Truth Spell-request submitted by a guest reviewer. I am so sorry I haven't updated in a month guys. Things have been really hectic lately, and I've been having some really rotten feelings towards a couple of things lately. But school is over for the summer, and I thought that I should take a moment to update at least one of my stories. Hopefully I can go back to updating once or twice a week. The ending of Star vs. the Forces of Marco will be posted no later than this time next week, and if it isn't up I give people permission to angrily message me.

CrazyBlueOwl: Flavia is one of my top favorite people on the planet, and one of my best friends. But anyway, I might need a little more info than just an AU. It all depends on what idea you have.

SonicELITE: I've never seen Scrubs either, that scene is just everywhere.

Guest: Here you are, sorry it took so long!

Liliana Dragonshard: It's on my list, but I'm not sure I'll actually be able to think of a good excuse. I will keep it in mind though!

Author Smimph: I'm really not much of a video game person, sorry!

CelticReaper: *applause* Good prompt is good.

EVAunit42: I feel like a Whose Line story would be complicated….


GENERAL POV


"Jackie…I like you…JACKIE! Heeeyyyy…uh…so I have this thing I need to tell you...I really like you….hey girl. S'up? You're hot."

"Marco?"

The teenager in question whirled around, a hand on his heart and his eyes wide. Star stood in the doorway of his bedroom, arms crossed and an amused smile on her face. "Why are you talking to your mirror?"

Marco groaned and flung a hand backwards at the glass, nose wrinkling in annoyance. "I've decided that I really want to tell Jackie how I feel about her…but I don't know how to say it right, so I'm practicing."

"You think saying 'you're hot' is the way to tell her?" Star asked incredulously, an eyebrow lifting up her forehead.

Marco buried his head in his hands, cheeks flaming red. "You weren't supposed to hear that," he protested in a muffled voice.

Star giggled and leaned against the doorframe, glancing down at the wand she held in her hands. "Why can't you just tell her? Like, without practicing?"

Marco dropped his hands and shrugged, sinking onto his bed and clasping his fingers together as he leaned on his knees. "Every time I do I freeze," he explained. "I either stop talking completely and she thinks I'm a loon, or I change the subject to something school related."

"Is she really that hard for you to talk to?" Star asked in disbelief.

Marco snorted, giving her a wry smile. "You're one to talk, miss 'I can't get more than six words out when I talk to Oskar.'"

Star waved an impatient hand at her friend. "What if I used a truth spell on you?" she proposed. "So that way you have to tell her what you think?"

Marco rubbed a hand thoughtfully over his chin and pondered the offer. "How long would it last?" he asked the princess.

Star grinned. "That's the beauty. You set a key word and once someone says it the spell snaps for good. So you talk to Jackie and then just meet me at my locker right after and I'll say the word for you. But it's gotta be something weird, so that she doesn't say it while she's talking to you."

Marco snorted. "That's an easy one. Ludo. Don't think I'm going to be mentioning your arch nemesis while telling my crush that I like her."

Star smirked. "I would hope not. Tomorrow, then?"

"Tomorrow," he agreed. "Thanks, Star."


"Okay Diaz," Marco murmured to himself, bouncing on his toes the next morning and watching as Jackie Lynn Thomas approached her locker. "You can do this. Star did the spell, the second she asks you a question you have to tell the truth."

With a deep breath, the boy strode over to the blonde and leaned on the locker next to hers. "Uh…morning, Jackie."

The girl perked up from behind the locker door, books clasped in her arms, and smiled. "Oh, hey Marco. S'up?"

"I wanted to actually talk to you about something," Marco found himself saying.

Jackie pursed her lips and glanced behind her. "I've got a few minutes before I meet Janna for homeroom. Is it about that math project for next week?"

"No, it's not."

When he didn't elaborate further, Jackie gave him a bewildered look and shut her locker, leaning her shoulder on it and facing Marco. "Okay, then what did you want to tell me?"

Marco swallowed, his mouth opening to answer before he could think to change the subject. "I have a crush on someone," he admitted, his heart hammering against his chest.

Jackie's eyebrows shot up and a grin stretched on her face as she leaned over to punch him lightly on the shoulder. "Good for you Diaz! Who is it?"

"Star."

Whoa.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What the hell?

Marco froze in his spot and felt every ounce of air rush out of his lungs. His ears completely tuned out Jackie's words about how he should talk to Star, and Marco found himself struggling to explain what he had just admitted.

There was no way…the spell had to have worn off, or it didn't work on humans, or maybe Star had said it wrong and it had ended up being the opposite of a truth spell.

"Marco?"

He shook his head quickly and focused back on Jackie. "Uh…yeah?"

"I said, I'm not going to tell her, if that's what you're worried about. That's something for you to tell her. But it looks like you're pretty relieved to get it off your chest."

Marco stammered for the right words. "Uh…uh yeah. Thanks Jackie. I uh…before you go, can you do something for me?"

Jackie nodded and shifted the books in her arms. "Shoot."

"Ask me when I stopped sleeping with a stuffed animal."

The girl stared at him for a moment before obliging in his odd request, which he would never have told her the real answer to unless he was under a truth spell. "Okay, when did you stop sleeping with a stuffed animal?"

"I still do."

Amusement sparkled in Jackie's eyes as the bell rang. "That's cool," she promised him. "I do too. See you in math, Diaz. And good luck with Star!"

Dropping her skateboard to the ground, Jackie skated off in the direction of her homeroom, leaving Marco to sink against the lockers and press a hand to his forehead.

"Hey Marco!"

Star came pounding down the hallway towards him and Marco nearly slipped as he raced to stand up straight. God he wanted her to say Ludo's name before she asked him how it had gone.

"Did it work?" Star asked, wrapping her fingers around the straps of her backpack and tilting her head, blue eyes sparkling in curiosity.

"Yup," Marco managed, forcing himself not to stare at her. "Can you break the spell now, so I don't go spilling all my secrets to the world?"

Star giggled quietly. "Sure. Ludo."

Marco didn't feel any different physically, though he knew instinctively that the spell had worked and that what he had just admitted to Jackie had been the truth, no matter how scared he was to admit it.

"So?"

Marco blinked, returning his gaze to Star, and shrugged. "She uh…doesn't feel the same way. Thanks for trying though, Star. I appreciate it. A lot."

Star pouted, crossing her arms and walking alongside Marco as they headed towards homeroom, which they were very late for. "Boo, I'm sorry. But the spell worked? How did it feel?"

Marco took a shaky breath and shot her a weak smile. "It worked. And I've got a lot that I need to figure out."

Even he knew that was the understatement of the century.