in solace. He had been the only one to vote against this crazy plan, but had been easily outvoted by the others. He didn't like the idea of pawning off Glossaryk to the future queen just because they disagreed with her ideals. It felt wrong and petty. But there was nothing he could do about it now, he was forced to just go along with it, silently holding his tongue. After all, what was done was done, it was not his place to disagree with the younger, more immature members. He just hoped Star and her friends could handle Glossaryk and all his mysterious, self-indulgent ways.

…

Jackie and Janna were sitting and playing a card game together as they waited for Star and Marco to get back from their meeting with the MHC, when they heard the familiar sounds of Star and Marco. They quickly abandoned their game and ran to go greet their friends."Hey, guys welcome ba-"

Jackie's greeting froze on her lips, as she and Janna took in the strange scene before them. A small blue man with an unreadable expression hovered in the air, his lazy, triangular eyes drifting around the castle in disinterest, while behind him, Star and Marco, as well as several guards were struggling to pull a large set of bags through the castle, all of them straining as they fought the massive weight.

"Hey Jacks," Marco panted out in greeting, giving her a tired wave. "You maybe want to help us with this luggage, please?"

"Yeah sure thing," Jackie replied, racing over to help, not that it did much good, the bags were still unbearably heavy. Janna didn't move to help, just walking behind the others, watching their slow progress, but none of her friends argued. Although Janna's Monster strength would be welcomed, they couldn't risk the guards discovering the girl's secret.

The skater kept looking over at their floating guest in confusion, before asking, "So who's this guy?

Star, noticing introductions were in order, said in a monotone voice, "Jackie this is Glossaryk. He's the one the commission sent to help us. Glossaryk this is the earth representative, Jackie Lynn Thomas."

The skater wasn't fazed by Star's lack of enthusiasm, more thrown off by her words than her tone. "Wait, I thought the MHC wasn't going to send a member until after we got started," Jackie pointed out.

"Yeah so did we," Star mumbled.

Jackie dropped her voice to a whisper as she asked, "So is him being here a good thing or a bad thing?"

"A good thing, he's on our side," Star instantly replied. But she frowned as she thought her words over carefully. "At least I think he is," she added with a shrug.

"Think?" Jackie repeated.

"Well, he was the one who gave me the idea for the Commission in the first place, bbbuuut..." Star bit her lip, trying to think of the best way to term this. "Everything else he said was kinda... strange."

"But he'll still be on our side, though, right? Jackie questioned.

"Wellll-"

"Is it just me or do these things keep getting heavier?" Marco commented from next to them, as he strained to pull the suitcases another inch.

"It's probably just us wearing out," Star replied, through gritted teeth. She gave the bags another pull, feeling like her back was thrown out of place from the strained effort. "Okay that's it," Star said with a sigh, letting go of the bag, causing the rest of them to stumble to try and keep the thing upright, as well as prevent themselves from being crushed underneath the massive weight.

Star held out her wand to the nearest wall, preparing herself to recite the spell she had been practicing for a few days now. She had been waiting to surprise the others with it when she made a new meeting room for them, but now she saw no other way around it. "Sparkle Glitter Bomb Expand!" she shouted. There was a bright flash as a bunch of glittery rainbows burst from the wand and streaked over to the wall. A second later, there was a small door in the place of where the wall once stood. "There," Star said proudly.

"Uhh and what did you just do?" Janna asked in confusion.

"I made Glossaryk a room so we didn't have to drag around his luggage anymore," Star explained. "Was that not obvious?"

"It was kinda hard to tell from the spell," Jackie admitted.

"Oh," Star said, waiting a beat before saying cheerfully, "Well then, Glossaryk why don't you go check out your room."

Glossaryk floated over to the door, snapping his fingers to open it, before hovering inside. Janna scoffed. "Show off," she mumbled, rolling her eyes. "We get it, you can do magic."

Star turned to her with a glare. "Hey be nice, don't forget he's a very important guest and-"

"Princess would you be a dear and throw away those bags for me?" Glossaryk's voice asked from within his room.

"Oh sure thing," Star called back to him immediately. She turned back to Janna, seemingly unfazed as she continued her scolding where she had left off, "...And we can't risk upsetting- wwwwait, what?!"

Star turned back to the small doorway in complete shock, her mouth agape and her eyes wide, everyone else's expressions matching hers perfectly. They could see Glossaryk inside, his back to them, surveying his new room. "Throw them away," the magical being repeated. "I'm no longer in need of them."

"B-But, aren't these your things," Marco stuttered, his own mind reeling in bewilderment.

Glossaryk slightly turned toward them, before replying nonchalantly, "Hmm, oh no, I don't own any things. Those are just a bunch of rocks."

"Rocks?" Star repeated, her brain now losing any functionality over the bizarreness of the situation.

Jackie unzipped one of the bags to check and see if the blue man was telling the truth and she wasn't all that surprised when her expectations became reality, as she far too calmly replied, "Yep, they're rocks all right."

"Wait, why did we just spend an hour carrying around a big pile of rocks?" Marco asked, looking around at the others for answers that none of them had.

"Maybe our esteemed guest would care to explain," Janna commented, her eyes frozen on the small figure and the others followed her gaze.

"Umm, Glossaryk," Star tried to ask politely. "Why did we-"

"Corn chip."

The whole room blinked, not sure where to even begin to interpret the bizarre explanation. "What does a corn chip have to do with us dragging bags full of rocks around?" Star asked.

"Nothing," Glossaryk replied, finally turning to face them. "I'm just hungry and would like some corn chips. As for why you carried around a bunch of rocks, I have no idea, I thought that was just a strange hobby of yours."

"But... you asked us to carry them?!" Marco exclaimed, looking beside himself with confusion.

"Oh, did I?" Glossaryk replied, looking thoughtful for a moment. "I don't remember that."

Star sighed, knowing this wasn't going to get them anywhere, so she simply said, in a strained tone, "I'll have one of the servants bring you a bag of corn chips and if you need anything else to make your stay more comfortable, please let us know."

She then began pushing her friends away from Glossaryk's room, leaving the poor knights to dispose of the heavy, useless bags. Once the four were back in Jackie and Janna's room and the door was slammed shut allowing them privacy and freedom to speak their mind, Janna spoke up, "So still think this guy is on our side?"

Star bit her lip, looking around at the other skeptical faces and shrugged sheepishly. "Well, I'm not a hundred percent sure, but he hasn't told on us to the Commission yet, so that's a start."

"He just got here," Janna reminded her.

"Yeah I know but, I don't think he would do that. He didn't seem to care all that much for the commission when we met. He's just a bit..."

"Weird," Marco supplied.

"Creepy," Jackie pitched.

"A pain," Janna added.

Star paused, before saying, "Okay, all of those. But just because he's strange doesn't mean he's a spy. He's just... eccentric."

"But how will we know if he is one?" Marco asked.

"We'll just have to wait and see, I guess," Jackie said with a shrug.

"In the meantime, I say we keep a very close eye on that guy," Janna spoke up. Jackie turned to her roommate with a raised eyebrow.

"Since when do you want to get involved in this stuff, Jan?" Jackie asked suspiciously.

Janna shrugged. "Hey, spying on a potential spy for one of the most powerful groups in the galaxy, now that is a bit more my style."

The others all shared a look with one another. "Yeah, good point," Marco said.

…

Once everything with Jackie and Janna was sorted out, Star and Marco made their way to the dining room, knowing that at this time the princess's family would most likely be eating lunch and Star wanted to inform them of what was going on. Not to mention that neither had eaten anything all morning thanks to the stupid Magic High Commission. They were greeted by cheerful chatter and small laughter echoing down the hallway and Star smiled, recognizing at least one of the voices belonged to her mother. Her mom hadn't been the happiest about Lily since she arrived, the two often butting heads (mostly caused by Lily mercilessly teasing her) but it seemed that the two were finally starting to calm down and get along, which was great news to Star, the last thing she needed right now was more drama.

Star peeked her head into the dining room, Marco doing the same, where they both saw an incredible sight: her mom, dad, and aunt sitting quietly and enjoying their lunch together. The blond royal was overjoyed that her mom and awesome aunt were finally able to eat a meal together without any conflict and Marco knowing how much both of their opinions meant to his bestie, was also quite satisfied to see everyone getting along. The two shared a look together, a knowing smile on both of their lips, before they turned back to the pleasant scene in front of them.

Lily looked over and spotted the two a second later, greeting her cheerfully, "Why hello, Star. And Marco as well, I see. We were just talking about you." Lily smiled over at Moon, who returned the gesture.

"Really?" Star said, as she approached the table and took her seat next to her aunt, Marco taking his on Star's other side.

"Yes, were talking about all the things you did when you were a baby," River spoke up, laughing as he devoured the corn on the cob he was eating.

Star flushed at that. "Oh no," she groaned face-palming, suddenly wishing Marco wasn't here. She looked over at her boyfriend and was relieved to see his attention was on his delicious tray of food rather than the conversation.

But that relief was short lived, as Lily suddenly asked the hooded teen, "Marco, did you know that Star used to steal her mother's crown and then wear it around her waist like a belt?" Lily laughed, as well as her parents.

Marco shook his head and said politely, "No, I didn't know that."

"Oh, oh, or how about the time she rode her first warnicorn, Moonpie," River spoke up, his hearty laugh infectious to all but his embarrassed daughter. "Remember that?"

"Oh yes," Moon said, smiling at the memory. "She took off and nearly made it all the way to the Forest of Certain Death if she hadn't fallen off."

"We never did find that warnicorn, though, did we?" River said, thoughtfully.

"No, we didn't," Moon replied.

"Guys, please stop," Star begged, feeling utterly humiliated.

But they all seemed to ignore her, as they continued on with their embarrassing tales. "Well, I remember when she used to call me 'Awnt Wiwy' and thought I was an actual flower and kept sniffing my hair, that was the cutest!" Lily supplied, her laugh returning.

Marco just listened in silence, smiling at this bit of information into his girlfriend's childhood.

Star, however looked mortified, sliding further and further beneath the table and burying her heated face in her palms. Finally she groaned loudly, shouting out, "Can we please talk about something else now, please?!"

Lily seemed to oblige her niece's demand, taking a sip of her tea, before asking, "Okay then, how did your meeting go, you two?"

"Oh yes," Moon said, remembering hearing about her daughter's summon earlier. "Did everything go well?" Queen Moon looked at her daughter expectantly.

"Oh well, uh, it went... okay," Star hesitantly replied, now sitting up straight in her chair again, her fingers drumming nervously on the table. She cleared her throat before adding, in a sheepish tone, "Actually that was something I wanted to talk to you about."

"Well, what is it, my dear?" River asked in concern. "Is something wrong?"

"Sorrrtttaaa..." Star said, slowly.

"Star, just tell us," her mother commanded, though she managed to also sound encouraging as well. And that push from her mom was all Star needed. "Okay, the commission decided our newest member is going to be Glossaryk," she blurted out.

"Glossaryk?" Moon replied in shock.

"Yeah the little blue guy, that floats around in the air," Marco explained to the Butterfly family.

"We know who he is, Marco," Lily said, sounding equally as jarred as Star's mom. "I just thought he was retired."

"That's what we thought, too," Star said, stabbing her fork down on her plate in frustration. "But apparently that didn't stop the commission."

"Well, that is surprising," Moon said, before trying to sooth her daughter's nerves. "But I'm sure you'll be able to deal with it when the time comes."

Star and Marco shared a look.

"Yeah, that's the... other thing," Star said hesitantly.

"What other thing?" Moon asked, raising an eyebrow in concern.

That's when the doors to the dining room opened, revealing Glossaryk, who looked in at all the shocked faces of the room, before saying, "Am I interrupting something?"

"Glossaryk, what on Mewni are you doing here?" Moon asked and Glossaryk turned to Star.

"You didn't tell her yet about my stay?"

"No," Star said with a sigh. "I was getting to that." She turned back to her stunned relatives, saying, "Yeah so, Glossaryk is kinda staying here as our guest for a while... surprise." Star did a weak little jazz hand flourish, as she gave her mother a sheepish grin.

"I see," Moon replied, not knowing what else to say.

Lily, on the other hand, recovered much faster, as she merely smiled and said in a vibrant tone, "Ah, well then, with his help I'm sure the work will get done all the faster."

Star noticing Glossaryk still stood in the exact same place as before, asked, "Did you need something, Glossaryk?"

"No, not really, I was coming to see if you needed me for anything, princess," Glossaryk responded, dully.

"Why would I need you for anything?" Star asked.

"Because there are piggoats running loose all over the castle."

Star and Moon both instantly bolted up from their chairs. "What?!" they exclaimed.

"Why didn't you say something sooner?" Star added.

"You never asked."

Star huffed in frustration, while River let out a barbaric roar, "Beasts in my castle, I shall handle this at once!"

"No, wait, dad," Star quickly said, drawing their attention onto her. "You guys finish eating, I'll go take care of it." She gave Marco a quick kiss on the cheek, before following Glossaryk out of the room, yelling over her shoulder, "I'll be back soon." But she appeared back in the doorway with a glare, pointing an accusing finger at her family. "And no embarrassing stories about me while I'm gone."

The blond royal didn't wait for a response as she disappeared once more. The room was silent for a moment, before Moon spoke up again. "How did piggoats even get in here in the first place?" she asked.

"I don't know, but I fear my daughters had something to do with it," Lily said with a sigh.

It grew quiet again after that, the Butterflies and Marco just continuing their lunch in near silence. The hooded teen was beginning to feel awkward without Star there and didn't know what to say to make conversation with the powerful rulers. Luckly, it was the queen who spoke once again. "Well, Glossaryk being here will certainly be... interesting," Moon finally commented and Marco looked up from his plate.

"Star seems to trust him, but Jackie and Janna don't seem to all that much," he admitted. "What do you think?"

Moon thought over her response. "In my experience, Glossaryk is a... mystery at best. You never know what he's going to do or why he's going to do it," she finally said and Marco felt his heart sink a little.

"So, in other words, you have no idea," Marco hesitantly asked.

"Not really, no. I've known Glossaryk for years and I never understood a single thing he ever did and I don't think I ever will." Moon eyed him carefully, before asking, "What about you, Marco? How do you feel about him?"

Marco shrugged. "I don't really know yet. But if Star says we should give him a chance, then I trust her decision," the hooded teen answered and Moon gave him a soft look.

Marco went back to his lunch, poking at it absentmindedly with his fork as he thought things over. River noticed the boy's long face and decided to lighten the mood by asking, "So my boy, would you like to hear about the time Star ate broccoli for the first time and ended up throwing it all over one of the servants?"

The hooded boy's face instantly brightened as he nodded eagerly. "Yes please!" Marco cheered excitedly. Moon, however, just glared at her husband for not respecting their daughter's wishes, but it quickly faded as she became lost in the memories as well. The room filled with cheerful laughter once more, as the Butterfly clan began recounting old memories of their child to her beloved boyfriend, Marco hanging on every word as his wish to learn more about his girlfriend was filled.

...

"Shoo, shoo, get out of here!" Star cried, as she herded the last of the piggoats out of the castle, giving them a hard smack on their behinds to encourage them to get moving. The animals obeyed, racing out the doors in a near stampede and Star watched them as they headed back in the direction of the shed they were kept in, being semi-led by a pair of very grateful farmers.

Star leaned back against the wall in exhaustion, trying to catch her breath, as she looked around at the now dirty floors of her home, small muddy hoofprints everywhere. "Thank you for your help, princess," one of the servants said, giving her an appreciative smile

"No problem," Star replied, giving her a wain grin in return. "Sorry about the mess they left, though."

The servant waved her off, saying, "Oh that's all right. That we can handle."

Star nodded. "Good, then if it's alright with you, I'll think I'll be off then," she said, trying to politely excuse herself.

"Of course, You Majesty," the servant replied, her and the others bowing respectfully.

Star watched the servants starting their task for a moment, before heading back toward the dining room, saying to the small blue man, "Well thanks, Glossaryk for the warning. I really appreciate it." But as she looked beside her, she noticed that the magical being was nowhere in sight. She did a full turn, searching for any signs of him, confused where the creature could have disappeared off to so quickly, calling out to him regularly, "Glossaryk?"

Finally, she gave up and shrugged, heading off to focus on a more important task, hoping he was staying out of trouble.

...

Marco opened the door to his room and was surprised to find his light was off. That was strange, he was sure he had left it on that morning. But thinking no more of it, he flicked the light back on and closed his door. But as soon as his back was turned, he heard two small voices shout out, "Surprise!"

He screamed and turned but was knocked back against the door as he was bombarded by hugs from the twins, who tackled him, giggling the whole time. "Welcome back, big brother!" Daisy shouted, her arms wrapped around his neck, nearly chocking him.

"We missed you!" Violet yelled, her small arms wrapped around his waist. The two hung limply off of him, still laughing like crazy.

"Hey girls!" Marco cheerily replied, hugging Daisy, to try and take some pressure off of his neck. "What were you two doing in here?"

"Waiting for you, duh!" Violet said.

"Well, your mom was looking for you," Marco said, as he finally set Daisy back down, causing Violet to release her grip as well. "You two wouldn't happen to have anything to do with a bunch of piggoats getting set loose in the castle, would you?" He gave them his best scolding look, but he needed much more practice, it looking more silly than threatening.

Still, the guilty look the two shared tipped Marco off that they were, in fact, the culprits. "We might have had a little something to do with it," Daisy admitted, folding her arms behind her back, while trying to convey just how sorry she was to the boy with her bright eyes.

"Well, it wasn't right," Marco scolded. "It caused everyone a lot of trouble."

The two lowered their heads in shame, tears beginning to brim in their eyes, as they mumbled out in unison, "Sorry, big brother."

Marco couldn't take their sadness any longer, feeling his own eyes growing damp as he pulled the two girls in for a hug. "It's okay, I'm not mad, don't cry," Marco quickly said, trying everything in his power to cheer the two up.

"You don't cry either, big brother," Daisy said, pulling a little out of the hug to wipe some of the tears out of the hooded teen's eyes.

After a second, Marco swiped his arm across his face, clearing it of any more liquid. "I'm alright," he reassured her, giving her a grateful smile. "But what were you two trying to do, anyway?" Marco asked curiously.

"We were trying to make an army of piggoats!" Violet exclaimed.

"Yeah, then we could ride them into battle," Daisy continued. "Just like all the other Queens of Mewni used to do."

This sparked Marco's interest. "Wait, where'd you hear that?" Marco asked.

"In one of your books," Violet said nonchalantly.

"Huh, I guess I haven't read that one yet," Marco said thoughtfully.

"Here, we'll show you which one it is, big brother," Daisy offered, pulling on the boy's hand until he followed, the young girl leading him over to the bookshelf. She pulled off the appropriate book and handed it to the boy. Marco looked at the cover and instantly recognized it. It was a brief history of Mewni, one he had purchased just the other day from Quest Buy. When he had seen it, he had been instantly intrigued, he wanted to know more about his people, since he had known literally nothing about them up until a few months ago, and he figured learning about their past was a good way to start. But, unfortunately, he had been so busy lately he hadn't even had time to start it.

"You two read this?" Marco asked, sounding quite impressed.

The two just shrugged. "We skimmed it," Violet replied honestly. "We only really read the parts that talked about all the battles."

Daisy crossed her arms. "Well I wanted to read the part about how unicorns were first made, but Violet wouldn't listen and kept turning the pages on me," Daisy added bitterly, glaring over at her twin sister.

"Well then, maybe we should let big brother read it to us," Violet suggested.

Marco was shocked to hear this, asking, "Me?"

"Yeah, read it to us, big brother!" Daisy squealed with joy, hopping up and down in eager energy.

Marco looked down at the book once again, a picture of some queen (Marco didn't know which one) with flowing brunette hair and a beautiful yellow dress holding a wand in the shape of a clock high into the air, her cheek marks, which were hourglasses glowing bright white. This had also immediately peeked his interest when he had found it, after all, that meant this had to do with Star's family, a topic he knew surprisingly little about.

I do want to read it and it would keep the twins quiet and out of trouble for a while, he reasoned with himself. He looked up at them with a smile, as he came to his decision, saying, "Sure, why not?"

The girls cheered as Marco took a seat on the floor and the two immediately rushed over to sit next to him. The hooded teen opened up the book, looking between the two as he asked, "So what do you two want to hear about first?"

The two just shrugged. "Whatever you want, big brother," Daisy said sweetly and Violet nodded in agreement.

Well at least their getting along, Marco thought, as he began flipping through the book, looking for something that caught his eye. Then suddenly, the book began to glow and Marco screamed and frantically tossed the object away from him in fright. Marco, Daisy, and Violet watched in shocked awe as the book, began turning itself, flipping through the pages wildly, until it suddenly stopped on a certain page and a figure began to rise from the book. Marco instinctively pulling the girls closer to him in protection, fearing the worst. But instead of whatever dreaded creature Marco was expecting, only the bored, unblinking form of Glossaryk appeared.

"Glossaryk?" Marco blurted out, taken aback to see their guest there. The twins, however, were astonished by the trick, clapping their hands together in joy.

"Yay, big brother used magic to summon a tiny troll!" Daisy cheered.

"Oh, oh, do it again, Marco," Violet begged, shaking the boy's arm. "Only this time, make a yucky goo Monster that covers everything is super gross slime."

"Eww, Violet!" Daisy cried, wrinkling her nose in disgust.

Marco finally recovered from his initial shock, quickly telling the excited kids, "No, no, I didn't make or summon him using any kind of magic... at least I don't think. This is one of the Magic High Commission."

"The Magic High Commission has a troll," Daisy said innocently, cocking her head cutely to the side as she observed the small blue man.

"Actually, I'm an all powerful being with complete knowledge of the universe and its dimensions," Glossaryk replied simply. "Or perhaps I am a tiny troll, it's your choice," he added with an uncaring shrug.

"Cooool," the twins said as one, Violet adding, "So then can you make a yucky goo Monster?"

"Yes," Glossaryk said bluntly. "Would you like me too?"

"Yeaaaaahhh," Violet said, with a mischievous grin.

"Whoa, wait," Marco quickly interrupted, waves his arms around in a panic. "Nobody is making any goo Monsters!"

"Aww," Violet sighed in disappointment, slumping her arms and pouting to herself.

Marco ignored this, his attention fully on the small blue man, "Glossaryk, what are you doing in my book?"

Glossaryk looked down at the book below him, saying, "Well, this was the biggest book I could find in the castle. Over 4000 pages, I'm impressed Marco. And it's actually quite a good read."

Marco wasn't sure what to make of that answer, his mouth hanging open for a moment, any and all words frozen on his tongue. But he shook his head free of the confusion as he again pried, "No, I mean why are you in my book?"

"Well I believe I just explained it."

"Yes, I know it's a big book," Marco said tiredly, this whole conversation was giving him a headache. "What I meant was, I'm just confused why you want to be inside a book in the first place."

"Well I needed some place to live," Glossaryk said simply.

"You live inside a book?" Violet now interrupted, her curiosity peaked.

"Isn't that kinda cramped?" Daisy also asked.

"Oh no, it's quite roomy once you get rid of all unnecessary paragraphs that are cluttering up the story," Glossaryk explained.

"Oh yeah, I get that," Violet said, nodding her head in understanding.

Marco, however, was still plagued with questions, all of which were swirling around his mind out of control. But not wanting to upset the very important being, he asked in a very careful and hesitant manner, "Um, Glossaryk. Not that I mind you living in my book, but what about the room Star made for you?"

"Oh that was much too big for my liking," Glossaryk responded, suddenly eating a chili dog which had appeared out of thin air. His triangular gaze suddenly held the boy's own and Marco nearly flinched in surprise. "I hope you don't mind if I stay in here for a while."

"N-No, of course not," Marco responded immediately, giving the being a sheepish smile.

"Good," Glossaryk said with a mouthful of chili. "Then would you be so kind as to take the book into my room, I don't think either of us want me to live on your bookshelf."

Marco sighed, but nodded solemnly. He stood up, closing the book and sealing the being temporarily inside it, before tucking it under his arm and heading to the room Star had made for the being. Daisy and Violet followed after, skipping beside the boy and chattering at a mile a minute to the quiet teen.

Above them, unnoticed to anyone, a small purple bat's eyes narrowed, as she watched the scene from her upside down perch. "Interesting," she mumbled to herself.

…

"The Kingdom of the Spiderbite?"

"Princess Penelope has agreed to join us, though I don't expect her to be available for a lot of meetings, what with all the... uhh, pests they still have to deal with."

Both Star and Lily shuddered at the thought of the creepy spider creatures that plagued the land of one of their neighboring kingdoms.

"Fair enough," Lily said, checking the area off of the list she held. "And we are confirmed for Pixtopia, correct?"

Star nodded and replied enthusiastically. "Yep, it's all set up."

"The Cloud Kingdom?" Lily asked, looking up from the paper, to stare at her niece, who frowned and crossed her arms.

"Pass," she said grumpily.

Lily sighed and said, "You know your gonna have to pick her eventually."

Star threw her hands up in anger, shouting, "Pony Head has like a billion sisters, why don't we just ask one of them?"

"Because they also try to overthrow her on a daily basis and aren't exactly the most..." Lily hesitated to try and think of the right word to say. "...trustworthy bunch."

Star groaned and slid down into her chair, covering her face with her hands. "I hate it when your right," the girl replied, in annoyance.

Lily calmly set the paper down on the small pile they were working on and folded her hands in front of her. She kept a close eye on her niece, as she asked, "So I presume we're still undecided on the Underworld Kingdom as well."

Star didn't respond just looking angrily at her boots. "I'm not talking to them," she said stubbornly.

The room was silent for a moment, as Star just continued to glare at nothing and her aunt watched her wearily. Though Lily knew that Star would have to make a decision soon, she didn't want to press her on the subject. She leaned back, staring up at the ceiling as she asked instead, "So, what do you make of Glossaryk?"

Star finally met her gaze, looking surprised, but she shrugged, replying, "Honestly I don't know. I mean, I think we can trust him, but, at the same time, he's just so strange and unpredictable. I told the others he was fine, but I'm not sure if I believe myself."

Star leaned her head on her hands, her thoughts racing, as she tried to figure things out. "Something just isn't right," Star admitted, voicing her thoughts out loud. "I don't think he's a spy buutttt, the commission wouldn't have sent him here unless they had something planned."

"I agree," Lily said. "But it's not like there is much we can do about it, I suggest just keeping an open mind and a sharp eye."

Star smiled over at probably her favorite person in the family. She threw her arms around her in a hug, saying, "Thanks, Aunt Lily. I needed to get things off my chest."

The older Butterfly held her niece close, laying her head on top of the girls, as she said, "You are very welcome, Star. Anytime you need to talk, I'm here."

There was a knock on the door that drew their attention, both pulling out of the hug and turning to it. "Yes," they both said at the same time, before sharing a look and giggling.

The door opened and Jak popped his head inside, looking over at the two (or rather one) nervously, his face slightly flushed. "Uhh, Your Majesties, Glossaryk is requesting to see you," he said, fighting around the lump in his throat as he stared at the beautiful green haired woman.

Star sighed but stood, her aunt doing the same. "Okay, thanks Jak," the blond said gratefully. The two headed out the door, but not before Lily stopped directly in front of the guard and said in a flirting tone, "Oh yes, thank you so much Jak."

Before the guard could stutter out a response, Lily leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek, before heading after Star with a knowing smirk on her face. She never turned around, even as the guard fell across the door, letting out a lovestruck sigh.

The blond did, however, watching the entire scene and just continued to study poor Jak's face, the look of pure puppy love unmistakable. At this point nearly every guard, knight, and servant in the castle shared this look and Star knew the meaning. She turned to her aunt with a scolding expression. "Seriously is there a guy in this castle you haven't kissed?" she asked accusingly, as she now matched her aunt's pace.

"Of course there is," Lily said, sounding offended by the statement. But her tone turned more mischievous as she added, "I'm saving them for later."

Star face-palmed. "Aunt Lilly," she groaned around her hand.

Lily just laughed, before saying lightly, "Oh relax, Star. This is just my way of showing appreciation toward the hard-working men of this castle."

Star turned to her aunt with a smirk, "Yeah well, at this point, I think every guy in this castle has a crush on you."

Lily said nothing but the look in her eyes told Star that she was aware of this fact and was quite proud of it. Star just shook her head and said nothing more on the subject, instead she focused her attention on the approaching room of their guest. The door was wide open and to her surprise, Marco was staring inside the newly-constructed room.

"Marco?" Star said in surprise, before racing over to greet her boyfriend.

Marco hearing his name and instantly recognizing the familiar voice, turned to his girlfriend with a wide smile. "Hey, Star," he greeted her with a hug.

"Wh-What are you doing here?" Star asked in confusion.

"Well, um, Glossaryk is apparently living inside one of my books," Marco explained, though he himself seemed a little bewildered as well. "And he asked me to carry it to his room."

"I... see," Star said, not actually seeing at all."So what's the problem?"

"The twins found out he was magic and asked him to... well, just look," the hooded teen stepped aside so his bestie could look in. Star, with a perplexed expression, looked inside the room, before her mouth dropped open in shock.

The room was now filled to the brim with pink, fluffy bunnies and some kind of creatures made of goo, the twins were covered head to toe with slime and pink hair and were staring at the floor sheepishly. Glossaryk floated over them with with an equally guilty expression and Star quickly drew her wand and shot magic at the creatures, making them all disappear in a flash of pink light.

Meanwhile, Lily gave her daughters and Glossaryk a scolding look, as she asked, "All right, which one of you did this?"

Daisy instantly pointed to Violet, Violet pointed to Glossaryk, and Glossaryk pointed to both of them. "Well in that case, you are all three grounded to your rooms for the rest of the night," Lily declared, her hands on her hips.

"Awww," all three groaned childishly.

"And, there will be further punishment to you two, Daisy, Violet, for creating a mess with those piggoats."

"How do you know that was us?" Violet asked huffily, glaring back defiantly at her mother.

"Because I do," her mom replied, matching the gaze and Violet deflated in defeat.

Lily jabbed a finger in the direction of the hallway, saying, "Bathroom, march."

The two trudged along with broken expressions, their mother following behind them. Marco watched the two go sadly, unable to keep himself from feeling bad for the two. He turned back to Star who closed the door behind her with a tired sigh. "Am I in trouble, too?" Marco asked, biting his lip cutely in worry.

Star held back the laugh that rose to her lips, taking a second to gush over how adorable the boy was. She shook her head and said, "No Marco, your not in trouble."

Marco let out a relieved sigh. "Good," he breathed, a hand to his pounding heart. "For a second there I thought you were gonna tell Buff Frog on me. I mean, I didn't help them in any way, but I couldn't really stop them from making a mess."

Star put an arm around the boy's waist, pulling him closer to her as buried her head in his shoulder, taking in his scent. Now this was what she needed to relax. "Come on, bad boy," she said teasingly. "There is a sunset with our name on it."

The two headed down the hallway with a carefree look, content just being next to each other. They walked by a large plant, not really paying it any mind as they passed. A second later, the whole thing shifted and shook as it lifted up out of its pot, revealing the dirt-smudged face of Janna, who watched the door to Glossaryk's room closely. "Hmmm," she hummed to herself thoughtfully, her eyes narrowing. The half-Monster girl looked left and right of her, making sure she wasn't spotted, before slowly lowering back into the depths of the pot, disappearing from sight.

...

The evening came and it brought with it a tranquil quiet. One that the residents of Butterfly Castle were able to enjoy for all of about ten seconds before a loud booming noise sounded in the heart of the castle, rattling the walls and sending every guard into a frenzied panic. Jackie, who had been sitting on her bed listening to her headphones, jolted up in panic and recognizing that the deafening noise had come from the room next to hers, quickly ran out the door and over to the neighboring room.

She pounded on the door, still panting from the scare as she called out in concern, "Glossaryk, are you okay?"

There was no reply and Jackie tried the knob but found it locked.

She banged on the door a few more times with her fist, her worry growing as she continued to shout, "Glossaryk? Hello? Are you in there?"

A few guards and knights appeared in the hallway, led by known other than the general herself, Skullnick, who looked as annoyed as ever. "What is going on?! What was that noise?!"

"It's Glossaryk," Jackie explained, gesturing to the locked door. "The noise came from in his room, but he won't answer."

"Step aside, I'll show you how it's done," Skullnick growled and the skater obeyed, giving a wide berth to both the door and the very angered troll. The general stormed over to the freshly made door and, without even bothering to knock, pulled out a large ax out of seemingly nowhere, much to Jackie's horror.

The light-haired girl, as well as the rest of the general's frazzled crew could only watch in fright as the general lifted the sharpened weapon high above her head, preparing herself to strike. But just as she began the swing, the door flew open and Glossaryk appeared in the doorway, watching blankly as the battle ax sailed right toward him.

"Wait!" Jackie screamed in panic, throwing herself at the general and managing to throw her aim off just enough so that she missed the powerful being, the weapon whoosing past the emotionless man. Jackie's felt something in her arm, snap from hitting the strong, muscular troll lady, but managed to suppress the cry of pain. Jackie landed on the ground hard, putting a hand to her now aching arm, but she quickly checked to make sure Glossaryk was okay and sighed in relief to see he was fine.

Skullnick was shocked and, for once, speechless as her face paled, guilt and worry flowing through her over nearly killing the highly important guest and injuring a mere child in her recklessness. "Um, I-I'm sorry," Skullnick stared, her normally strong tone wavering in fear of what the MHC member would say. "W-we couldn't get inside and-"

"Can I help you?" Glossaryk asked, as if the near-death experience had never happened.

Skullnick stood in shock for only a moment, before she recovered, quickly explaining in a far stronger tone, "Yes, we heard a-"

"Hold on a moment," Glossaryk interrupted, as he flew over to where Jackie was standing with some help from the guards, who held her in a tight grip to keep herself from falling back down. "Are you alright," the being asked, almost concern in his tone.

Jackie shrugged, shaking off the guards as she said in a calm tone, "I'm fine. I've been hurt worse from falling off my skateboard." And it was true, the initial pain from the hit far less intense from the strong, but not overwhelming throbbing that coursed through her limb.

Glossaryk nodded, before he patted her arm and floating back over to the general, who didn't look happy with being ignored.

"All right, now what were you saying?" Glossaryk asked.

"We heard a loud noise coming from your room and were coming to check on you," Skullnick explained, trying to mask her annoyance, though she didn't do a great job.

Glossaryk didn't seem to care though, as he said thoughtfully, "Ah yes, it was just a harmless explosion. Nothing to worry over."

"An explosion!" Skullnick burst out, all attempts to appear presentable flying out the window, as her anger skyrocketed. "How can you call an explosion harmless?! This castle has been through enough trouble lately without someone, even as important as you, risking everyone's safety!"

Star, who had also been following the sound of the explosion, heard the general's rant as she neared the corner, cringing at the loud tone. Oh no, what did Glossaryk do now? The blond royal thought as she picked up her pace to a run. She didn't know what the peculiar being had done to anger the general but whatever it was must have been pretty bad for her to lose her composure like that. Normally, she acted really dignified around foreign dignitaries.

Once she turned the corner, Star could only grimace at the sight of Skullnick glaring just inches away from Glossaryk's face, her face turning red with anger and her fists shaking they were so tightly clenched. She quickly approached Jackie, putting an arm on her shoulder to gain her attention as she asked in a whisper, "What's going on?"

"If I knew I would tell you," Jackie replied, looking as lost as Star was.

"Well, nobody made me aware that I wasn't allowed to do that, but now that I know I will be sure to keep that in mind in the future," Glossaryk responded. This didn't seem to calm Skullnick in the slightest, but Glossaryk ignored her fuming, as he flew back over to his door, saying, "Now if you'll excuse me, I have more work to do."

Before Skullnick could respond, the door slammed shut and the general growled under her breath, "Lousy magic users. Thinking their above the rules, their worse than the Monsters."

She turned and began marching back the way she had come, shouting out an order to her men. "Come on, idiots! Let's go!"

The knights and guards all scrambled to follow after her, leaving just Jackie and Star, neither girl knowing what to make of the situation. Star sighed, looking tired. "Great, so now Skullnick is angry and fighting with Glossaryk. Just lovely," she said sarcastically.

Jackie put a hand on Star's shoulder. "Hey, it's okay. Skullnick's always angry, she's constantly looking for someone to get in a fight with," Jackie joked and Star smiled.

"Yeah, I guess your right," the blond responded halfheartedly. "I guess I just expected today to go differently with who I thought was our ally staying here." She gestured needlessly over at the door and Jackie nodded, knowing exactly who she was talking about even without the hint.

"Yeah, fair enough. Sorry Star," Jackie apologized, pulling the girl into a comforting hug.

Star accepted it, letting the stress melt off of her in the warm embrace of her close friend. "I just really hoped he would be on our side, but I feel like he's nothing but trouble," she admitted softly.

The skater finally released Star from the hug, but kept a hand on her shoulder. "Hey it's only been a day, at least give him some time, to y'know, adjust," Jackie suggested.

"Yeah, your right, you and Aunt Lily really are too smart sometimes," Star said, sounding a bit more lighthearted and far less stressed.

"And don't you ever forget that," Jackie joked, with a mock cocky smirk and the two burst into laughter.

"Would you two mind keeping it down, some of us are trying to focus," Glossaryk's annoyed voice called from his room and the girls quickly covered their mouths to muffle their giggles.

Once they had calmed down, Star gave Jackie one of her bright smiles, and said cheerfully, "Well, I better head to bed. It's going to be another long day, tomorrow."

Jackie, glad to see her friend doing better, watched her go and waved after her. She didn't drop her arm until the girl disappeared down the hallway.

Once she had though, a realization came to Jackie with a start, as she looked down at her arm, the arm that she had injured from slamming into Skullnick, the one Glossaryk had patted a moment later. She had been so distracted that she hadn't even noticed, when he had touched her, a warmth had filled the limb and she had been able to use her arm without any problem since.

The skater turned to the guest bedroom with surprise, her mouth hanging open. But it switched to a smile, as she realized maybe Glossaryk wasn't nothing but trouble after all.

Meanwhile from a vent on the wall opposite, a pair of searching brown eyes held a binocular up to them, watching the light-haired girl's every move as she went back into her room and closed the door. "I think I have everything I need," a voice declared to no one but the spiderwebs and rats scurrying about the ventilation system she was in.

…

It was late that night, Star asleep peacefully in her bed, when the door to her room began creaking open, light flooding the area and highlighting the royal's face. The girl groaned and rolled over, her still unconscious form more annoyed by the light than anything else. A form tiptoed over, until it stood beside the blond's bed. A flashlight flicked on a second later, highlighting the intruders face, mysteriously, revealing a pair of brown eyes and fangs, the girl in full Monster form. "Star," Janna said and the princess peeped open an eye.

Star screamed in fear, as she stared at the creepy face, jumping up from her bed, grabbing her wand off her nightstand and preparing to fire. But through the added glow of her wand, she was able to recognize the creepy face as none other than Janna and she huffed in annoyance. "Janna, you nearly gave me a heart attack!" the blond royal hissed at her friend, as she dropped back down onto the soft mattress, a hand to her racing heart.

Janna made a shushing motion and Star reluctantly obeyed, as she watched the creepy girl crawl onto the bed beside her, the light flashing around the room recklessly for a moment,from it's owners jerky movements. Once she was situated Janna held the light level so it wasn't shining in their eyes, as they talked. "What are you doing here, anyway?" Star asked, keeping her voice down to a whisper. "It's the middle of the night?"

"I think I figured out who's side Glossaryk is on," Janna answered proudly, ignoring the second question altogether.

Star instantly switched from annoyed confusion to burning interest as she gripped the half-Monster girl's shoulders asking in a barely suppressed yell, "You do, how?!" The light once again bounced randomly around the room, before coming to halt.

"Okay, calm down, geez," Janna said annoyed, shrugging off the girl's surprisingly strong grip. "I've been spying on him all day, remember, and I think I've put it all together."

Star waited, with very little patience for the girl to continue, but it seemed Janna was insistent on holding for a moment in suspense, leaving the blond to prompt, "Go on."

"You know I had this whole thing planned out," Janna said in irritation. "The dramatic build up, the unexpected reveal, the works, and I don't really appreciate you messing it up."

Star leaned in closer to her friend with a commanding frown, telling her, "Just get to the point!"

"Okay fine, way to kill the suspense." Janna rolled her eyes and said dryly, "He's not on anyone's side."

Star froze, her body unmoving for a full minute, and her blue eyes unblinking, as she stared ahead at seemingly nothing. "Star?" Janna questioned, waving a hand in front of her face, getting no response. Finally, the teen did the only thing she could think of, shining the flashlight directly into Star's face.

"Ow, Janna!" Star screamed, rubbing at her eyes, spots filling her vision, as she was rendered temporarily blind.

"And see, this is why I wanted to ease you into it, instead of just blurting it out, because I didn't want to melt your brain," Janna said, as she lowered the flashlight, giving her friend a smug look, despite her not being able to see it.

But Star could easily pick up on her know-it-all tone and let out a short breath. "Well I obviously didn't think you were going to say that," Star retorted, defensively. Her vision now clearing, she faced her friend asked, "And what do you mean by that, anyways?"

Janna shrugged. "Exactly what I said, Glossaryk doesn't have any allegiance one way or the other, he basically just does whatever he wants, he only helps out when he wants to and from what I can tell, that can be pretty random."

"Well no duh," Star shot back, crossing her arms. "I already knew all of that, he told me that the day we first met."

Janna froze for a moment, the tables turning as she found herself the one caught off guard and perplexed. "So what your saying is, I just wasted my entire day spying on that weird blue man, who spends a surprising amount of time airing out his robes by the way..."

"Ew," Star groaned in disgust.

"Only for me to tell you exactly what you already knew," Janna finished and Star gave her sheepish look.

"Uh pretty much," Star said hesitantly.

Janna let out a long sigh, before declaring in annoyance, "That's the last thing I ever do anything for you." She rose off the bed and started heading for the door, with a frown.

Star waited until her door closed once again, before falling down onto her pillows in a slump. "Great, back to square one," she said to herself, dejectedly. She rubbed her palms into her eyes, trying to think of her next move. "What am I supposed to do, now?" she asked her empty room. "I'm no closer to getting Glossaryk on my side than I was yesterday." She let out a tired sigh, knowing she was left with only one option left. "No more beating around the bush, tomorrow morning, I'm gonna have to talk to him."

…

The next morning Star softly knocked on the door to Marco's room, alerting him to her presence, as she slowly pushed it open. But she was surprised to find not one form underneath his soft covers but rather three, one large, two small. Star walked over to the lumps, and smiled down at the sight of her boyfriend and her two little nieces cuddling him under the sheets. Her heart skipped at beat at the cute scene and she felt almost bad for having to ruin the moment (not to mention for forgetting her camera). But, seeing no other choice, she reached a hand down and gently shook the boy's shoulder, calling to him in a quiet tone, "Marco."

The boy's eyes blinked open and he looked up into the sky blue orbs of his bestie, a wain grin lighting up his face as he recognized her. "Hey Star," he said groggily.

Star sat down on her knees beside his bed, giving him a gentle kiss on the forehead. She ran a hand through his soft, but tangled locks as she asked, softly, "What are the twins doing in here?"

Marco didn't hear the question though, too busy reveling in the feeling of the girl's fingers brushing against his skin for a moment and leaning into her gentle touch. "Hmm," he asked, a loving grin on his face, before he finally processed the girl's words. "Oh! They had a bad dream, so they asked to sleep in here with me and I couldn't just say no."

Star smiled down at him, loving how big a heart her Marco had, always caring for others before himself. "Well I was on my way to go talk to Glossaryk this morning and I was wondering if you would come with," Star said, before admitting sheepishly, "I could really use the support."

Star wasn't surprised when Marco instantly nodded, saying in a reassuring tone, "Yeah, of course, Star. Anything for you."

Marco sat up from his bed, Star trying not to coo over how cute he looked in his blue pj's. The twins groaned from the sudden disappearance of the warm blanket, Violet rolling over onto her other side, while Daisy felt around for the missing sheets.

"Violet, give me back my blanket," Daisy's snoozing form groggily commanded.

"No, only after you give me back mine," Violet slurred back, her face scrunching up in anger.

The two teens shared a look and had to cover their mouths to stifle their laughter. Even in sleep, it seemed the young girls couldn't help but fight. Marco tenderly laid the blanket back across the two, tucking them in tightly before taking Star's hand and following her out of his room.

…

A few mintues later, that were at his door, knocking as they tried their best to gain his attention. "Glossaryk, can we come in?" Star asked, waiting for a response that never came. She frowned and knocked again, tempted to just throw the door open regardless of their guest's wishes. Jackie peeked her head out of her own room, curious over where the loud racket was coming from on this early morning. Seeing Star and Marco standing outside the neighboring room, she quickly went over to join them, asking Marco once she had reached them, "What's up?"

The boy, who was trying to comb down his messy bed head with his fingers, looked over at his friend and answered, "Star wanted to talk to Glossaryk about something."

"Oh yeah, that reminds me," Jackie said, snapping her fingers in remembrance. She turned to the blond, who was staring intensely at the still-closed door, almost trying to will it open. "Hey, Star you'll never guess what happened to me yesterday-"

But before the skater could finish her story, the door was suddenly opened by a small butler man with eight eyes. All three teens took an immediate step back, flabbergasted by the strange sight. "Can I help you?" the man said, in a thick British accent.

"Um, we wanted... to speak to Glossaryk," Marco spoke up hesitantly, his two friends brains still too frazzled to form words.

"Ah yes, of course, he's been expecting you," the butler opened the door wider and gestured for them to enter. The three obeyed, stepping inside, once again caught off guard by the drastic changes within the room. It was now three times the size and to their surprise was filled with magical creatures and being of all shapes and sizes, who seemed to be having some sort of party.

"Where did all these guys come from?" Star asked, looking around at the dozens of unfamiliar being around them.

Jackie looked around at the suddenly enormous room, commenting, "Huh, nice digs."

Star massaged her forehead with the tips of her fingers, feeling a headache beginning to form. It was way too early for this. "Okay, let's just find Glossaryk and get this over with."

"But where is he?" Marco asked, his eyes scanning the giant, crowded room for any signs of the small blue man.

The sound of someone clearing their throat, drew the teens attention to behind them, where the same butler from before said, "Right this way, please. Follow me." He then began pushing his way into the crowd and the three watched him for a second, before looking between each other and shrugged. They quickly caught up with him, as he led them to wherever it was Glossaryk was residing in his own room.

Marco was struggling to keep up with them in the tight and confining crown, when suddenly, he tripped on something and nearly fell, but was caught by an arm. "Whoa watch it there, buddy," came the oddly distorted voice of his savior. Marco was lifted back up to his feet and the teen turned and thanked whoever had saved him. He was slightly startled to see that this creature was a large triangle thing (reminding him quite a bit of a nacho chip) with a large yellow eye and a top hat. His long black arms were fiddling with the olive in the champagne glass he held. "No problem there, Hoodie," the creature replied to his gratitude, his big yellow eye, studying him up and down, making the boy feel very uncomfortable.

Marco considered questioning why this being had referred to as his favorite choice in fashion, when he was still in his pj's, but was unable to as they being spoke again. "But if you really want to thank me, how's about you and I make a deal, huh? Solve this little crisis you're having?" The being leaned in closer to Marco, elbowing him in the shoulder.

"Um, there's no crisis," Marco said quickly, seriously wanting to get away from this creature... now. He was giving him bad vibes. "I mean, there's a few problems but no crisis."

The triangle didn't seem to buy this, as it asked whispering into Marco's ear, "Come on, Hoodie, you can't fool me. Don't you want to know who's behind your girlfriend's little kidnapping attempt or not?"

Marco felt his heart skip a beat. How did this weird, shape thing know about that? The boy opened his dry mouth to respond, when he heard a call from none other than Star. "Marco, come on!"

The boy turned for a second to see his girlfriend and his friend waiting for him to catch up to them, before turning back to the triangle.

But to his surprise, the creature was gone, disappearing into thin air, no trace left behind to show he was even there to begin with. The boy tried to ignore this strangeness as he ran to catch up to his friends, but found himself gazing back at the area, uneasily.

Once the three were reunited, the butler finished leading them to the very far corner of the room, where a pedestal sat, with Marco's history book laying closed on top of it.

None of them knew how to react to this or what to do next, just staring at the book unsure. "So, do we just open it or what?" Marco asked his friends and both girls shrugged.

"Knock," the butler said out of nowhere.

"What?" Star asked him, all of them giving him a confused look.

"Your boyfriend asked what to do and I just told you, it would be polite of you to knock."

The three blinked once, before Star said, "Uhh, right. Thank you for your help."

"It is my job," the man said. "Now if you'll excuse me, one of our guests has set down a full cup of punch without using a coaster. I must attend to the mess," he finished dramatically, bowing to them and walking away.

The teens attention was quickly drawn back to the book, as Jackie said, "Well go ahead, Star. Knock."

Star took a deep breath to prepare herself, before walking over to the book, and carefully rapping her knuckles against its cover. She took a step back, the three now all watching as they waited for something to happen. Several seconds passed and the book remained closed, prompting Marco to ask, "So, is he asleep or-"

Suddenly the book flew open, the pages turning wildly and the three teens let out an instinctive shout, clinging to each other for sudden protection. But they recovered quickly, pulling away once more as they watched Glossaryk surface from the still rapidly turning pages, yawning and stretching his arms.

"Well I was, until someone woke me," the blue man replied to Marco's earlier question.

"Sorry to wake you, Glossaryk," Star apologized quickly, wanting to get straight to the point, knowing the longer it took the weirder and more confusing things would get. "But I wanted to ask you something."

"Yes, I know, I expected you to come," Glossaryk replied, much to Star's surprise.

"Then why were you asleep," Jackie asked.

"Well, Reynaldo told me you would be here much later. Thanks for that by the way," Glossaryk loudly called to one of the guests, a bald giraffe in a white robe.

"The striking of the hours and the seconds of the day, are all too similar but will come either way," Reynaldo replied mysteriously.

The three teens blinked, Marco asking, "Uh, what?"

Glossaryk sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Reynaldo can only speak in rhymes. Its gets very old, very fast," he explained to the three, looking and sounding very annoyed.

"Great, so anyways-" Star started, trying to get back on track to the reason they were there.

But Glossaryk ignored her and turned back to the giraffe, who was still reciting rhyme after rhyme to anyone unfortunate enough to be within hearing distance of him, and shouted out, "Yes, thank you, Reynaldo. Keep... doing what your doing, from way on the other side of the room."

The giraffe did take Glossaryk's advice and wandered off, still spouting out more gibberish as he went. "Now what can I help you three with this morning?" the being asked, as he created a donut and coffee mug, and beginning snacking away on the fabricated treats.

Star stared blankly at him for a moment, before shaking her head free from the annoyance and confusion she was feeling as she forced her mind to focus on the matter at hand. "Okay look, I get that your going for the whole weird all-knowing being image and all that," Star said, doing a little wave of her hands for emphasis, as she fought the urge to roll her eyes. "But, right now, I need you to give me an honest answer. No weird magic stuff, no trying to change the subject, and no mysterious mumbo-jumbo. Just a yes or no answer, okay?"

Glossaryk nodded and said, "I can do that, yes."

"Good," Star breathed out in relief. But her voice grew serious as she asked, "Then I need to know. Are you going to help me with the commission or not?"

Marco and Jackie held their breath as they waited for Glossaryk's reply, Star's eyes remained trained on him as she waited for his answer. "Why does it matter one way or the other?" Glossaryk asked.

This was not what Star had expected him to say, opening her mouth to respond, but found no words there. "I, um- Well- I-I just," Star stuttered out in surprise, unable to form a coherent sentence at the moment.

"Your going to continue doing what you want regardless of my assistance, correct?"

"Well yes, but-"

"And your commission will still form whether or not I'm a part of it."

"Yeah."

"So then, why do I concern you so much?" Glossaryk asked outright.

Star took a moment to respond to that one. Why did she care? So what if Glossaryk wasn't the most helpful person ever, so what if he was confusing and hard to follow sometimes? He wasn't really in the way of anything. It wasn't like he had done anything to thwart their efforts to make a Monster-Mewman paradise. Yes, he was strange and confusing and most of the time unhelpful, but he was just being himself, right? What was so bad about that?

"I guess... I just overreacted," Star admitted, playing with a strand of her hair, sheepishly. But as she continued, she began talking faster and faster, with no way to stop herself. "It's just, when we first met and you were the one who gave me the idea for all of this, I guess I thought that you were gonna help me figure stuff out, cause there's still so many decisions I still have to make and I don't have the right answers right now. I don't want to mess things up, I can't mess things up cause if I do I fail everyone, the Monsters and my family and Marco! And I can't let him down. I don't want to be the reason his family gets hurt!" Star panted once she had finished, tears brimming her eyes, as she looked down at the floor rather than her two friends behind her. She didn't know why she had said all those things, some of them she hadn't even known had been bothering her until she had said them. But once she had started confessing she hadn't been able to stop, letting all the dark thoughts that had plagued her mind for the last couple of days out into the open and though she felt she could breathe easier now, she was now worried what the others would say.

The blond royal sniffed, wiping away the tears in her eyes, trying her best not to show the uncertainty she felt, as she waited for one of her friends or Glossaryk to speak. And when she felt a tender hand on her shoulder, she knew it had to be Marco even before he spoke. "Star, you could never disappoint me. Even if you did mess things up, even if..." Marco swallowed, not wanting to even voice the thought out loud. "Even if we couldn't make this plan work, I wouldn't blame you for it." Star turned around to face him, taking in the soft, caring look in his eyes. "Your the most important person in my life, Star. Nothing you do could ever make me feel about you any different than I do right now."

Star gave him a soft smile, before pulling him closer to her, not caring that they no doubt had an audience as she kissed him, pouring her gratitude and love into the breathless action, rubbing a hand against his cheek causing his suns to spin from her touch, as her other arm remained wrapped around him in a hug. When the two finally pulled away, both panting for breath, she said, "Thanks Marco. I needed to hear that."

"It seems to me, you don't need my help any, princess" Glossaryk suddenly spoke, forcing the two teens to peel their gaze away from the other's beautiful eyes and onto the small blue man. "Your instincts are more on point than you might think and whenever those fail you..." He now looked between the two of them and even Jackie for a moment, before adding, "You have two loyal friends who would go to the ends of the multiverse and beyond for you."

Star looked between her two friends with a wide grin, as she nodded, agreeing with Glossaryk for once. "Yeah, your right. I do."

"And Star, you don't have to keep stuff like this bottled up and try to deal with it on your own," Jackie said, stepping closer to her friend. "Tell us so when your worried about stuff we can help you work through it, that's what we're here for."

Star nodded, feeling dumb for not remembering that sooner. "Okay, thanks Jacks."

"Well it seems my work here is done," Glossaryk said, satisfied, starting to lower himself back into his book.

But Star quickly stopped him, calling out, "Wait, wait, wait. Was... was this your plan all along? Were you doing all of this, just so I would end up confessing?" Of course, it all made sense now, this had all been some weird test by Glossaryk, acting strange and unhelpful to force her to face her insecurities. Wow, maybe Glossaryk really was more genius than he let on.

But Glossaryk only shrugged and said, "Maybe, I have no idea." And with that he vanished back into the book, which flipped closed, sealing up once more.

Star blinked. Or maybe he was just a crazy weirdo. "So uh, what just happened?" Marco asked the others.

"I have no idea," Star said with a sigh. "But I'm pretty sure it's best that we just roll with it and try not to think about it too much." She turned, putting an arm around the boy's shoulders as she went to lead him out of the chaotic, nonsensical room, before either his or her brains could melt. The three teens froze when they saw the room was now empty, though still in its enormous size and Marco once again opened his mouth to speak.

"Just let it go, Marco," Jackie suggested and the hooded teen nodded, looking around the room as he allowed Star to guide him out. Once they were back in the real world, where everything made sense (somewhat), they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well that was... strange," Star said, probably summing up best what the others were thinking.

"Agreed," Jackie said with a nod. "But hey, at least we don't have to worry about Glossaryk spying on us to the commission."

Star nodded, feeling quite relieved by that fact. "True."

"Now if you'll excuse me," Jackie continued. "I'm gonna go and practice a bit on my skateboard. I need to clear my mind a bit after all that." She took off in the direction of her room to retrieve her precious item, waving back to them as she called out, "Catch you later, guys."

"See ya, Jacks," Star yelled back, returning the wave. Once the door to the skater's room closed, Star turned to Marco. "So, Marco do you have any plans for the day?" she asked hintingly.

Marco thought for a moment, before shaking his head. "No, not really. Do you have something in mind?"

"Weeeellll," Star said, in a flirting tone, twirling a strand of hair around her pointer finger. "There's a corn festival going on in town and I was wondering if you would like to go.

"Sure that sounds fun!" Marco said eagerly, a bright smile lighting up his face.

"Great, then it's a date!" the blond said, before leaning over and kissing her boyfriend on the cheek, who blushed wildly.

"A-A date!" Marco squeaked out, his heart hammering away in his chest like crazy. "L-Like a date, date? Between you and me?" Marco asked quickly, his voice still a girlish squeal from panicked delight. Star just grinned at him, her bright blue orbs lighting up as she stared lovingly at him and the boy felt like he might melt, his stomach flipping uncontrollably from the beautiful look.

"Well, that is the whole idea," Star said teasingly. "We are dating after all."

Marco took a moment to let that sink in, his brain going completely numb from how blindingly beautiful his girlfriend was. Sometimes it overwhelmed him with how lucky he was to be dating the magical princess. He swallowed, trying to wet his now dry mouth so he could respond to his Star. "Okay then, let's get going!" Marco shouted excitedly, nodding vigorously, grabbing the girl's hand and dragging her down the hallway, ready to begin.

Star laughed at her adorable bestie, before saying, "Um, Marco, aren't you forgetting something?"

Marco skidded to a stop and turned back to the blond with a lost look. "What?" he asked.

Star pointed down at Marco's form, a barely suppressed laugh stretching her face, and the boy followed her look, spotting the bright blue pajamas he was still wearing. The boy lit up red once again, as he said sheepishly, "Oh, I should probably change first I guess."

And that's the end of that one! I hope you all liked it and Glossaryk. Glossaryk is harrrddd to write. Being my least favorite character, getting into his mindset was a challange, so I decided, he's as random as can be in the show, why change that? I wanted him to be the MHC member there, as I feel it makes the most sense, since he won't do everything in his power to ruin Star and Marco's plans for a better future. He won't be in it a ton, I kinda like the idea of him just kinda hanging out at the castle, doing his own thing and the others just kinda dealing with him when need be. For all you Glossaryk fans out there, I did my best.

So anyways, I have a bit of an announcement I want to make. See since it is Starcoweek and with show ending and all I've decided to go ahead and do all the prompts for it! So I will spend most of this week and some of next week possibly to get them done. I already technically missed the deadline for day one, since it was today but it crept up on me and was a bit of a last minute decision, plus like I said at the beginning of this chapter, I was without power for a few days and couldn't work on it. Now you may be wondering why I'm informing all of you of this, well it's because I will be using these set of characters for some of the prompts and they will be cannon to the story. So if you want some short Starco stories, this will be a great place to go. In fact, if you were wondering how their date went for this one well... Day 1 is Awkward Dating Moments, so at least part of it will be on there. It should be up on this site tomorrow, hopefully, under Starcoweek5 or something like that, you should be able to find it pretty easy.

So the next chapter may get pushed back a bit, but it will hopefully be up in three weeks. It's not too long (I don't think at least) and I already have it planned where it's going. I will get it done as quickly as I can though, so don't fret, friends. I will do my very best!

On to the comments:

Gamelover41592- Thank you so much! Haha, I thought it was pretty cute too. Glad you felt the same! :)

Celestialfyxen- Awww, thank you! *blushies* I'm glad my three OC's went over well with everyone. I've had them planned from the beginning but I wasn't sure how people would react to them. I did go out of my way to make Daisy and Violet as cute as possible and I loved making Lily this total flirt with everyone she meets.

Haha yeah, the game was a bit intense for his liking but he did his best and that's all we can ask of him. Regarding the twin's trait, this is a good question. Honestly, I hadn't really thought about it that much until you asked. Well I suppose that when the two grow up they just won't be using their trait any, due to having separate lives and different thoughts. I expect that they would visit each other a lot as they are pretty close and all and then, being the adults that they are, would be able to come to an agreement on what to make. I also like to think that at some point, they are thinking about each other and that causes them to create a random thing cause of how in sync they are. Marco's moments of bravery typically come when someone is in real, genuine danger, so playing a game wouldn't cause him to go hero mode and risk life and limb to beat the thing. But yes, I did want Marco to take the time to try and teach the girls, both as a life lesson to them and some practice of being the mediator he is destined to be.

Janna is my second favorite character behind Marco, because I have a blast writing her humor, so I do typically cram her in wherever I can. But I was careful this time to not have her take the limelight over Marco and twins bonding time. I actually considered for about half a second to have her participate in her game, but decided against it. Yay, I'm learning! *pats myself on the back*

Hahaha, yeah, we might have to start a charity fund for Star if that happens. She already is no longer able to put sugar on her burritos, sooo we should probably keep a close eye on her. *Marco kisses Star off-screen* I'll go get the insulin shots.

Oooh some speculation on the MHC member! Yeah, you are right on all of these, Rhombulus is a bad pick, you'll find out why in this chapter. Heckapoo is too controlling and is super busy at the moment. She has so many trips to the Tavern to make before she gets a free drink. Lekmet is a good pick, since he doesn't have any prejudices against the Monsters. I don't think language barrier would be a big deal, since his magic includes telekinesis. Besides, Marco's trait allows him to learn languages very quickly. That's why he's one of the few who can understand Potato Baby.

Finally, thanks for the review and kind words! I'm glad to have made a fellow Star smile like that! Hope you enjoy this one as well.

Looking for entertainment- Ooooh, good job, you did it! *pulls a cord, followed by off-key fanfare and confetti raining down* Here have a virtual cookie! *throws virtual cookie through the computer* It tracks you wherever you are on the computer... Also it's chocolate. Enjoy!

Pen-Woman- Aww, glad you enjoyed it, knowing I made someones day like that, just makes me smile! ^U^ Oh, good question. I didn't actually have any plans for that buuuttt... *looks at Starcoweek prompts and spots one about a Road Trip* I do actually have an idea for it now, thanks to you. Don't know if you read my author's note or not, but I will be focusing this week and maybe some of the next one on one-shots for Starcoweek and some will include this stories versions of characters. The forth days prompt is for a road trip and it will be a short story of Star and Marco (Jackie and Janna too) visiting Earth for the day on a mini-vacation thing. Your welcome to check that out whenever it's done, if you're interested. (I'm going to try to get these done as closely to the days as I can but I make no promises) Thanks for the idea and the comment!

Bedrock Armor- Yes, I have as well as the finale and as for how do I feel about it? OH! MY! GOSH! I loved it so, so much! I have no problems with the last set of episodes! Starco is cannon, I'm so happy! *crying tears of joy and chanting along with you* Starco! Starco! Starco! I'm just glad sweet Tom gave Marco permission, because I didn't want to see that poor boy hurt. But oh my goodness, Mama Star is top three for sure for me. Marco's confession was perfect, it was as adorable as I wanted it to be! And them instantly liking each other with memory loss and becoming a family, just made me sooo happy! The cliffhanger was, wow! I'm so glad Eclipsa is okay and happy now.

Oh right, my story, I got lost in cannon Starco feels, too! Heckapoo would make things interesting for Star and the group, but it's actually someone different, sorry. Good guess, though, the chaos she would have caused for our group of friends would have been pretty epic.

Oh that is so cool! Hope you had a great graduation! And I hope the finale lived up to all your expectations! I know some people had some problems with it, but me personally had none. Okay, if I squint maybe laser puppies, but they didn't say things made with magic disappeared. Anyways, yeah the show is over, but hey I'm here for you... to fill all your Starco and SVTFOE needs! And I ain't quitting anytime soon. Hope you enjoy the chapter!

Jaffa3- Aww, glad you like my girls, I'm quite proud of them! And yeah I couldn't resist big brother Marco being a thing in this story. And before you ask, I had this planned since the beginning, long before the Marco Jr. episode. That is a chapter, but not this one, sadly, sorry. I tried to squeeze it into this one, but there was too much else going on. But I have it planned (Disclaimer: for now, just in case) for one of the next three. Hold on till then, friend!

D4rk Sid3- Thanks! Yeah I wanted to show more of Star's family, some that were actually more lighthearted then most of the rest of the Butterflies. Also I wanted to try my hand at some OCs. And of course they get along with Marco, nobody can resist his sweet, innocent charm... except Toffee, but he's a jerk. Also, Star didn't mind sharing some of her Marco's attention with the cute twins, if it resulted in some adorable pictures which is now her mirror phones wallpaper. Alone time for them will come later, though.

Monkey lover 911- The answer is yes, much more of Daisy and Violet because I adore the girls, sooo much! They will meet Marco's family but in a future chapter. I'm planning on the next three, and hopefully that won't change. Oh, I wasn't planning on actually showing the conversation. But it went something like this:

Marco: Hey dad, I have a question for you?

Buff Frog: Yes, Marco what is it.

Marco: Am I a prince?

Buff Frog: (shocked and stuttering for an answer) Oh. Um, Monsters don't have royalty anymore, that more of Mewman thing.

Marco: (misunderstanding) Than am I a Mewman prince?

(Buff Frog smiles to himself silently, thinking of his son's girlfriend and how happy they were together)

Buff Frog: No, but I have feeling will be when older.

And there you go! I answered in the next chapter's comments, so good enough right! Thanks, for the comment.

Sugar- Ooh, so glad you liked this it and my new baby OCs. I enjoyed making Lily the cool, quirky fun aunt who is also a good mother for her daughters and Daisy and Violet were an absolute pleasure to write for beginning to end. They are total opposites on almost everything except that they are both adorable and love their big brother Marco and their family. I have never actually read those books but I'm glad I could bring you some childhood nostalgia if it reminded you of a favorite book series when you were kid! Though can't take all the credit since their style was directly referenced from the Disney XD into bump thing by Daron Nefcy herself. Who knows, maybe she reads these books too, for inspiration.

Marco is always too cute for words! I wanted to show he still had that childlike wonder just like the girls did, since he never grew out of it from such a sheltered childhood. Yes, Marco was not ready for such an intense game, but he handled it as best as he could.

That is the plan, once Daisy meets Buff Frog and gets to know him she will see that Monsters aren't the scary, evil creatures like she thinks. That chapter is coming, just not yet, next three hopefully. But can you imagine Buff Frog's reaction when they call Marco, "big brother" he's going to be all kinds of confused! Haha Great, now I can't wait to write that scene!

Julian Cabrera- Thank you so, so much! That is so nice of you to say! I think the fandom needs more wholesome stories and I am hear to provide just that. Don't you worry, friend. This writer ain't quitting on this story yet! I plan to go all the way to the ending! To be honest, I'm happy with the show ending, since now I don't have to have new characters and ideas in the cannon that I will be tempted to put in here. Sad to see it go, yes, but I will continue on as long as you guys continue to read it.

Cheshirek3t- Hahaha, yeah that was a fun moment to write! And oh, did my RWBY love shine through on accident? I am assuming that was where the line was from, since it was word for word Jaune. Yeah that might have been influenced some by one my favorite anime of all time. In fact my name 'DorkMagnet' was my own ship name for JaunexPhyrra, so yeah RWBY is kinda a big deal for me, guess it snuck it's way into my writing without me even knowing it. Ha. Good reference, love it!

Reverseflash- ch. 18: Oh my gosh, you're right they are similar! Maybe Bill Cipher has been secretly controlling Beard Deer this whole time! Illuminati confirmed! Haha, just kidding. Sometimes my writing gets influenced by stuff I have watched and is stuck forever in my subconscious. Also I was thinking about what you said and well somehow Bill Cipher snuck his way into this chapter, somewhere. This will probably be his only appearance since I'm focusing on Star vs characters and not trying to throw in a billion different ones from various shows I love.

Thank you though, that is a great honor, someone as well read in fanfictions as you would nominate this as a top 10 is just amazing to me! And hey, they say 7 is a lucky number so I'm just fine with it being there on your list! Honestly, just knowing you think so highly of it all is truly incredible! Thanks so much for the support and love for this little old fic of mine!

Ch. 24: Yes, yes I did and oh my goooossssshhhh! The finale was incredible and absolutely perfect to me! I loved it so, so much! Mostly because Starco is cannon and the lengths the two went to be with each other warms my heart, their love was so pure it literally merged their worlds into one, how cool is that?! The consequences would have good to explore but I'm fine with where it ended, now there's plenty of fan content to fill those burning questions. As for my thoughts, I don't think their choice was completely black and white, some probably where affected negatively by the act but others probably came to terms with it and saw it as a positive change.

Haha, yeah fight scenes aren't my forte, I did my best to make Toffee as strong as possible but most of his feared ability came from the fact that he was unkillable. Take that away and he isn't nearly the threat they all thought he was. To be honest, Toffee didn't seem all that strong a fighter in the show, he was scheming and calculating but he didn't really fight all that much. The strongest I remember seeing him was when he took over Ludo and he had the power of the wand at the time. But I digress, sadly Toffee isn't returning. I have more villains planned and having him still be alive would have some severe repercussions on Marco's mind.

Your not the first person to complain about my characterization of Marco and I have been working on fixing this so he isn't a helpless damsel. He will still keep his core characteristics but having him train with Higgs will mean that he knows enough self defense that he will be able to hold his own against an enemy in the future. Haha, while Star having a heart attack over a muscular version of Marco would be cool I want to keep them at the same age, so I probably won't have him do the whole Neverzone time thing. Plus, naïve Marco is kinda my thing or well at least a more lighthearted and innocent minded Marco is and he probably won't completely grow out of his more cute qualities, he's just not kinda person on here. Still, despite my overly cinnamon bun of a character I'm so glad you've still been able to enjoy my story so much!

Yeah, my schedule is all over the place, a lot of times, haha. Mostly due to either some unforseen problem getting the way of my posting or some writer's block and lack of inspiration. Plus, yeah, I do put as much quality as I can into them, and couple that with their ever expanding length, it just takes time to get them done. Time I sometimes just don't have. :( It's honestly hard to say how summer will affect my schedule. I'm not in school actually, I work a full-time job at McDonalds currently and just write in my spare time, so that doesn't really factor into it all that much. However, I've gotten quite a bit of my inspiration back (after some personal stuff I had to work out) and have been writing quite a bit so hopefully that will stay and I will be able to stick to a decent schedule again.

Some fanfiction recommendations? Oh well, I guess I have to confess that I don't read too many fellow fanfictions all that often, so some of mine are a bit older. Don't get me wrong I love them, but again I feel pretty stretched thin for free time, sometimes so I don't have a lot of time for it all that much. My fave writer of all time on this site is 100% EVAunit42. I legit read anything he writes, my fav being his biggest story "There's Always a Star and a Hoodie" which is a massive collection of Alternate Universes that always brighten my day. (And his Starco daughter, Nova is my favorite out of all of them) Other than that, I also love roberkellet's fanfictions... like all of them and "Sign of the Moon" by blackwolfwrites is amazing from what I've read, as well as "Unfit to Rule" by High Voltage Lemon Battery, though I haven't seen an update on this one in a while. SugarQueen97's is in Spanish but if you can figure out how to work google translate unlike me, haha, I'm sure you'd enjoy it! And I've also been recently rereading one of my classic loves "The Princess and the Safe Kid" by PFTones34782, which is refilling my heart with fluff. (Though warning you some of the chapters get dark but there is usually a heads up to skip if you don't want to read some deathy angst) Other than that, I say just look around there is tone of great writing and creativity here in the Stardom I'm sure you'll find some great reads!

Alright rank 7 achieved! *game narrator: you've gained 50+ experience but lost -50 sleep points* Aw, well sleep is overrated anyways. And wow, number 2 out of all Svtfoe fanfics! Woooowwww, that is quite a feat! I will continue to try and improve and let it live up to the awesome rank you have given it! Thank you so, so much! :') I'm not crying, you're crying.

Also is that some love for my two guards I hear? Well thanks, not a lot of people comment on them... or any really. In truth I love them probably more than I should. They were my first Ocs so they hold a special place in my heart for me (hence why they show up all over the place) What started out as two placeholder characters became recurring characters, haha, who would have thought?

Julian- Aww, me too. Star vs changed my life and I'm going to miss the show. But no, rest assured, I have zero plans to quit now. As long as there are people reading it, I plan to stay. You will have more of these two darling cinnamon buns for months to come.

Next update: planned 3 weeks

Last episode thoughts ahead:

… *intense screaming* my babies are a couple! They are a couple, people! Starco has finally come and I am so, so happy words can't express the joy I'm feeling! Their confession was great and despite a week of worrying, I'm so glad that they weren't separated forever! The end scene feels though, so intense! Star being willing to give up her life just to be with Marco, not to mention their love being so pure that it literally merged their worlds into one just so they could be together! I personally had no complaints, will okay maybe realizing after the fact that no magic equals no laser puppies... moment of silence for laser puppies. RIP. But still, it is now my headcannon that not just their worlds but all the dimensions merged together. Like the result of the explosion merged the two dimensions that were caught up in it, but the resulting side-effect is that the rest of them are now bordering them, creating one massive world!

The final scene of them seeing each again and looking so happy, is just so good and makes me tear up, like wow, those two deserve the whole world! I hope they spend the rest of their lives in happiness and hugs and have plenty of Starco babies together!