Hello again fellow Star vs the Forces of Evil fans! Hope you are all healthy and well during this time. So this story is a bit different from the rest of the stories because…it has no plot. Because of quarantine, I realized that not every day can be exciting or go the way you'd like it-but life still goes on. It just looks a bit different. So this chapter is just a random day for Star with no point whatsoever-which is kind of harder to write than a planned-out story. I hope you enjoy this story. I don't own Star vs the Forces of Evil.
22). Very original, no point, totally random day of the life of Star Butterfly
There could be worse things in life-but Star Butterfly couldn't think of many off the top of her head. With a sigh, she blew a long, blonde strand of hair out of her eyes before looking around the rose garden she was gardening. Just a few feet away, Eclipsa was patting down some dirt around a new bush as Globgor in his miniature size fixed the lowest branches. The former Queen of Darkness glanced up at the teenager and smiled at her. "Now, isn't this nice? Gardening with the people I love most in the world-making beauty with our own hands."
Star forced a smile onto her face, but from the raised eyebrows of the couple, realized it was probably more of a grimace. Coughing into her hand to hide her face, Star looked back down at her flowers. Fighting down a sigh of boredom, Star gently lifted up a rose. Immediately, the flower welted and seemed to shrivel up in her hand. The second it shriveled up, the rose fell to the ground, dead. She stared down at it, unmoving. "UGH!"
The former royal couple jumped in surprise, Globgor accidentally growing to his regular size and destroying several rose bushes. "My dear, are you quite alright?" Eclipsa called, wiping her dirty hands on the apron of her dress. Star stood red faced before bolting up and waving her hands in front of her.
"Totally totally totally! It's just…uhh…I just got a call from Marco. He needs me to go help him, like, right away! And it's totally not because I'm not having the most fun time here and that this is totally boring-because it ISN'T! He's just-"
"A thorn in your side?" Globgor wiggled his eyebrows before bursting into laughter at his own joke.
Star slowly backed away, awkwardly chuckling. "Haha, good one. Thorn in your side. Well-gotta go. BYE!" Without a backward glance, Star dashed away, leaving a trail of dust in her wake.
Globgor turned to Eclipsa, an eyebrow raised. "She totally ditched us, didn't she?"
With a smile, Eclipsa nodded her head as she moved to continue pruning the bushes. "Ahh, to be seventeen again. My love, did you have to crush the white ones? Those are my favorite, you know." Suddenly, the pair gasped as something popped out of the bushes, banishing a wooden sword in one hand and a shield in the other.
"PAPA! FACE ME OR PERISH! SO SAYS METEORA THE GREAT!"
Globgor let a tear roll down his check as he patted his daughter on the head. "Just like her mother. I'm so proud."
As Meteora began to tackle her father, Star dashed her way down the steps of the Monster Temple toward Echo Creek. She felt a little guilty about lying to Eclipsa-but not guilty enough to go back and keep gardening. Whoever thought of gardening must have died of boredom! With a smile on her face, Star raced down the sidewalks through the bustling metropolis of Mewni-day Echo Creek. Monsters and Mewmans alike waved at her as she said hi to everyone she met. Some humans even gave her a weary smile, though they still knew she was the cause of Earth and Mewni merging-but they could just get over themselves!
Finally, after what felt like hours, (but in reality was only about 15 minutes) Star arrived at the Diaz' house. Swiftly kicking in the front door, Star dashed inside. "MARCO!" Looking around, she realized that he wasn't there. Tilting her head to the side, Star realized that no one was in the house. "Maybe they all went to the store?" With a shrug of her shoulders, Star began to walk toward the backdoor. The sound of giggles reached her ears. Leaping through the kitchen, Star kicked out the backdoor again. "MARCO!"
"Umm, hi Star." Star's eyes were greeted by the sight of Mrs. Diaz standing by the grill with a sausage speared on a fork while Mr. Diaz and Mariposa were staring at her with blank faces from a kiddie pool. "So I guess you're looking for Marco?"
"Umm, no! I'm looking for you-of course. Whatcha cooking, Mrs. Diaz?" Star awkwardly smoothed her dress before walking into the backyard. "Ohh, sausage! You know-before on Mewni, we would have battles to the death where the villagers would fight for the last sausage for the winter." Mrs. Diaz stared blankly back at her and Star blew out her checks before turning toward Mr. Diaz and Mariposa. "Wow! Pool party!"
"Oh yes! Care to take a dip?" Mr. Diaz smiled as Mariposa cheered, "Dip! Dip! Dip!" She giggled as she splashed some water into the air, causing Mr. Diaz to laugh as well. Star felt a smile grow on her face as she watched her second family play.
Mrs. Diaz closed the grill, slapped her hands together with a satisfied smile, and turned back toward the teenager with a knowing look. "Well, if you ARE looking for Marco, he won't be home for a few hours, but you are more than welcome to join us in a wily game of hide and seek before Mari's naptime."
"BOO! NO NAP TIME!" The toddler threw her hands into the air and flopped promptly on her butt in the pool.
"I feel ya, girl." Star nodded and held out her hand for a fist bump to the little girl, who giggled and high-fived her on the fist. Turning back toward Mrs. Diaz, she shrugged her shoulders. "Of course I wasn't LOOKING for Marco, but-if you happen to see him…"
Getting out of the pool, Mr. Diaz grabbed a towel and smiled at her. "We will let him know that you dropped by. Now-are you sure you don't want to join us? We are about to start grilling the pig-goat burgers you suggested! And the water's nice, you know!"
"Uh-oh."
All three promptly looked down at Mariposa, who had a guilty look on her face. She looked bashfully up at the adults through her eyelashes as the water slowly turned brown. Looking back at the couple, Star resisted the urge to smile. "I'll pass." Quickly, she kissed Mariposa on the forehead and hugged the Diaz'. "I'll see you later! BYE!"
When Star was out of earshot, Mrs. Diaz held out a hand to her husband. "I bet you this diaper change that they'll be married by the time they are 20."
"You're on! But…we really should change her diaper…"
Unaware of the bets being made on her love life, Star dashed down the street, feeling a twisting in her stomach. She stopped and placed a hand on her belly. It let out a loud roar, causing Star to giggle. Following her stomach, she raced to her favorite place in town. As she rounded the corner, she arrived at Britta's Tacos 2.0.
Dashing to the window, Star assessed her choices. Suddenly, the window flew open, revealing none other than, "Welcome to Britta's Tacos 2.0. Hi, my name is Oscar and I'll be taking you order today-hey, I know you! What's up, Star Butterfly? Where's Mango?"
"OSCAR?! What are you doing here?"
"I work here again. I got told I needed to better my future from The Great Wall by the manager and to not come back, so I came to work here. It's my side-gig. My keytar and I are going to make it soon." Flipping his hair out of his face, he smiled at her. "So what are you doing today? Have a big day without Mango?"
Star bit her lip. "Oh, you know. Just hangin' or whatever." She said flippantly. "So-oh horse feathers-I forgot my wallet!"
"No worries. I can cover you!" A chill voice called behind Star. Heart leaping for joy, the former princess turned to face the coolest girl she knew.
"JACKIE! And Chloe! Hola!"
Catching each other's eyes, Jackie and Chloe smiled back at her. "Actually, we say 'bonjour'." Chloe tucked her skateboard under her arm as Jackie walked over to Star. Chloe went to go order the tacos as Jackie took Star's hand and pulled her to a table.
"Star, it's been forever! How are you doing? Still hanging out with Diaz?"
"Of course! He's my best friend!"
"You two always were the best of friends. I'm glad to see some things haven't changed." Jackie tilted her head, then put her arm around Chloe's shoulder as she sat down with their tacos. "Ohh, these are my favorite! Thanks!" Taking a taco in her hand, Jackie held out her taco toward the middle of the table. "To change. And things not changing." Smiling, Star took a taco and tapped it with hers. Finally ready to satisfy her complaining stomach, Star shoved the whole taco into her mouth in one bite.
"AHHHHHH! HOT! HOT! HOT! OH-MY MOUTH IS ON FIRE! HOOOOOOOOT!"
Her mouth burnt like a thousand suns. Holding her tongue outside her mouth, Star began to fan it, looking left and right for something to drink. Sweat began to pour down her face as she gasped in pain. Finally, her eyes trained on the 64-oz soda in front of Chloe. Without asking, she seized the drink and turned it upside down over her face. The splash of sugar and liquid on her tongue (and the rest of her face) finally subsided the heat to a dull roar.
"Whoa. Wow. That was a close one. Lucky that drink was there." Star shook the soda out of her eyes and turned to see Jackie and Chloe giving her blank stares back. "Oh, sorry. Was that yours?"
Chloe looked at Jackie before turning back to the blonde teen. "It is fine. I can always get something else later-plus the American diet might not be the best for my figure."
Pulling her hair out of her face, Star smiled awkwardly at them. "Hehe. Thanks…So Chloe, how are you liking living in America and going to American high school? This is your senior year too right?"
"Qui, though I must say that this Echo Creek is most odd." The skater girl flipped her hair and tilted her head to the side to catch Jackie's eye. Jackie smiled sweetly back at her. "This place is full of monsters and people from another world. My home in France was barely effected by this 'Merge' though the new colors and moons in the sky are beautiful against the Paris skyline." She looked back at Star and smiled. "There are so many monsters here but many are now immigrating around the world. There is even a embassy for them in Paris. But like here, there are new creatures everywhere. Though the French police are furious at the migrating dragon-motorcycle animals that nest in the Eiffel Tower."
Star's face split into a big smile. Though she knew how the world was affected by her and Marco's accidentally merging of dimensions, she as extremely happy to hear that the world was adapting and maybe even better because of it. "That is so cool, Chloe! I'm glad you are enjoying it here! And I bet Jackie is happy too!" She wiggled her eyebrows at her.
Laughing, Jackie nodded. "Totally. It's cool that she gets to be here and spend senior year here in this weird little town." She looked around before leaning in, her voice growing quiet. "Though I've been to one place that is even weirder that we're gonna go over fall break if you wanna come. It's in Oregon, some place called Gravity Falls. It's supposed to be awesome!" Glancing at her watch, Jackie promptly stood up. "Oh snap, we gotta get you back to Janna's house! Her parents have a strict curfew!"
"Really? But Janna never has said-"
"Yeah, I don't ask when it comes to Janna. See ya later, Star Butterfly!" The two girls hopped onto their skateboards and waved goodbye, Star standing up and waving over at them. "BYE! Thanks for the taco!" Sighing, Star cleaned up their table and began to walk through the streets again. She REALLY didn't want to go back to the Monster Temple and Tom and Janna were off doing some weird dumpster diving thing and Marco was who knows-
Slapping her hand to her forehead, she mentally chided herself. She knew exactly where he was-it was Sunday afternoon after all! Dashing down the street, Star finally made her way to the garage of the one and only-"Ferguson! Hello!" She kicked in the side door to his garage, smashing her way inside. A flurry of cards and dice flew into the air as Ferguson and Alfonso stared up at her with large, frightened eyes. "Oh…Marco isn't here?"
"Hey Star! Want to join us in our game of Dungeons and Dragons? It's just us two today. Marco is doing some karate thing with Sensei and that annoying kid Jeremy but said he may catch up with us later!" Alfonso held his cards up for her to see, a smile on his face. He gently pushed up his glasses.
Ferguson, however, had his hands thrust across his chest. "Well hello Star, or should I say-Star." He paused, looked to the side, then back at her with a deepened frown. "Well, I couldn't think of another name to call you but you get what I mean. Didn't think you even remembered our names."
Star tilted her head to the side in confusion, scrunching up her face. "What? Ferguson, we hang out almost every other weekend-where is this coming from?"
Ferguson straightened up his back, putting his hands on the table. "Oh-sorry, old habits. Sophomore year you completely ignored us. We never saw you."
"Umm, sophomore year I was on Mewni fighting structural racism and institutional corruption with the Magical High Commission. And other stuff happened!"
"Oh, right. I forgot you guys were gone that year. Oh okay-wanna join?"
Star cocked her head to the side, looking at the board in front of her. "I dunno. It looks kind of complicated." Alfonso shrugged his shoulders and Ferguson raised his eyebrows at her. Shrugging her own shoulders, she sat down at the last available seat. "What the hey, so is this like Snakes and Ladders? Or Candy Land? Marco showed me how to play that…"
Finally, hours later, the side door opened to reveal Marco coming in, his eyes closed and face long. "YOU GUYS! You will not believe my day-it was the most life-changing day of my life. First, I was on the bus with Jeremy and Sensei when this Mewman woman next to me went into labor." He flopped into the last chair, tilting his head back, his eyes still closed. "And I had to help deliver her baby. I literally brought life into the world. Then, when we got off the bus, there was this fire and some monster kid was stuck in this burning building so I went in and helped him but stupid Jeremy told the news it was all him. AND THEN the monster kid's parents who were getting a divorce were so happy to see him alive that they decided to get back together and told me that I saved their marriage. Also, while I was in the fire I almost passed out and I think I saw heaven." Lifting his head, he looked at his friends. Startled, he saw the last person he expected to see. "Star? What are you doing here? I literally called you, like, ten times today, what-?"
"Yeah, cool story Marco. Now shut up! I'm about to complete my quest of the Cotton-Candy Wizard of Chocolate Lava Cake Mountain. You're gonna jinx my roll." Marco blinked at his girlfriend's speech, unsure how to respond. She was staring fixatedly at the board, wearing a pink wizard's hat and held a board game lid of Candy Land in her left hand while she rolled the die with her right. Confused, he looked over at Ferguson and Alfonso. The latter held two fists to his mouth, watching her in anticipation while Ferguson stared at her with narrowed eyes.
"You just had to go and fall in love with a magical princess, didn't you, Marco." Ferguson glared at him angrily, his eyes narrowing. "And now she goes and takes over the game and starts making up her own rules!"
Marco glanced back as Star rolled the die, threw her hands in the air in victory, and tossed her wizard hat like a graduation cap. A smile grow on his face. "Yep, that's Star."
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know this seems a bit contrived but honestly a lot of the Star vs the Forces of Evil show as about Star just randomly living throughout her day and interacting with the people around her. (Especially the episode Britta's Tacos! Such a good one!) Anyway, just four more chapters left-I can't believe we are nearing the end. Thank you again for following, commenting, favoriting, and most of all reading my story. It's such a joy to write. Let me know what you thought of this chapter. Until next time!
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