Snatch.
The big door of the ice castle was being guarded by two colossal ice ogres. The two kept staring at the entirely white surroundings while the cold blizzard kept storming the planet.
The guards did not seem bothered by this for obvious reasons. But they soon find themselves in high alert when they spotted a pair of silhouettes making their way towards the castle. The two guards prepared their weapons and were about to charge into battle, but they stopped when they identified the figures as two young ladies. Their eyes went wide.
"I think Mr. Grumpy hates me…" Star said while trying to walk with the high heels that Snatch gave her alongside the wedding dress.
"Are you sure he only hates you?" Marco asked while pointing at himself. His clothes were those of a female servant.
"Now that you mention it…" Star was cut off when the two colossal guards arrived before them with great speed.
"Chicks! Chicks!" One of the guards shouted excitedly.
"Wanna go castle?" The other asked with a big grin on his face.
"Umm… Su-!" Marco was about to reply, but a voice in his head stopped him from it.
"Don't even think about it!" Snatch exclaimed with anger. "If you talk, then your whole charade will break apart! Let your girlfriend do the talking!"
Marco was about to protest, but kept his mouth shut.
Star, however, heard the statement inside her own head and exclaimed with shock. "Girlfriend?!"
Marco looked at her with a concern look while Snatch let out a scold. "Quiet, girl! Do you want them to catch us or-?"
"Bride?!" One of the ice ogres exclaimed with excitement.
"You marry King?!" The other said in surprise.
Star looked at the two excited creatures with confusion. "Umm…"
"Just tell them yes." Snatch said with a deadpanned expression that Star and Marco could see through his voice.
"Yes." Star said with the same tone that Snatch had used.
As soon as she said that, the two ogres grabbed the two teens and quickly made their way back to the castle while carrying the friends with them. The two ogres kicked the doors open, calling the attention of all the other ogres.
Star and Marco looking confused at the insides of the castle.
The entrance seemed to lead directly to the dining room.
"For Nido's beard! There is easily a whole army in here!" Trueno exclaimed, being only heard inside the two teens' heads.
Snatch remain silent, looking at the whole castle from the teens perspectives.
"King!" The guard that held Star shouted excitedly, calling the attention of the king of them all.
It was bulkier and bigger than the others and it had a crown-shaped head.
"Bride want you!" The guard shouted while the one that was carrying Marco nodded with his head in an impatient way.
The eyes of the king widened in awe as he heard this. "Is that really true? If it is, then come here and let me see my bride!" The king said, obviously being more educated than the others.
The two guards carried the pair of friends to the king, placing them both before him.
The king stood from his big chair, analyzing every aspect with critical eye. "Hmm… I'm not sure about this…" He said, unconvinced. "Your figure is not attractive enough, your skin is not the best of colors, and your hair and eyes look too common. Besides, your clothes seem to be the ones of a peasant!" He exclaimed with clearly disgust.
Marco's temper slowly increased as the king kept telling him how "ugly" of a bride he was.
Snatch laughter was heard in his head alongside the ice king's insults. "I told you will pass without problems!" He said between laughs.
"Hey!" Star interrupted with her cheery mood, getting the king's attention. "Actually, I am the bride!" She said while pointing at her dress.
The king raised a curious eyebrow. "Then who is she?" He asked while pointing at Marco with a sword that he had in hand.
Marco's eyes went wide as he recognized the sword.
"My blade!" Trueno shouted excitedly. "That good for nothing has my blade of thunder!"
"I see that…" Snatch confirmed before going into a deep thought, trying to come up with a plan.
"He-I mean, she's my servant! Isn't that right, Maria?" Star asked with a mocky tone, managing to get Marco out of his trance.
He glared at her due the comment. "Of course." He said with an annoyed tone.
The king looked one last time at Marco before placing the sword down and directing his attention to the actual girl in the room.
He inspected her for quite some time, before his eyes went wide. "Wait a minute…" He whispered to himself, being loud enough for both teens to hear. "This long golden hair…" He said while passing a finger through the girl's hair gently.
Marco looked at this with curiosity. His eyes getting caught by how long and shiny the hair of his friend actually was.
"This white soft skin…" He said while holding Star's hand gently.
Star opened her eyes in amazement. "This dude is not cold at all!" She thought to herself. Her thought was heard by the king that was waiting outside.
"Really? Well, that's interesting…" Trueno commented, amazed at the girl's statement.
Marco, however, kept his eyes on the delicate hand of Star. Noticing how delicate and soft it looked.
"And these sky blue eyes…" The king said while looking at Star's eyes.
Star felt uncomfortable by the king's gaze, looking at her side to ask Marco for help, only to find him looking at her with a dumbfounded expression.
Marco felt hypnotized by those bright blue eyes, bringing him a little of joy every time he watched them since he arrived on Earth. Her eyes setting on his… Wait… This is way too cheesy for this fic…
"Snap out of it already!" He heard the voice of Snatch shouting in his head, dragging him to the real world. "You can stare creepily at the girl any other time!" He demanded.
Marco shook his head, trying to process what just happened seconds ago, but a gleeful shout interrupted his thoughts once again.
"You are Princess Star Butterfly!" The king shouted in realization with a gleeful attitude.
"Princess?!" Snatch and Trueno exclaimed in surprise.
Marco had to bit his tongue in order to not react like the two brothers.
"Oh my gosh! I can't believe it! Princess Star Butterfly wants to marry me!" He shouted for all the castle to hear.
All the ice ogres cheered loudly, getting excited over this new information.
"Y-Yeah! That's right!" Star exclaimed, trying to keep up her charade. Before she knew it, she was being carried by some of the ice ogres.
"Get her to the special guest room! Make sure to please her in every way she wants!"
The ice ogres nodded vigorously before departing to the indicated room.
"Hey! Wait!" Star shouted, but her demand fell on the deaf ears of the ice monstrosities that were taking her away from the dining room.
"Everyone else! Prepare everything for the weeding! I want it to be right here and right now! You heard me clear?"
"As ice!" All of them shouted in unison before quickly standing up from their seats, staring to clear all the leftovers of food, taking the chairs and the massive tables away. The whole army inside the castle was in a complete frenzy, trying to get the orders done the fastest way possible.
Marco looked at this while not knowing what to do, and before he knew it, the whole room had been transformed.
The once dining room was now the throne room, decorated with beautiful ice sculptures and with two thrones placed at the bottom of the room. Lots of seats filling the room for the guests.
The ice ogres quickly spread across the castle, preparing everything for the weeding, leaving Marco on his own in the prepared throne room.
"Hey kid." Snatch's voice sounded inside Marco's head. "Now it's your chance to look around the castle."
"I don't think so." Marco replied in his thought with a raised eyebrow. "If I wander off in the castle, someone might catch me while I look around. And besides, this is the perfect place to take them all down once they are here." He suggested.
Snatch was about to argue back, but before he could, he thought deeply about Marco's words. Something didn't seem to add up because he realized that… the prince was right. With a resigned sigh, he reluctantly agreed with Marco. "It seems you're right, kid."
"Wait, aren't you gonna argue with me or something like that?" Marco asked Snatch.
"From where did you get that idea?!" He shouted, startling the young prince.
"N-Nevermind!" He said nervously.
"And don't talk!" Snatch scolded before letting out an annoyed growl. "Anyways… Let's check up this horribly improvised throne room. And in the meantime…" Snatch turned to see his brother. "Why don't you supervise the..."
"Already beat you at that!" Trueno exclaimed while still looking everything through Star's eyes.
"Okay…" Snatch said, a little freaked out by his brother's attitude. "Now let's see… The walls appear to be made out of ice, like everything else inside the castle."
Marco approached at one of the walls and touched it with one hand. "Hmm… It seems to be just normal ice. I bet Trueno would easily punch through it!" Marco exclaimed while imagining his idol breaking inside the castle with a single punch.
"That'll work if your plan is to get my brother frozen in place." Snatch said with annoyance. "We could, instead, try to bring the whole thing down, taking the entire army with it!" Snatch exclaimed with a fake delightful tone.
"But that would take us down as well!" Marco argued back, sounding a little annoyed.
"That would be a bad thing?" Snatch asked with a smirk, gaining a growl from Marco.
…
"Wait!" Star shouted through the hallways while she was being carried by the ice ogres. "You forgot Marc-!" Before she could finish her demand, the ogres had arrived at their destination, opening the door of the special guest room with a kick and threw Star inside.
Star landed on the surprisingly soft and warm bed of the room.
"Bride waits here!" One of the ogres shouted before slamming the door closed.
"Hey! Wait!" Star shouted back as she jumped out of the bed and ran towards the door. "Lemme out!" She demanded while hitting the door.
"Don't worry, girl!" Trueno's voice was heard on Star's head. "The prince and my brother are occupied with that "plan" of theirs." He said while making air quotes with his fingers.
"Then what do I do now?" Star asked while raising an eyebrow.
"You should try to find your friend's wand!" Trueno suggested cheerfully.
"And how am I supposed to do that if I'm locked in this room?" Star asked while opening her arms, pointing at the whole room with them.
"Hmm… Well, if I'm not mistaken… There should be a little bell in the room. If you ring it, those popsicle heads may come in here and bring you anything you want." Trueno explained.
"Really?" Star asked while raising an eyebrow.
"If I'm not mistaken." Trueno said.
"Then why I don't just ring the bell and ask for the wand and your sword?" Star said as she grabbed a little golden bell from the nightstand.
"Hey, that's a great idea!" Trueno exclaimed excitedly.
"Right? I can't wait to see Marco's and Mr. Grumpy's expressions when they realized that they have been planning over nothing!" Star said before ringing the bell.
Almost immediately, four ice ogres slammed the door open and stood in line before Star.
"What up, Bride?" They all asked in unison with wide grins.
"Here we go." Trueno stated as he watched everything from Star's point of view.
She cleared her throat before speaking. "Yes, I would like to ask of you, handsome and icily guards, to bring me all the wands you have in your castle, alongside your king's sword, if you may." She said all that while imitating Marco's peculiar way to speak on his first days on Earth.
This seemed to convince the guards, because they left the room and went in the search for the desired objects as fast as lighting, slamming the door shut in the process.
"Well, that was easy." Star told to herself as soon as those guards were gone.
"Indeed, ow we'll just have to sit and wait." Trueno suggested.
"You do that! I'm going to take a nap in this piece of heaven!" Star exclaimed cheerfully while jumping back into the bed, falling instantly asleep.
…
Marco looked at the ceiling, analyzing it. "We could make Trueno to-!" But he was suddenly interrupted.
"For the last time, kid! My brother is useless at the moment. We'll just have to come up with something else." Snatch stated with indifference in his voice.
"How can you say that about your own brother? He is Trueno, King of Dragsa!" Marco stated with some anger in his voice. Not much, but it was still there.
"Yeah, Trueno, the great and mighty King of Dragsa! The only king that launches himself into a battle without an army! The only king that wants the war and not the peace! The only king dumb enough to lose the third most powerful item in the universe!" He said, his anger raising with in every statement.
"That's not true, you are just saying that because he earned his right to the throne and you didn't! Because he outmatched you!" Marco exclaimed with rage.
"What do you know about me?! You are just a dumb kid that's trying to play to be the victim! The prince that nobody wants and nobody asked for!" Snatch exclaimed in reply.
Marco eyes went wide.
"Yes. Unlike you, I do know about you and your peculiar position on your kingdom." He said calmly. "I know how your people acts towards you. I know what they think about you, too. And I don't blame them."
Marco looked at a wall, trying to ignore Snatch's words.
"You burned the corn fields on your first try with magic, you defended a monster at Mewnipendence Day, and you managed to get your wand cleaved."
All the said incidents were being played one by one on Marco's mind, making him to slowly look at the floor. An angry frown forming on his face. "Shut up…"
"And on top of all that, you just lost the two halves!" Snatch exclaimed. "You really are just as useless as they say, huh?"
"I said, SHUT UP!" Marco yelled, calling the attention of two nearby ice ogres.
"Intruder!" One of them yelled.
"Catch intruder!" The other one exclaimed as the two started to make their way towards Marco.
…
Meanwhile, in the special guest room.
Star was still fast asleep in the bed of the said room. She was having a peaceful dream. But she was abruptly awoken by the sound of the door being slammed open.
"Bride!" The three ogres shouted in unison.
Star fell off the bed due the surprise. "W-What?! Where's my cotton candy?!" She shouted in confusion.
The ogres rushed over her and carried her over their heads.
"No candy! Wedding now!" They all shouted before running out of the room.
"What? That fast?!" She exclaimed in shock.
"Yeah! Yeah! Wedding now!"
"But, what about the wands and the sword I asked you for?" Star asked in a desperate way, trying to get an excuse out of that problem.
"No wands and sword denied!" One of them said.
"What do you mean?!"
"It means wedding! Now!"
Star's eyes widened in horror. "W-Wait!"
…
Marco gulped as he saw the two guards charging towards him.
"Oh great! You got caught! And now your friend will have to marry that guy to prevent my brother to go full on genocide against this kingdom!" Snatch exclaimed with annoyance.
An idea immediately came to Marco, although he didn't like it. He took a deep breath. "Listen, I have an idea." He told Snatch through his mind.
"I would like to see that." He replied.
"Just… Just don't laugh…" Marco told him.
The ice ogres were approaching quickly at him with their weapons in hand.
Marco took another deep breath to calm himself. "Here goes nothing…" He told to himself before clearing his throat. "Hey!" A feminine voice came out of his mouth, stopping the two ogres right before him. "Could you please explain why do you want to attack me?" He asked in a mandatory tone using his "Maria" voice.
Snatch was forced to bit his own tongue in order to not burst in laughter.
"Intruder?" One of the ogres asked as he pointed at Marco.
"I'm no intruder. I'm here with St-I mean, Princess Star Butterfly!" He exclaimed.
The eyes of the ogres went wide before kneeling before Marco. "Sorry! Sorry! Happen anymore!" The two of them apologized while bowing their heads up and down.
"I hope so, because I'll leave this place alongside the princess if someone attacks me again. Understood?" He asked in a menacing way.
The two ogres nodded vigorously.
"Good. Now get out of here, go and prepare for the wedding or something."
The guards quickly stood up and ran deep into the castle.
"Phew… That was close…" Marco told to himself before he heard Snatch's laughter inside his head.
"Oh boy! Where did you learnt to do that?" He exclaimed between laughs.
Marco let out an annoyed sigh. "Shut up…"
As soon as that happened, the ice ogres started to fill the room, getting on the seats.
"What the…?" Marco looked at his surroundings with confusion before some trumpets were heard in the room.
"Wedding!" All the ice trumpeters shouted with excitement, causing a massive effect on all the assistants.
"Oh no…" Marco mumbled to himself.
"We're out of time." Snatch stated.
"King!" One of the trumpeters shouted as he pointed at the open door in the right bottom corner of the room.
The whole room cheered as they saw the ice king walking into the room and taking a seat in his throne.
"Bride!" The same one shouted while pointing at the left bottom corner door.
The door was opened and three ice ogres entered the room while carrying Star. The ogres started to spit out snowflakes into the air as they advanced towards the other throne, placing Star gently into it.
"Wedding today!" The trumpeter shouted excitedly.
The whole crowd burst in an approbatory wave of cheers.
The king cleared his throat and started the ceremony. "Brothers, we are reunited here today to place King Icold Ice, that's me…" He said while placing a hand on his chest. "…and Princess Star Butterfly under sacred matrimony." He said while pointing at Star with his free hand.
Star looked at Marco with a worried expression while the king continued with the ceremony, clearly oblivious of this odd action.
Marco tried to put on his best smile on his face while giving her a thumbs up, trying to calm her down when he couldn't even get himself calmed. "What are we gonna do now?" Marco asked.
"…We sit and watch the wedding." Snatch replied.
"What?! Snatch, please! There has to be something we can do!" Marco said, trying to find a way to get Star out of there.
"What do you want to do? Oppose to the marriage?" Snatch asked with sarcasm.
"Actually that is a great-!"
"If someone opposes to this union, speak now and be frozen forever." The king said calmly before many guards rushed their way to the main entrance, aiming their weapons at it, waiting for any uninvited guests.
Marco's jaw dropped to the floor. Not literally, but you get the point.
"What were you saying?" Snatch asked with a mocky tone.
"What am I going to do?!" Marco exclaimed while pulling his hair.
"Now it's time for the bride to kiss the king." The king said, barely holding his overwhelming joy.
Marco and Star got panicked expressions all across their faces.
"But first, I have a gift for you!" the king exclaimed as he turned to Star. "Here!" He said while handing Star the legendary Blade of Thunder.
"Huh?!" Star, Marco and Snatch exclaimed in unison.
"My guards came with me earlier and told me that you had asked for this sword. So I thought to myself, "Hey, why don't I give it to her myself!" and decided to deny your request until now!" The king admitted, earning a wave of "aww" from the crowd.
"YES!" A sudden shout called the attention of everyone. It was Trueno. He had been sitting alongside the other guests without calling any attention until that moment… Somehow…
Star sighed with relieve.
"T-Trueno?!" The ice king exclaimed with surprise and fear. "W-What are you doing here, your majesty?" He asked, trying to sound as polite and innocent as possible.
"I'm here for my sword! Girl, use it! Now!" Trueno shouted quickly at Star.
"You mean like this?" Star asked cheerfully as she raised the sword above her head and letting out a war cry.
Storm clouds started to quickly gather above the castle, releasing big and powerful thunders into the building.
The king tried to stop Star when he realized what was happening, but a thunder surrounded her completely, changing her clothes with an electrified armor.
"Oh shoot!" Snatch exclaimed with concern. "That's it! I'm going in!"
"Wai-!" Before Marco could realize, Snatch had kicked open the main entrance.
"Brother! You have to-!" Snatch didn't had time to finish, he was quickly trapped inside a solid block of ice by the guards who were watching the door.
"Brother!" Trueno shouted as his rage increased. "I'll avenge you!" He said before jumping out of his seat and starting a battle against the guards.
"For Mr. Grumpy!" Star shouted as she launched herself into battle.
The ice ogres quickly react to what was happening and they soon find themselves in a fight against King Trueno and Princess Star Butterfly.
Trueno and Star were easily beating all the cold warriors that got on their way. Ttrueno did not had any problem with fighting and dodging the freeze rays from the ogres weapons at the same time. And Star had to focus only on fighting, the sword was keeping the ogres away from her.
Meanwhile, Marco was taking cover in a corner, trying to come up with a plan. "Come on, Diaz! Think, think, think, think!"
The king of the ogres was starting to slowly sneak away from the place, preferring to keep his own live before jumping into battle.
"Hey!" Trueno shouted as he spotted the coward king who was frozen in place by Trueno's voice. "What are you doing? Come here and face me like a man!" Trueno shouted with fury as he made his way towards the other king, punching and kicking however got in his way.
The king was completely paralyzed by fear, he could only watch how Trueno arrived before him, raising his arm in the air to deliver the final blow.
But a ray of the ogres' weapons reached him from behind, trapping him inside a block of ice as well.
"Huh?" Star asked with surprise before she was trapped in ice, too.
The ogres looked at themselves with confusion before exploding into a victory cry.
However, their celebration did not last long, because the castle started to fall apart due to the damage caused by the intruders.
They all ran for cover before the castle finally collapsed. They did not realize when Marco left the place while pushing the three blocks of his friends into a dimensional portal.
…
"Augh… My head…" Star mumbled as she woke up. "What happened?" She asked, realizing that she was lying in an unknown bed.
"You got trapped into a block of ice." A voice answered from the side.
She turned her head in that direction and found Trueno. He had still his half low body trapped in the block of ice.
Snatch was using some kind of heat magic to slowly melt the ice that was currently trapping his brother.
"Really? I don't remember any-" Star stopped mid-sentence when she realize something. "Wait! Where's Marco?!" She asked with sudden worry.
"Don't worry, "Princess Star." Your prince is talking with the queen as we speak." Snatch stated with a teasing smile.
"The queen?" Star raised a confused eyebrow before realizing that she was in the Diaz castle, lying in Marco's bed. "Wait… We're on Mewni?" She asked before realizing another thing. "And Marco's talking with his mom?" She asked with even more worry.
Trueno looked at her with a confused look. "Why are you so worried about that?"
"Because the prince lost his wand, A.K.A. the most powerful item in the universe.
"Oh shhhhhhoot…" Trueno said while looking away in an awkward way.
"Okay, I'm going to-" Star said as she got out of bed, but was interrupted by Snatch.
"You won't. You still have to stay on bed until your temperature is normal again."
"What are you…" Star did not finish her sentence because a sudden cold started to spread through her body as soon as she left the bed.
Snatch placed her under the cover once more. "Don't worry. I'll go check on him." He said as he turned around and started to walk to the door.
"Hey, brother! What about-?" Trueno tried to call for his attention, but Snatch quickly exited the room, closing the door behind him. The king of Dragsa let out a sigh. "…me." He said before trying to break the remaining ice with his hands.
…
The door to the queen's quarters was opened, letting Prince Marco Diaz to walk outside. He let out a sigh before starting his way back to his room.
"Hey kid."
Marco turned around with a startled scream, only to find Snatch standing behind him.
"Can I talk to you?" He asked in a strange polite way.
"Uh… Sure…" He replied nervously. "What is it?"
"I just… wanted to thank you."
"Huh? F-For what?" Marco asked with a fake confusion tone.
"I see what you did. You froze my brother and your friend in order to save that kingdom from extinction and managed to get the stolen sword back as well. You did well, kid." He said with a thankful expression.
"O-Oh… It was nothing, really…" Marco said as he scratched the back of his head.
"No, you don't understand. This is a big deal. I sincerely can't think of a way I could repay you for what you did." Snatch said as he took a deep breath before telling the following words. "You really did what a true king would have done."
Marco looked at him with surprised eyes. "…Thanks." He said, still processing what that man just said with a dumbfounded expression.
"Heheh, you should look at the face you have right now." He said in a mocky tone, causing the prince to blush in embarrassment.
"W-Well…!" Marco stammered nervously. "If that was all, then I suppose I will go to check on Star!" He said while turning around and starting to walk.
"Kid…" Snatch's voice stopped him on his tracks.
Marco turned his head slightly to see him.
"If you ever need something… Anything. Come find me, alright?"
Marco kept his look unchanged.