Hey everyone! I hope everyone's holding together. I know I'm not. College finals are a pain.
Here's another kind of long one. Not much Starco so much as the typical SvtFOE silliness that ensues in each episode. Enjoy!
Star pointed her wand at the numerous rats charging after her. "cotton burst ice blast!"
A wisp of cold blue light shot at the monsters and froze them to a tree, nearly missing Marco's head. "Hey, careful, Star! Hyah!" he shouted, kicking his attackers away.
"Sorry!" Star looked back and saw more rats approaching her. She took aim, but quickly moved out of the way, avoiding Ludo's green blast of energy.
"It doesn't have to be this way, Star Butterfly! I just need your book and I can be on my way!" he shouted, shooting more green energy at her. "And don't think you can escape from me this time. I've had practice."
Star landed safely from Ludo's barrage of attacks. "Wait, me escape? Aren't you the one that usually runs away from these fights?"
"Wha- no! I do not!"
"Yeah you do. Marco and I kick your butt all the time and then you run away… all the time."
"Silence!"
"I'm just saying."
He angrily shot another green blast at the girl. "Give me that spellbook!"
"Not gonna happen Ludo!" She shot a narwhal blast at the little bird man and the surrounding rats. Smiling at her work, she looked in Marco's direction to see her friend fighting off Ludo's spider and eagle. "I got you, Marco!" She held up her wand. "Taffy Rope Net!"
A web of taffy flew towards the attackers. Marco struggled against the spider but was able to land a punch and throw it into the eagle. He jumped to his feet, taking his fighting stance again. "Ha! You can't pin me down. I'm a master at judo- Ah!" The net enveloped Marco against a tree, leaving his body stuck on its side. "Star!"
"Sorry!" She ran over to Marco and tried to pull the net off.
"Uh… Star?"
The princess looked behind her and saw Ludo standing on top of his spider and bird with his army. "Nowhere to run, Princess Butterfly. Now hand over the book!"
Star smirked. "How about I give you THIS!" Ludo looked up into the sky as Star jumped in the air. "Mega Tune Music Wave!" She fell to the ground and slammed her wand into the earth, creating a pleasant musical note in the air. The shockwave, however, was not so pleasant. The army flew back, the rats and Ludo groaning from the pain.
The little monster held his head, disoriented from the sound. "No, I think I much prefer the book…" he said in a slur of words. He shook his head and regained his focus, growling at the princess. "Fine. You win this time! But don't get used to it!"
"But isn't this like the gajillionth time I've beaten you though?"
"No! And that's not even a real number."
"Sure it is. They had to invent that number because that's how many times I've beaten you."
"Silence!"
"I'm just saying."
Ludo got up and dusted himself off, pulling out his makeshift scissors and tearing a portal in reality. "I'll be back for that book! And when I do, you'll be sorry!" He jumped in with his army of rats, giant spider, and eagle trailing behind him.
Star crossed her arms. "No need to be all dramatic about it..." Her attention shifted focus when she heard Marco struggle from her spell. "Oh! Marco!"
The boy tried to free himself from the net but failed to make any progress. Star ran up to him and tried to pull him off the tree, but it was of little help. "Jeez, this thing is strong."
"Yeah… who knew taffy would be so hard?" She tried to move her hands to get a better grip, but the taffy net didn't seem to budge. "Well… looks like I'm gonna have to use magic to get you out."
Marco widened his eyes. "Uhh… I don't know, Star. Remember the last time you used magic on me?"
"No."
"I stayed invisible for four days! And you had to call your mom for help?"
Star thought for a moment, trying to recollect her memory.
"Hey Marco, lemme test this one spell on you!"
Marco sighed. "Why me?"
"Because I need a live test subject- I mean partner! I need a partner to test my invisibility spell!"
"Did you just say-"
"Nope!"
Marco stared at his friend in suspicion, but eventually caved. "Alright fine. Just… don't mess me up too much, okay?"
Star scoffed, waving her hands. "Don't worry, it'll be fine!"
Star scoffed. "Don't worry, it'll be fine!"
"That usually means it won't be..." the boy said with a deadpan voice.
Star raised her wand and pointed it at Marco. "Well, seeing how you're stuck to the tree and I'm the one with the wand..."
Marco let out a sigh. "Alright, go ahead."
"Yay!" Star cleared her throat and took aim at Marco. "Mystic Ghost Transform!" A grey beam shot at Marco, making his body shake from the affect.
"Woooaaaahhhhhh S-S-S-Staa-a-aaa-a-ar thii-i-i-i-i-is fe-e-ee-e-e-els wee-e-e-e-eii-ird" He felt his body become free from the net and slowly slide down from the tree. The beam lasted for a few more seconds before Marco landed on the ground. "Oof! Huh? Hey, it worked!"
Star's eyes widened. "Uhhh… Marco?"
"That's a cool spell. When did you learn that one?"
"Marco?"
"Yeah?"
She pointed at his body. He looked down at himself and saw that he was now semi-transparent. "What the…"
"You're kind of… see-through."
He held up his hand, able to see the trees through it. "What is this?"
Star examined the transparent Marco, taking note of his condition. "Hmmm…" She looked back and forth between the body and spirit, even sticking a hand through her friend, causing him to 'eep!' "Hmm… that's interesting… Yup! You're a ghost!"
"Okay… so can you change me back?"
"I… don't know how," she said, laughing nervously. "I didn't get that far into the spellbook… But don't worry! I'm sure we can fix this… although it's kind of neat, don't you think?" She tried to nudge him with her elbow only to passed through his body, sending shivers down his… ghost spine.
"D-don't do that. It feels really weird." Star smirked and stuck her arm into Marco's ghost body. "Gah! Star! Quit it!"
She giggled. "So cute~ You know, you could be really spooky and scare people. Haunt people's souls… or at least that's what Janna says ghosts do."
"I'm not gonna scare people!"
"But you could."
"Star!"
"I'm just saying."
Star pulled out her large spellbook from under her bed, turning the covers over to a random page. "Hey Glossaryck? Are you in here?" she said, flipping through the pages for the little man.
"Yeeeeesssss m'lady?" He stuck his head out from under the bottom cover, looking up at Star and ghost Marco.
"Heyyy, Glossy. I have a bit of a problem here… sooooooo I used that ghost spell on Marco totally by accident and I don't know how to get him back to normal."
"By accident?" Marco repeated, giving Star a deadpan look. Glossaryck crawled out of the book and floated towards Marco. He examined the boy, taking note of his transparency before floating right inside him. "Gah! Stop that! Get out of there!"
The magical being didn't listen and pretended to backstroke in his body. "So… how long was the spell used on you?"
Marco quickly jumped back, shivering at the intrusion. "I dunno… like… a few seconds?"
Glossaryck placed his hands on his hips. "Really, hmmmm... Well, from my years of experience, I can definitely say that my professional conclusion is… I don't know how to fix this."
"What!?"
"Did I stutter?" The little man flew back onto the book and sat comfortably on the pages.
Marco on the other hand was in a complete panic. "You mean to tell me I'm stuck like this forever!?"
"I didn't say that. I just said I don't know how to fix it. Chances are, the spell will wear off in a few days… probably. Look on the bright side, kid. You can be all spooky and scare some people."
Star gasped. "That's what I said!"
"I'm not going to scare people!"
"Well, you might as well enjoy your ghost powers, kiddo. Who knows, maybe it'll be more fun this way. Ahem… Dip doooowwwwn," Glossaryck chanted before diving into the book, disappearing from existence.
Marco sighed. "Well that was useless." The princess approached the ghost and stuck her hand inside his body once more, making the boy squeal. "S-Star! Quit it!"
She giggled even more. "Sorry, sorry! It's just so cute the way you do that."
A blush came across his face. He pulled his hoodie over his head and turned away from the girl. "Yeah, yeah…" he muttered.
"Anyway, I'm sure it's not all that bad. I'll just do what I did with your monster arm and make up a new spell to get you back to normal!"
Marco sighed. "Alright. Why not?"
Star smiled, using levitato on the book. "Great! C'mon, Marco!" she called out as she exited her room.
"Wait, where are we going?"
"Out! I'm starving."
"But what about my body?"
"We can multitask!"
"We have food here, you know."
"Yeah, but you're a ghost. How are you going to make stuff for us if you can't use your hands?"
"I can just teach you how to-"
"Exactly! We can't! But don't worry. I know a great place that sells burgers. Jackie and I went there before."
Marco sighed, rolling his eyes. "Fine. Let's make it quick."
Star took a bite out of her burger, happily enjoying the meal. "This is so good, Marco. You gotta try it!"
The boy tried to grab at his own burger but failed to make any contact with it. His hands passed through his lunch, making his stomach growl even more. "You know, I didn't think it was possible for ghosts to get hungry…"
"Oh! Here, let me try. Ahem…" She held her wand up and pointed it at the burger. "Mystic Ghost Transform!" a flash of light beamed at the sandwich before transforming the meal into a transparent ghost burger.
Marco reached out, surprised that he could make contact with the burger. He took a bite out of his meal, smiling. "Wow. That is good. Thanks, Star!"
"No problem. Now, let's see…" She looked through the book, reading on transformation spells. Perhaps something there could help turn Marco back into human form. "Okay, let's try this one," she said, pointing at the script.
Marco leaned over her shoulder to see a picture of a figure holding the wand, shooting at another figure with the spell underneath it. "Exo… morphous?"
"It looks like the spell will change you back."
"Are… you sure?" he asked, concerned about the next picture that followed, showing the figure becoming larger. "It doesn't look like the spell is meant for that…"
"Psh, don't worry, I got this. Exo morphous!"
"Wait wait wait!"
Rather than the making contact with him, the spell passed through Marco's body, hitting another customer's burger. The sandwich grew one hundred times its size, crushing the wooden table with its weight. The group of customers cheered as they took a piece from the new burger.
Star looked at her book once more, confused by the lack of information. "Huh… well that didn't work…"
"All the magic in the universe and you're telling me Glossaryck doesn't know a single spell that can turn me back into a human?"
"Well, this could be a test for me. Glossaryck might be pretending he doesn't know so that I can learn for myself!"
"Great. I guess that makes me the guinea pig… again…"
"At least I know how to make food bigger now."
"True…"
The two walked through the park once again, taking a nice leisure walk on the nice spring day. Star continued to read through her floating spellbook while Marco entertained himself with his ghostly abilities by passing his hands through one another.
"This still freaks me out..." he said as he stared at his hands. "You know, I'm surprised no one cares that I'm a ghost walking around everywhere."
"Well they sure are used to having a magical princess around here, so I guess a ghost isn't anything too new."
"Yeah, that's a good point…"
Star stopped at the park bench, taking a seat with her book. "Okay, let's see… I think I finally got it this time…."
Marco crossed his arms (or tried to. They simply passed through each other). "Alright. Lay it on me," he said, knowing full well he probably won't be able to stop Star from casting the spell anyway.
The princess' face lightened up and presented her wand in front of him. "Aestrus Forma!"
A beam of light shot at the boy. This time, it made contact with his ghost form. He felt a tingle around his body before feeling himself being pulled into the wand. "S-Star?"
The wand then shot a beam of light at Star, causing her to drift towards the wand as well. "Wait- what? What's happening!?"
The two drew closer together, sucked into a singularity by the wand. In a bright flash, the two kids, Star and Marco, no longer existed. Instead, a latino girl with brown hair, blue eyes, and pink hearts on her cheeks remained. She wore a black skirt, a red longsleeve shirt, and a seafoam green vest with the cute purple octopus that was on Star's dress. The girl looked around, confused at what was happening before coming to her senses.
"...Aw, man… what just happened? Why does my head hurt…?" she mumbled in a fairly strong and somewhat deep feminine voice. She saw the wand on the ground and picked up the artifact. "This… looks familiar…" The girl examined the wand, gently shaking it when it shot a violent burst of energy. She screamed, dropping the wand and backing away. "What the heck!?"
She looked around to make sure no one was around. Thankfully, the park was rather empty, so no one was hurt.
"Okay… weird…" she muttered, her heart racing from the sudden surprise. She looked around, finding the spellbook on the ground. The girl approached it, taking a look at the foreign object. "Huh..."
The girl flipped through the pages curious of the strange markings on each page with even stranger pictures to compliment it. "What is all this stuff?"
"It's a spellbook, kid."
"Ohmygod atinyblueman!" the girl shouted, backing away from the book. This day keeps getting weirder...
Glossaryck's head appeared from under the pages, staring at the new girl. He squinted at her, examining her face. "What? You've never seen an all powerful magical being before? Star's been living on Earth for a year now, I'm pretty sure everyone has seen something by now."
The girl tilted her head, unsure whether to approach Glossaryck. "Um… Star…?"
"Yeah, you know. Star Butterfly. Princess of Mewni. She makes a magical mess in almost every episode she's in."
"What do you mean episode-"
"She's got a wand that can do just about anything with the right imagination. You've never heard of her before?"
"...N...No?"
"Huh… that's weird… cuz you kind of have her… her magical force. You know?"
"Magical- what are you- WHY DON'T YOU MAKE SENSE!?"
"Star's got this magical… aura… and when you're as powerful as me, you can sense other people's magic. And it feels like you have Star's inner magic potential."
"WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT EVEN…" The girl rubbed her head, becoming more frustrated by the minute. "You are just all sorts of help, aren't you?" she muttered. "Okay… so… let's start at the beginning. Do you know who I am?"
"Uuummmm…" Glossaryck examined her once again, then looked at the book. "Hmmm…. No."
"Oh, great. That's… just great. Wonderful. So… what the heck are you? Are you even real? ...Am I on drugs?"
"Uh, no, kid. I'm Gllllllllossaryck!" he announced as he waved his hand in the air, leaving floating letters above his name. "An all powerful, magical entity that lives inside that book and serves whomever wields the magic wand."
The girl stared, completely in disbelief. "...Magic… wand- you're telling me magic is real?"
"Did I stutter?"
She crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow at the little man. "Well gee, well aren't you sassy?"
"Only on Saturdays."
The girl let out a sigh. "Do you know how I got here, at least?"
"Mmmmmmm, no. But I can find out." He flipped through the pages, looking for a possible spell that the princess could have messed with. "Ah hah… Yup… okay, kid. I think I know what happened. Here, take a look."
The book began to levitate in front of the girl, showing her a strange looking page. Trying to ignore her initial excitement and fear for the supernatural abilities, the girl read through the book. "Um… Aestrus Forma?"
"Yeah, it looks like Star used a fusion spell on herself by accident. And by the looks of it, she did it with Marco."
"Uhh…"
"Oh, right. Star is a magical princess from another dimension. The same dimension where I'm from, actually. She was the previous wand user."
"..."
"And Marco is her boyfriend or something."
"..."
"Okay, so maybe not her boyfriend... not yet anyway. Star's shy like that. She just doesn't want to admit it."
"This makes no sense at all…" the girl groaned as she sat on the grass. "So… I'm not even a real person?"
Glossaryck floated over towards the girl, sitting on top of her head. "I mean, you're a real person now."
"So you're telling me I was just born today?"
"...That's one way of looking at it. Happy birthday, kid."
The girl whined, falling onto the grass. "I need therapy…"
"Don't worry. You'll understand what's going on soon. I'm sure Star and Marco's memories will come back to you at some point."
"Star and Marco…" Flashes of memories appeared in her head. She could see the faces of the two idiots laughing and fighting together. "I… think I remember them."
"Ah, see? Already coming back."
More flashes appeared in her mind of the two spending time together. More laughter. More smiling. Playing. Hugging. "Huh… cute." Memories began to form in her mind, revealing more about the two best friends. They were… fighting… fighting together. A green bird monster was attacking with rats. Star won. She turned Marco into a ghost… "Heh… wow… that's stupid."
"That's you you're talking about," Glossaryck chimed in.
"...Shush you..." The girl began to think again. A ghost… more spells… the book. Star used the book. Accidentally fused themselves… and now she was here. "...Okay… I think I remember everything…"
"Now that we have that settled, how about we figure out what to call you, kid?"
The girl thought to herself for a bit. If she's going to be around, she should probably think of a good name to go by. Maybe a mixture of Star and Marco. It's only appropriate, right? She thought of the perfect name. "I think I'll call myself… Marar."
"Marar?"
"Yeah, Marar's good. Just combine the two names and you get Marar."
"You…" Glossaryck blinked, unsure if she was joking. "...Okay… Marar it is…"
The girl nodded, beaming a large smile. She scanned the book once more before picking up the wand. "So… how long 'till I turn back into those lovebirds?"
"Mmmm probably a few days."
"Cool. Guess it's my time to shine! C'mon, Glossy Rick. Let's check this place out." She picked up the book and wand and began walking towards the city.
The blue man rolled his eyes. "It's not Glossy Rick. It's Glossaryck."
Marar giggled. "Whatever you say, Rick."
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END DAY 1
Say hi to Marar, everyone! She's friendly and sometimes mischievous.
REVIEW RESPONSES
roxasdualwielder: You got it. More married AU's coming up!
Natasel: I think you might be reading too much into it :P It's not like Mr. EVAunit's future AU's with a Starco family and established setting and headcanon continuity. If you want a fleshed out story, go read his fics. If you want short, sweet, starco fluff, that's what my stuff is for (with the occasional serious fics).
Stretch27: Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the story! And what do you mean by a larger connected AU story?
KitsuneSOUL 7th Dragonslayer: I see lol. Haven't watched that one, so I wouldn't know :P
Guest: lol thanks!
EAurelian: Hmmm normal Star? I might do that later... Though, I'm not sure how to go about that one.
Guest Sorta: lol I would too if I were quitting, buuuut that's probably not a good idea. Also, trying to keep my fics as pure as possible despite my capacity to throw in as many colorful words as I can :D
SVTFOE IS MYLIFE: Hmm... now I could be wrong, but I think you're a fan of Star vs the Forces of Evil... lol ty for the review! I'll keep updating ASAP!
SonicE1337: gasp... are you psychic? How could you possibly know what I'm about to post next!? It's almost as if you read my stuff before anyone else can! :P Thanks for reviewing Sonic. I'll eventually have as many chapters as you do in your oneshot series! :D
