*Instead of Jay's Workspace, we see him flying through the depths of space on The Razor Crest from Star Wars: The Mandalorian. Inside the ship itself, RJ "Jay" Writing Ink is clad in Mandalorian Armor made to resemble a male version of the armor used by Sabine Wren in Star Wars: Rebels, but with an added jetpack. Baby Yoda's sitting in the seat behind him playing on a Switch as Jay reads over his friend Wandering Hippie's review on how he was hoping to see an episode where Comet turns Skullnick into a troll. After a few moments, he finishes reading.*
Jay: and this is why I'm glad I planned this story out in advance.Don't worry, Hippie; I've got you covered with this new chapter. This is the way.
"...And so we wound up flying past the mountains before deciding to turn back, and that's when Karla took me to this place called "Britta's Tacos" for a snack. Have you guys ever had tacos before, because they're sooo good! We don't have anything like them on Mewni!"
Marcia and Jonah smiled as they walked down the school hallways, listening to their friend gush about how much fun he had getting to hang out with Karla. It had already been a few days since the football game, but all Comet could talk about was spending time with Karla. While some would find it irritating, the two teens knew that Comet couldn't help himself, so they decided to let him get it all out of his system and move on.
Jonah, though, couldn't resist trying to mess with the boy. "Ooooh, sounds like someone's got it bad for Karla." He said in the most teasing manner possible.
Marcia, on the other hand, wasn't having any of it. "Knock it off, Jonah. There's no need to embarrass him."
Comet then turned to look at her. "It's cool, Marcy. I know he's just trying to mess with me. It won't work, though. I'm pretty open regarding how I feel about other people. It's one of my best qualities."
Jonah then leaned over to sling his arm on Comet's shoulder. "You know, Comet, for the right price, I'd be happy to help set you up with her. Interested?" Echo Creek's resident troublemaker asked while rubbing his fingers together.
"Appreciate the offer, Jonah, but no need," the boy responded quickly. "Between my good looks and devilish charm, I'm confident I can win her heart," he replied as he gave a cocky smile.
"Oh, just like how you won over pretty much every girl in Echo Creek Academy, then?" Marcia smugly remarked, much to Comet's confusion.
"Whaaat? What you talking about, Marcy? There's no way that's true."
Jonah and Marcia stopped dead in their tracks when they heard him say this. Much to his confusion, his two friends were looking at him like he was crazy. Well, crazier than normal. "What's wrong? Was it something I said?"
After letting the disbelief fade from their faces, Jonah spoke. "You seriously don't know?"
"Know what?" Comet was genuinely confused about why they looked so shocked.
His friend's eyes then darted towards each other, then to Comet, then back to each other.
"He doesn't know, does he?"
"No, I don't think he does."
"That's bad. It's bad that he doesn't know."
"Um guys, do you want to fill me in or...?"
Remembering that he was still standing there, Jonah was the first to speak. "Comet, I don't know how you haven't figured it out yet, but pretty much every girl that goes to our school has a crush on you."
Marcia nodded in agreement. "It's true. Everywhere I go, I keep hearing other girls talking about you and saying things like 'oh my god, Comet Dragonfly is such a hunk,' and 'he's got to be the coolest boy in the world.' I've heard some even giggling about calling themselves Mrs. Comet Dragonfly."
"They have?"
"Yes, because right now, you're probably the most eligible bachelor on the planet. Why else would the cheerleaders make me give you their phone numbers?"
"Because they wanted to be friends?" The prince innocently answered.
Jonah could only facepalm at how naive his friend could be at times. Marcia continued explaining, though. "Comet, they did that because they all want to date you. How has that never occurred to you until just now?"
By this point, the trio had reached Comet's locker. As he began to open it, he dismissed what his friends were saying. "Look, guys, I still don't see where you got these ideas. There's no way every girl in Echo Creek Academy could have fallen for me so fast." Comet then opened up his locker.
As if to validate his friend's claims, though, Comet was met with an avalanche of envelopes, several dozen strong, coming out of his locker, and falling at his feet. All of them were decorated with hearts and glitter, with the names of the people who wrote them written neatly in cursive.
Marcia and Jonah couldn't help but smirk at the sight while Comet processed this. "Okay, maybe a few girls do have a crush on me, but so what? I've still only got eyes for Karla."
"Dude, a lot of guys would kill for this kind of popularity with the girls. You know that, right?" Jonah questioned.
"Maybe, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm only interested in Karla. She's super chill, has great taste in music, and was able to tame that griffin I created, which makes her awesome." Comet said as he began to pick up the love letters. "Besides, I'm only interested in dating someone who likes me for me."
"So, what are you going to do with all those letters, then?" Marcia asked. "You're not going to throw them out, are you?"
Comet shook his head. "Nah. That would be mean. I'll at least read through them all and thank the people who gave them all. It's the right thing to do." At that moment, the bell rang, and the three hurried to their first class of the day.
True to his word, Comet would spend time reading each of the love letters he found in his locker. While none of them made him feel anything romantic, he could at least appreciate all the nice things people were saying about him.
"Wow, I knew that everybody liked me, but I had no clue that they realized just how awesome I am," Comet spoke to Marcia, sitting at the desk across from his. "Listen to this, Marcy: 'Comet, you are like a shooting star that crashed into my life and made it so much brighter.' This one says, 'you've got to be the coolest person I've ever met, and I'd love to spend time with you.' And another one says 'please go out with me.'"
Marcia smiled, happy that her friend enjoyed the attention, but she hoped that he didn't end up hurting all those girls' feelings. She was brought out of her thoughts, though, by the sound of someone slamming something onto a nearby desk. The cause soon became apparent. Standing there was a giant, green Troll sporting a red mohawk and pink gem in her navel, a lavender shirt, and gray pants that looked too small for her. Her appearance may have changed, but the trademark scowl on her face reminded everyone that this was, in fact, their teacher, Miss Skullnick.
None of the students saw what happened, but during the game against the Warriors and the chaos that followed, she had the misfortune of getting blasted by one of Comet's stray spells. As a result, she got turned into a troll form and spent several days crying over it. When she eventually returned to school, she was meaner than ever, especially to Comet, who remained oblivious to his teacher's hatred for him.
As Skullnick continued passing back a recent test, her scowl only intensified. "As you can see, class, most of you have done a horrible job, and you should be ashamed of yourselves." She stopped, though, when she got to Marcia. "Except for you, Marcia, dear. You got the highest grade in the class."
"Thank you, Miss Skullnick," Marcia said.
"Oh no, thank you, sweetie. You're one of the few things that keep me going these days." The teacher then leaned in close. "Stay away from Comet, dear. That boy will be nothing but a bad influence on you," she whispered. After that, she slammed Comet's test on his desk, glared daggers at him, and then returned to the board.
"I don't know what she's talking about, honestly. I mean, look," the boy held up his test, which had all sorts of corrections and marks on it. "I got an 'F' for fantastic!"
Marcia looked at his test and then sighed. "I hate to burst your bubble, pal, that's a F-, for 'fail.' I think you may have gotten the worst grade in the class."
"Aw, what?" Comet looked at his test, confused.
"What, they don't have tests on Mewni?"
"No, no, they do not," Comet said. "What about you, though. What did you get?"
"Only the best grade you can get: an A with a smiley face!" Marcia proudly proclaimed as she held up her test, leaving Comet in awe.
"Oooh...I want the best one, too!" Comet then stood up, and Marcia instantly realized what he intended to do.
"Comet, wait-" but it was too late; he was already walking up to the teacher. Marcia quickly reached inside her backpack and pulled out a helmet and makeshift armor made from pillows and put them on.
"Ready the lifeboats, people," She muttered as she tried to shrink as far into her desk as possible.
"Oh, Miss Skullnick!" Comet called in a sing-song voice. All that did was make the teacher pulverize the chalk in her hand as her eyes began to turn red with rage at the sound of that voice.
"What do you want, you little troublemaker?" Some of the students were sure that they saw one of Skullnick's eyes twitching in anger.
"I was just wondering if you could do me a teeny-weensy favor and turn my 'F' into an 'A,'" Comet asked in as friendly a manner as possible.
"You're worried about a lousy grade?! I'm the one with the real problems, kid! I had just found a guy with a boat, and he left me at the dock as soon as he saw me like this!" Skullnick bellowed.
"The dock?" Comet questioned.
"The dock isn't the important part. What's important is that you're the reason I'm stuck like this!"
"Wait, what did I do to you?"
"You don't remember? At the game against the Warriors that you ruined-"
"You mean helped us win?"
"-ruined, I got zapped by one of your spells that turned me into this hideous freak of nature. Now I'm doomed to live on dry land for the rest of my days!"
Comet looked up and down at Miss Skullnick before finally saying something. "Are you sure you didn't look like this beforehand?"
"Uh-oh." Marcia whimpered. Everyone else in the classroom followed her lead and took cover behind their desks.
Comet didn't mean for his question to sound insensitive, but that's how it came off to their teacher. Just when it looked like Skullnick was about to explode, though, she did the opposite: she just started crying as the stress of the last few days finally got to her.
"Nice one, Comet. Way to be considerate for other people's feelings," Marcia said while glaring at the boy, making him realize that he had screwed up really badly to reduce his teacher to tears.
Comet looked back at the teacher and, feeling the weight of the realization that his screwup at the football game had led to this, began to feel incredibly guilty. Then, that guilt was replaced by a newfound resolve.
"Miss Skullnick, I'm sorry that this happened to you," he said as he knelt next to the crying teacher. "But I promise you that I'm going to fix this." Comet then pulled out his Wand and began to mentally come up with a spell.
Understanding what Comet was about to do, and realizing that it could make things worse, Marcia ditched her armor and got out of her desk. "Comet wait. I don't think that's a good idea!"
"Lightning-"
Too late, though. Comet had already started casting a spell.
"Change back!"
Instead of changing Miss Skullnick back, a portal appeared and zapped Comet, Marcia, and the teacher, causing them to vanish. The rest of the students just sat there, trying to process what had happened, and more importantly, what they would do for the rest of the class. Finally, it was Jonah broke the silence:
"All in favor of using Skullnick's computer to watch videos on YouTube, say aye."
"Aye!" Everyone agreed.
As soon as the three magically reappeared in Comet's bedroom, Skullnick started to scream and run around, now thoroughly freaked out of her mind. Worse, she was now so massive that every step made the room shake, making a few of the knick-knacks that Comet had come close to falling to the ground.
"Uh-oh, we're back at the house. Why are we back at the house? Ahh, my Funko Pops!" Comet then scrambled to a nearby shelf to keep the Funkos of The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda that he had bought on Marcia's laptop from falling off the shelf.
"Comet, I think you just zapped us back to the house," Marcia said.
As Comet finished making sure that his precious Funkos were safe from being damaged, he turned back to face Marcia. "Huh. If it weren't for our circumstances, that would be pretty lit, like real-life fast travel. Gotta remember to write that one down.
"Oh yeah. Super convenient."
Meanwhile, Skullnick's crying brought them back down to Earth, making them remember why they were in the first place. The two friends looked at the sight in front of them, and then at each other.
"You get the chair. I'll get the rope?"
"Works for me."
Working fast, Marcia managed to get Skullnick to sit in a chair she found, while Comet conjured up some licorice ropes and used them to restrain their teacher until she calmed down. However, they soon had a new problem: Miss Skullnick was crying so much, it was starting to floor Comet's room!
"This doesn't seem physically possible, Comet!" Marcia shouted over Skullnick. "How can she even-"
"Cry this much?" Comet said, finishing her sentence. "Hell if I know! Magic can be weird like that sometimes!" Comet then tried to soothe their upset teacher. "There, there, Miss Skullnick. I'm sorry about what I said, and I'm going to do everything I can to fix this." This did little to help her.
Marcia could feel the tears starting to seep into her shoes, getting her socks wet and irritating her. "Comet, we can't keep stalling. Just call your dad, tell him what happened, and ask how to reverse the spell."
Comet whipped around so fast Marcia was worried he might break something. "*GASP* NO! NO WAY! I'm already on thin ice with my parents as it is. If my dad finds out about this, they're going to send me to..."
THUNDER STRIKE* (don't ask how.)
"SGT OLEG'S SCHOOL FOR WAYWARD PRINCES! THEY RIP EVERYTHING OUT OF YOU THAT MAKES YOU YOU, AND YOU'RE NEVER THE SAME AGAIN. AHHHHHHHH!" Comet began screaming before being silenced by Marcia
"Are you done?" Marcia asked in as calm a manner as possible.
"Almost. Ahhhhhhhh!" Comet resumed his screaming before finally stopping. "All right, I'm good. I got it out of my system. But seriously, I can't tell my dad, or he'll get super pissed."
Sighing, Marcia put a hand on Comet's shoulder. "Listen, Comet. You just need to get the info out of him without letting him know what's happening. You know, dance around the truth."
Comet thought about this for a moment. "Hmmm. I am a great dancer!" Much to Marcia's amusement, Comet then proceeded to dance his way to the part of his room where he keeps its magic mirror. From what he told her when he first moved in, the mirror was the magic version of video chatting with others.
As he stood in front of the mirror, Comet took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then spoke up. "*ahem* Mirror mirror on the wall, call Buzzkill."
The mirror responded. "Calling dad." Sure enough, in a few seconds, the image of King Mune Dragonfly appeared in the mirror.
"Mune, my boy. What a pleasant surprise. I trust that you're adjusting to life on Earth?" Mune was in a surprisingly good, which almost took Comet off-guard. Fortunately, he remembered to keep his cool.
"Hey, Dad. I'm doing well; I already made plenty of friends, making great strides in my magic training. Speaking of which, that's why I'm calling you. I need advice."
"What seems to be the problem, son," Mune questioned.
"Well, I was looking through the book you gave me and found a spell that lets me transform a person into a new creature altogether. But then I couldn't find out how to reverse it if things go wrong, and I thought that I should ask you. The last thing I'd want to do is leave someone stuck as a centaur or giant Troll for the rest of their lives."
Mune frowned, and for a moment, Comet thought that the jig was up. Fortunately, the Universe seemed willing to provide him an out.
CRASH*
"Son," Mune asked sternly, "what was that?"
Time to go, Comet thought. "On second thought, Dad, I'll figure this one out for myself. It's better this way. Talk to you later!" Before the King could even respond, Comet ended the call and rushed over to where Marcia was standing, mouth agape.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT NOISE?!"
"MISS SKULLNICK, SHE GOT UP AND JUMPED OUT YOUR WINDOW!" Marcia then pointed at the place where the window used to be. Now there was just a big, troll-shaped hole in its place.
"I don't get it. How the heck did Miss Skullnick get out of those licorice ropes?"
It turns out Miss Skullnick didn't. She was so strong that she could get up and run while still tied to the chair. Fortunately, Comet and Marcia were quick to act.
"Laffy Taffy Lasso!" A rope made of sticky taffy then appeared out of Comet's Wand and latched onto Skullnick, holding her in place. This gave Marcia enough time to tackle the teacher to the ground, with Comet joining her to help.
"Wow, nice one, Marcia!" Comet said in thanks.
"Wow, nice one, Marcia," A familiar voice repeated behind them in a very mocking tone.
Comet and Marcia looked up and turned around to see none other than Ludo and his gang of Monsters.
"Ludo! What the hell are you doing here?!"
"Oh, you know, just catching you when you're at your most distracted!" Ludo said in a very confident tone.
Comet could only give him a deadpan stare at this statement. "Seriously? I've been way more distracted than this."
"It's true. I saw him get distracted following a butterfly on the way to school, and then he tripped and fell in..."
"Marcy, I asked you not to mention that!"
"Still look pretty distracted, if you ask me," Ludo said nonchalantly.
"Not really."
"Oh, well... hey, is that a flying warnicorn!?"
"What?! Where!?" Comet yelled before looking in the direction Ludo was pointing in, which only made Marcia facepalm as Ludo and the Monsters just laughed.
I can't believe I'm best friends with an idiot, she thought.
"Get him!" Ludo yelled. "Kick his ass to the Underworld!"
The Monsters then let out a mighty battle cry as they charged forward.
"Eyes up, Comet! We've got a fight on our hands!" Marcia said, snapping Comet back to the situation at hand as they yelled their battle cry. And then run in the opposite direction, leaving Skullnick to be trampled underfoot. Ludo climbed atop the Giraffe Man and then mounted this flying eyeball thing to join the pursuit.
As the Monsters closed in, Comet turned around to face them before firing off a spell.
"Flying Monkey Paratrooper Party!" Suddenly, many chibi flying monkeys appeared and, uttering a battle that translated to "for the bananas!" they started chasing after a bunch of Monsters.
Meanwhile, Marcia faced down Bearicorn, Big Chicken, and Three-eyed Potato Baby. "I'm obligated to warn you-" Marcia pulls out a red band and ties it around her head, "-I'm a red belt. With a stripe."
All the monsters did was act like they were scared just to irritate their opponent. That was a huge mistake, as Marcia grabbed a nearby rake and immediately used it to whack Potato Baby over the head, causing him to spin around before falling to the ground, stunning his comrades.
"Still not scared? Because there's more where that came from, you know." Instead of being scared, though, the Monsters got mad at tried to rush Marcia, who deftly moved out of the way, leaving them to run right into the fence.
"Ah, man. I hope Mom and Dad aren't mad about that," She thought out loud.
Meanwhile, Comet was busy facing down Buff Frog, using his Wand-Staff to block his punches and quickly maneuver around him for his counterattack.
"Fire Dragon Fist Punch!" A flaming fist launched out of Comet's Wand and proceeded to repeatedly punch Buff Frog in the face, bruising and burning him in the process.
Then, just for the heck of it, Comet decided to bite down on Buff Frog's arm.
"AHHHHHH!" Buff Frog screamed in pain as he tried to shake the boy off his arm. Alas, Comet would not budge, forcing a nearby Lobster Claws to run to his aid.
"Don't worry, Buff Frog. I got him. I got-" He didn't get him because Comet kicked him from behind. Unfortunately for him, this distraction was enough for Buff Frog to shake him loose, and with a wave of his arm, he sent the boy flying.
Acting on years of training, Comet spun around in the air to correct his landing. But when he saw Potato Baby get up and run towards him, he got a better idea. Mentally extending his Wand to Wand-Staff form, he twirled it around above him before whacking Potato Baby square on the head. The Monster didn't pass out, but it left him with a nasty lump that the guy could only rub in pain.
Marcia, on the other hand, was in a bind. This Monster that looked like a Minotaur from Greek Mythology had gotten her into a headlock, and she was trying to jab at him in the stomach before she passed out. After a few hits, she felt the Minotaur's chokehold weaken. Marcia then leaned forward before using her momentum to throw the Monster clear over her shoulder. And right into Ms. Skullnick.
"Ohh"
"uh"
Comet was turning his Wand into an assault that fired jawbreakers when he saw what was going on.
Comet looks at the Monster (whose name is Emmitt) and Miss Skullnick. Seeing their love-struck looks, Comet couldn't help but go, "Awww, that's so sweet! Narwhal blast." He then fired another Narwhal Blast at Beard Deer without even looking. But then, he had an idea.
"Hey, Marcy, can you handle this on your own for a few minutes?" Comet called out. Marcia, though, was surrounded by a bunch of Monsters.
"Not really, no. Some help would be nice!" Marcia answered honestly.
"No problem." Comet then whistled to call over the Flying Monkeys. "Monkeys, you are to follow General Marcia's orders while I take care of some things. Understood?" The Monkeys then saluted in recognition of their orders. "Good. Oh, and make sure to give Marcia this," he said while holding what looked like a replica of a Stormtrooper's blaster rifle. "Tell her it fires jawbreakers instead of lasers. She'll love it!" The monkeys screeched in obedience and then flew off.
Comet managed to find Miss Skullnick as she was trying to use Potato Baby and Chicken Head to get over the fence.
"Oh, Miss Skullnick!" Comet said in a sing-song voice.
"What do you want now? Haven't you ruined my life enough as it is?" Miss Skullnick said as she stopped mid fence climb.
"And now I'm trying to make up for it. See that Monster over there?" Comet said, pointing to Emmitt, "He thinks you're cute."
"Really? Ooh! What should I do?" Miss Skullnick asked excitedly.
"Wait right here, Skullsy!" Comet then took off towards Emmitt.
Meanwhile, Marcia was having the time of her life leading the Flying Monkeys, using her Jawbreaker Gun to chase the Monsters around her yard. It was surprisingly an excellent way for her to let off some pent up stress that she didn't even know she had in her. The Monsters, though, were tripping over themselves trying to get away from the crazy girl, with Ludo running the fastest.
"Help! Help! Don't let her get me!" Ludo blabbered as Marcia and the Monkeys continued harassing them. Comet, though, used the confusion to get close to Emmitt.
"Hey, you, minotaur. See that Troll over there?" the boy said, pointing at Miss Skullnick.
Emmitt said something very excitedly, but all Comet could hear was nonsense. Regardless, Comet seemed to get the desired response, as the Bull Monster ran up to Miss Skullnick, and they started talking as Comet watched.
"Damn, I am good at this!" He hollered to himself.
"SOMEBODY HELP US!" That high-pitched cry for help reminded Comet that there were still enemies to thrash, and he went to rejoin Marcy and her legion of soaring simians. When he found them, they had Ludo's group with their backs to the wall, and Marcia ready to pull the trigger on her candy-loaded weapon.
"Stand down, soldiers. I'll take it from here." The monkeys instantly obeyed, stepping aside to salute Comet (even Marcia got it in on it), much to Ludo's relief.
"Oh, thank corn," Ludo said with a sigh of relief. "I'd honestly rather deal with you right now rather than that madwoman."
"You sure about that, Ludo?" Comet asked him with a smirk on his face as he began to charge up his Wand.
"Uh-oh."
"Guys, hit the deck!" Marcia and the monkeys then dove for cover behind a tree.
"Turbo Nuclear Dragonfly Explosion!"
"Not again!" Ludo screamed. And then, KABOOM!
The next thing everyone knew, a mushroom cloud of neon rainbow lights and cute little dragonflies covered the yard. After the dust had settled, Comet looked around to see that the backyard was more or less intact. Marcia and the Flying Monkeys were also in one piece. Ludo's Monsters, on the other hand, were either out cold or groaning from the pain. Ludo, dazed from what had hit him, went to the closest minion he could find and started shaking him in anger.
"You see, Ludo. I told you I wasn't dis- holy crap, is that guy dead? Did I seriously kill that guy?" Comet didn't like Monsters, but he didn't want to kill someone outright.
"No, he's not dead. He's probably just bleeding internally and being a total baby about it!" Ludo screamed as he kicked the Monster in the head, "Stupid wuss…" He pulls out some scissors and opens a dimensional portal. "Get up, you dipsticks!"
Ludo's monsters all stood up, groaning in pain and covered in bruises, and shuffle toward the portal. They all went through the portal in defeat, with Ludo raising his fist before he entered.
With the fight now over, Comet and Marcia then something even more disturbing: Miss Skullnick draped over that Minotaur Emmitt.
"Ooh, you're so muscly…" Miss Skullnick said
"I suddenly need to bleach my eyes," Marcia said in disgust.
"Ooh!" Comet gushed out, "So... now that I hooked you up, how about that A?"
"Honey, please! I'd give you an A-plus if I were still a teacher. I'm setting sail with Captain Triceps here. Hehe," Miss Skullnick said giggling.
"What?! After all that effort?! Now how am I supposed to get an A?"
"Try studying," Miss Skullnick said as she and Emmitt walked away.
Marcia imitated a sad trombone noise as he walked over to Comet. "Don't worry, Comet. I'll help you with studying. After all, I got an A with a smiley face!"
"Oh, duh! Why didn't I think of that? Thanks for that, Marcia!"
The next day, Comet and Marcia were in class, minus one Miss Skullnick, explaining what the heck had happened after they had left the day before.
"So anyway, long story short, Skullnick ran off with this weird man-bull guy thing to another dimension, and now she is gone forever," Comet said. "You're welcome!" Everyone in class then began to cheer and celebrate at the prospect of their teacher being gone for good!
Then, as if the Universe loved proving Comet wrong, a portal opened above Miss Skullnick's desk, and out came their teacher.
"Miss Skullnick? What happened?" Marcia hesitantly asked.
"He dumped me. I think. I don't know. I couldn't understand a word he was saying!" Miss Skullnick screamed.
"Welcome back, Skullzers," Comet said nervously. "You're not still mad at me, are you?" As soon as she heard Comet's voice, students swore they saw her eyes flash red with bloodlust.
"Get ready for the worst pop quiz of your lives!" Miss Skullnick screamed.
"Yep, she's still mad," Comet commented.
Ninety minutes later, the pop quiz from hell finally came to an end, with Comet, Marcia, Jonah, and the others limping out of class, looking like a bunch of zombies.
"Never again. I never want to go through that torture again." Jonah groaned.
"I don't think I've ever had to use my brain as hard as I just did today," Marcia grimaced.
"Brain? What's that? It sounds nice to have." Comet said, all the fight seemingly sucked out of him.
"Excuse me? Comet Dragonfly?" A voice suddenly cried out. When Comet looked up, he saw a girl that he didn't recognize walking up to him. His friends were about to join him, but Marcia held them back, thinking it would be better if he had some privacy. They then watched as the girl handed Comet something in an envelope before walking away.
With the girl now gone, the others went over to see Comet, with Jonah speaking up. "So what was all that about, Comet?"
Comet looked at them and smiled. "Oh, it was just some girl who wanted to give me this love letter."
"Damn, Dude, another one? Prince Comet, you are on fire! What's your secret?"
Comet looked at them and just shrugged. "Don't know. Must be a combination of my good looks and the fact that I'm so much fun to be around." Comet then carefully put the letter inside his pocket. "Listen, guys. I'm too wiped out from that pop quiz to make it through the rest of the day. So I'm just going to find Karla and see if she can teach me how to use a keytar. Laters!" Comet then jogged off to the parking lot where he knew he'd find Karla.
"All right, but don't make a habit of ditching class. The point is to improve your grades, not make them worse," Marcia yelled.
"See you later, Prince Comet," Jonah teased.
None of his friends could see it, but Comet's smile fell a little when he heard Jonah call him that. He then remembered all the love letters he had gotten and how so many of them kept calling him the same thing: Prince Comet.
Is that really all people are going to see me as?
*Jay's sitting in the pilot's seat of the Razor Crest once more, relaxing as Baby Yoda plays a game on his Switch*
Jay: Not bad if I do say so myself. It's a good thing that I had my experience with ROTHEM to build on for this chapter.
*Sees that everyone's done reading and goes to address them*
Jay: Okay, so you're probably wondering by now one of two things: why is Skullnick one of the characters that I kept the same, and what the deal was with Comet at the end there. I'm happy to answer the first and hint at the second.
First, I'll be honest with you: I tried thinking of a way to get this chapter to work with Skullnick as a man, but for the life of me, I couldn't think of anything. Also, that would imply somehow creating a female minotaur, and I had no idea what to do with that! So I didn't bother.
As for the second question, that's a bit of foreshadowing on my part. I'm not sure if anyone's picked up on it yet, but Comet's not fond of people seeing him as merely the Prince of Mewni. It's one of his defining traits, and it's going to a big part of his character development going forward.
Now, it's time for
READER REVIEWS!
LockAndKey989- Thanks, man. Good job on the ending to your story. Sad to hear that you might be done with writing fanfics, but I can respect that.
Julayla- Yeah, unlike in the show, here Marcia managed to work up the nerve to talk to Jackson and become friends. But she still hasn't found the courage to confess to him. And your thoughts on Toffee and Rasticore are noted.
Guest- Glad that you liked my take on the show and it's characters. Glad someone noticed the subtlety so soon.
The Wandering Hippie- You're welcome, bro. And thanks for liking my sense of humor. It was surprisingly easy to include those kinds of jokes; I just thought about what I would find hilarious and added it in.
As for your notes, I took a page or two from your book on writing Star and Marco. Thanks to having more friends besides Alfonso and Fergurson, Marcia was able to overcome a lot of the shyness that plagued Marco in the earlier parts of the show. She's still the most cautious and rational person in her group of friends (Safe Kid for a reason), and much like how Marco served as the voice of reason to Star in the show, here it encompasses the entire group. Ergo, when things go south, she takes charge and they tend to listen to her.
As for Comet, in this story, he's got an initially better level of self-awareness in regards to how he acts than Star. He knows how he could end up hurting most of the people on Earth with his magic and above-average strength. So he tries to hold himself back on a subconscious level. Also, the Football Incident reminded him of why he got sent to Earth in the first place and doesn't want to repeat that so soon.
As for the Griffin, I thought it would be a cool way to keep Karla relevant. Also, Griffins are part-bird of prey and part-lion, and that kicks ass.
By the way, in case you haven't figured this out, my choice in location, outfit, and company is referencing Star Wars: The Mandalorian. The new season came out on Disney today and I'm excited to watch it. That, and the entire first season of Disney's new hit show, The Owl House, also dropped. If you haven't seen either, then I recommend you do. The former will explain where the Baby Yoda memes came from, while the latter is like Star vs. meets Gravity Falls. Which is noteworthy since it's made by one of the people who worked on Gravity Falls.You guys know the drill. Leave a follow and review, and be sure to follow me on my blog, YouTube, and social media. Links in my bio! And if you want to support me, check out my page.
Next week, we'll be heading into the story that seemed like it would return one day, but never did. Oh, and have a happy Halloween. This is the way.