Kingdom of Sol

June 7, 2019

Mewni castle

Chapter 11: Fate Has Plans

I entered the room and closed the door behind me.

"Lock it behind you" I lock it and sit down in front of Moon who was staring at me

"Let me see your arms" I looked at her initially not understanding what she meant. She looked at my arms and i remembered what she meant; i pulled my sleeve down to reveal my arms with the purple veins. They hadn't grown much since i last saw them.

"There growing huh?" i asked moon who was to busy looking at her arms and mine to answer my question

"Marco i don't know what to make of these marks, i thought they were a sickness spreading through our body...but its not" I closed my eyes and recalled all the times i heard voices echoing in my ears.

"Have you heard voices talk to you before...even if you were alone?" I looked at moon, she looked at me and sighed

"Yes...happens almost every day" i stood up and started to pace the rooms

"Great not only do we have to worry about this stupid voice in our head but the up rise of the Red Suns...again!?" i punched the wall next to me in anger. Moon walked next to me and put her purple covered hand on my shoulder.

"Marco...you can leave this isn't your fight" I looked at her and shook my head. As much as i wanted to leave i just couldn't get up and leave star and Mewni like that...right?. Moon walked away and sat down calmly breathing in and out as is she just ran a marathon

"Queen Moon as much as i would love to go to earth...this is my home and its wars are my wars" I sat on the ground still looking my arms. I need answers and the only person that those answers are Eclipsa.

"I need to talk to Eclipsa maybe she knows something about this" I saw moon give me a sly brow but didn't say anything. I got on my feet and sat down on the chairs again, there was silence in the room...enough to here the murmuring outside, the sounds of clanks of the knights roaming the halls and most importantly Star's voice...her voice is what i kept thinking about.

"Marco" I looked up at her ignoring what i was previously thinking

"Yes...Queen?"

"Do you know the Red Suns true motives?" I looked at her taken back by her question. 'were did that come from' i thought.

"They want back there land...Senaz they call it" Moon rubbed her head clearly stressed by everything

"Ugh...just...ill figure out a plan sometime tomorrow on how we could 'negotiate' with them if we can" Moon said in a tired voice almost like it was hurting her just thinking about it. Moon looked at me and that's when i was able to see the tire in her eyes, the pain, the loneliness. She resembled something that was once full of life and purpose and who ever she was now was just a corpse. Moon couldn't do it much longer without someone to help her out, then river came to mind. Id forgotten him...the outgoing and loving king...that i had killed. Star never blamed me for killing River but at times like this...i do blame myself. I don't regret what i did just i wish i could've saved River. I looked at moon.

"Ill think of something moon...you get some rest" I got up and walked toward the door

"Marco i-"

"No...ill take care of it...please" She nodded as i walked out the room relieved that she had least could get some rest before having to deal with all of this fiasco. I walked out and looked around the castle...no one was in sight. I sat down on the couch in the resting room and stared at the butterfly painting showing different symbols on it. I sat there and thought something i wasn't able to do for along time...think. I felt at peace for a awhile, all the weight of the world and the war lifted off my shoulders, my mind. I was able to feel and see what was really going on in my life, the path I've chosen and could never return from. I called up Jackie just to check on her and how everything was going.

"Hey Jackie" I mustered up a smile and waved, i instantly noticed a mark or...bruise on her eye when she answered. She didn't look like the Jackie i grew up with

"Marco! its so good to here from you" She smiled but i could tell it was a forced smile like she wasn't trying to alert me or anything

"Eh Jackie what happened to your eye"

"What do you mean?" now i knew she didn't want me i know

"Jackie the one on your left what happened to it?" She stopped smiling and looked at me

"Marco nothing happened probably another skateboarding accident i didn't notice" She pushed it off

"Jackie...i know that's not what happened-" I was cut off seeing the huge hand mark on the end of her neck, seeing it built up an incomparable anger i haven't felt in a long time; Jackie the look on my face and covered her neck with a scarf despite it being summer.

"Jackie i wont ask again what the HELL HAPPENED TO YOU!" Jackie looked stunned by the sheer anger in which i spoke.

"Marco i...i.." Jackie put her hand on her face and began crying softly, i instantly felt a plunder of worry and fear. I was more than determined to find out what happened to her.

"Marco something happened...but i don't know who to tell" Jackie muffled between crying.

"I know you probably have more to worry about than me right now"

"Jackie no I'm here for you, you're my best friend let me help you" She nodded before wiping her eyes

"Last night when i was walking home from Janna's i was...was..."

"Robbed?" She shook her head

"Hit?" She shook her head.

"Kidnapped?" And again she shook her head. I couldn't think of anything else, until i put two and to together. The hand mark on her back and the bags under eyes...she was raped. I looked at her and started to tear up.

"...Jackie was it...no" She started to bawl out again before answering

"I was...raped!" She yelled. I couldn't believe what i had heard, i looked at her but she wasn't crying she just had her head down.

"Jackie...who was it?" She looked at me

"I don't know... i called the cops and they're searching for him but as far as they know it was a robbery" I gripped my fists wishing i could just teleport there and kill the son of a bitch myself.

"Jackie did he-"

"No...nothing happened he just kissed me and did...alot but not what your thinking"

"Jackie i-"

"Marco i have to go but ill call you later...bye" She blew a kiss at me and hung up. I don't know what the kiss was about and frankly at the time i didn't even notice it, i was to stuck up on what had happened. I texted her saying 'if you need me to come i will in a heartbeat Jackie..i'll always be here for you' I put the phone down and plopped down on the couch and just...did nothing for what seamed like hours. I got up to see that it was dark and i remembered that i was going to visit Eclipsa before going to bed. I walked towards the crystal room and saw that it was cracked open. I thought maybe Rhombulus forgot to close it or something so i didn't think much of it. I entered and saw Eclipsa...frozen. I pulled out my scissors and formed my own make shift wand a trick star taught me back on earth before i went "rouge". I melted the diamond until her head was free. She looked at me smiling as if she already knew why i was there

"Why hello there Marco" I glared at her and stopped in my tracks.

"Eclipsa...good to see you" i lied but i wanted to get back on decent terms with her if i was gonna get what i needed from her.

"Marco don't lie...didn't your mother ever tell you not to lie" She said with a deceptive tone

"I'm not here to be your friend, I'm here because they're questions that you are going to answer" I sat down on a broken crystal chair and looked at Eclipsa.

"I trusted you Marco and you betrayed me...how does that make me the bad guy"

"Because you had other plans then what you told me...and you killed River" Eclipsa somberly smiled at me making me more enraged than before.

"My plan was always to kill the high council for what they did to me...and revive my daughter so i could try to make amends with her but clearly you don't support reunions" I gripped my fists and breathed in heavily trying my best to conceal my anger.

"And River well...he was going to kill you so i helped you"

"I know you miss your daughter but all of this wasn't worth it...isn't worth it plus you cant bring people back to life" Eclipsa frowned

"There's a way...i just haven't figured it out yet"

"Eclipsa you CANT bring people back to life" She snickered at my response

"Oh Marco if you only knew-"

"SHUT UP!" I yelled out finally shutting her up

"I didn't come her to talk about your dead daughter, I'm here because your fucking with my mind and i want you to stop" Eclipsa was taken back by my sudden burst, she was quiet for awhile.

"OHH now you don't wanna talk?"

"Marco let me see your arms"

"Why?"

"LET ME SEE!" It was my turn to be taken back by her outburst. I looked at my arms and slid up my sleeves

"Mhm"

"What?! What do these mean?" She glared at me

"Its the dark magic spreading within you, although its growing slowly indicating that there is conflict in your mind" I kept staring at my hands guessing of all the ways this could hurt someone if not controlled.

"How did i even get this?"

"I don't know i got mine from my wand and using dark spells, maybe you got it a different way"

"Is there a way to stop it from growing?" She shook her head

"Not that i know of, but the dark magic if strong enough can make you do things you don't want to do" I felt sick to my stomach all of a sudden and had to leave.

"Seems like you have a connection with it but your obviously not able to control it...yet" i got up and put my gloves back on.

"Leaving so soon?"

"Yea...Eclipsa i wish i could help you but i cant help you wont help yourself, let the past go...for Mewni and of not for your home than do it for your daughter" She smiled at me

"Marco i made my choices long ago but you know what they say' You either die a Hero or live long enough to become the villain' This quote applies to you especially. I felt a sharp pain in my head but i pulled out my make shift wand and pointed it at her

"Remember that quote...could end up saving your life" she said smiling before i crystalized her again. I thought about the quote' how could this save my life...only unless i become the villain' I shook my head again accepting if i die i die a hero...not a villain...but this could be just her again...planting her seeds.

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