5 MAY 18
The whole flashback was just added to give a better setup on what's next to come...
"That's a very Toffee looking suit… I don't like it." Star wasn't into Marco's new look.
"The guy might have been a dick, but he really did have good style!" The Princess made him a custom tailored black suit with the inside shirt white and thin black tie to top of it. His hair was gelled and pull back even with a clean-shaven face.
"I like it!" Janna started to make techno noises with her mouth as he started a small dance.
"You're such a dork… but you do have some nice moves." Hekapoo whipped out a $20 and pulled him by the belt, "Here's a lil something for your trouble." She placed the money down his pants and smacked his butt.
They all couldn't stop laughs until the girls came into the room, "MOOOOOOOOM… why do we have to wear these things?" Ember wasn't enjoying wearing a dress.
"I think it's pretty!" Maria kept on doing small spins until she fell over.
Gidget just wanted her hoodie back.
"Girls… this is really serious, we're going to go to my Kingdom and it's best if we make go as smoothly as possible..." Star and Janna wore very attractive dresses that Marco was having a hard time not staring. Even Hekapoo's dress was pulled tighter to her body which made him daydream some more.
"You three! Be on your best behavior and I promise I'll make you guys some awesome milkshakes when we get back." Marco hoped the small bribe would keep them from acting out.
Ember and Maria looked at him sideways as Gidget's eyes filled with stars, "LISTEN UP GIRLS!? I want that milkshake, do as I say and you all get to live and see another day!"
The two younger siblings were holding onto each other making loud gulping noises, mostly because Gidget's hand busted into flames in front of their faces,"NOT AGAIN!?" She runs into the bathroom to put it out.
"Hekapoo… we really need to sit down with her about this." He kept a small smirk on his face.
"Meh, she'll figure it out like I did. No one gave me an instruction manual on how to work these things!" She then shows him her hands on fire.
He raises one eyebrow while placing his hands behind his back and walking in front of her while leaning into her ear, "Well if that's how it's going to be, I guess you'll be missing that thing I do with my tongue when you're bent over… and anything else that involves you and I in a bed together?"
She gasped when hearing those words as her bottom lip started to quiver.
Marco then pulled back his head with his eyes closed and wide smile on his face, "So what do you say now?"
"Okay… we'll have a talk later this week..." He then came down and gave her a sweet kiss with a smile just for her to see.
She looked like she was defeated, but knew he loved her, he looked over to Star and Janna from the corner of his eye. They looked back at him with a mix of fear and wanting.
Gidget walked into the room and gave her father a thumbs up.
"My Queen." He reaches his hand out to Star as the portal was open behind him.
Star's face became flush hearing those words, "Gahhhh..."
Janna leaned into her ear, "He's really all ours, isn't he?"
Star takes his hand and looks over to her, "Damn right!"
The large family passes through the portal now standing at the throne room entrance on Mewni. "Okay everybody, let's take this slowly and follow Star's lead." Marco's voice was flat in tone, but had an air of an authority figure.
He looked calm on the outside and kept scanning the room to make sure everything was in place. The girls were tight on his tail knowing daddy would keep them safe. They could always feel that deep inside him, there was something he could do to strike fear in others with just his eyes. Star never found out what happened with the way he can turn off all fear in his body.
In some ways, she didn't feel like this was her Marco standing beside her. Sure, he looked and smelled just like him... there was just something in his eyes that seemed to shut everything off around him… like he was ready for battle?
There was only one other time she saw that look…
Flashback
Hekapoo, Janna and Star returned home after spending the day at the mall. Mr. and Mrs. Diaz were out on a small business trip for the day. It was around 2 pm, just a little after the girls were put down for nap time.
Marco insisted on the women going out and having some fun today, they were more than willing to take his offer.
For some reason, the house seemed quiet… too quiet for any of their liking. The women looked at each other and made their way into Star's room.
They found Marco in the larger area of the room with a sword, fighting. He was only wearing his pants and boots, his whole body was covered in sweat and small grunting noises came out of him. There was some Knight armor set up in the room as he made it seem like he was in a heated battle.
His eyes, they seemed so cold and like something that belonged on a killer. Each move he conducted with the weapon was flawless.
It felt too long for Marco to practice his favorite skill as a proper Swordsman, he was amazing out there. His weapon came from one of the decorations in the room, good thing Star always used the real thing.
He hated how it felt in his hands, it was more of a fancy sword the gentlemen would use to have sparring matches. Nothing like El Chopo, that was his true weapon over at Hekpoo's place. That didn't stop him from puncturing the enemy Knight armors in front of him.
Every single movement that came from his body, with each swing from the weapon... they're perfectly calculated to cause a maximum damage and death. Hekapoo was the only other person that had seen this side of Marco…
The routine was coming to an end as he decapitated 3 armors in front of him before the helmet touched the ground. Marco threw his sword at the last armor behind him, the blade made contact with the helmet and was sent flying to the wall.
As all 4 items made contact, with they're intended hard surface at the same time filling the room with a loud banging noise. He stood there for a short time not even winded, just staring at the women at the doorway.
Not a word was said until he closed his eyes while taking a few deep breaths, "Now in 1… 2… 3… and out 1… 2… 3… Now in 1… 2… 3… and out 1… 2… 3… Now in 1… 2… 3… and out 1… 2… 3…"
He opened his eyes looking back to normal with a big smile on his face, "He guys, you're back sooner than I thought you would be?"
"We… we… started to miss the girls… what was all that about Marco?" Janna steps up to him as she placed her hand on a nasty scar over his heart. It was beating like a jackhammer, but his face didn't show any discomfort.
"Just a little something to make sure I still got it, you guys hungry?" Where did this battle-hardened warrior go? Just a second ago, he looked like he could take on an Army. Now he's back to a simple loving father that wanted to take care of the mothers to his children?
Star placed a hand on his chest before he could walk away from Janna, "Marco… we heard things... about you… are they true?"
His left eye twitched just a bit before going back to normal, no one should know about that life he lived, "Hey guys, you know 99% of those stories are blown way out of proportion. Really, don't look too deep into them!" He placed his hands over theirs and started to laugh.
It did nothing to change Star and Janna's mind, didn't help with his body was covered in scars and how many loud cracks it made in the morning when getting up. While the other women did have their own scars from the trail, something happened to him the worse than they could imagine.
The eyes… they're the window to the soul, just before they showed up. They told a different story… they looked almost completely black…
Flackback Over
The Princess opens the door, "HALT! WHO GOES THERE?" The guards ready their weapons.
"Stand down! It is I, Princess Star Butterfly." She held Marco's hand tighter as they marched to the King and Queen.
"WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS?!" The Queen is on her feet.
"Mother… I can explain!" The group comes to a stop, Hekapoo smirks at the Queen with a little wave.
"Star? My Star Butterfly? This can't be… you're a grown woman now?! What in Mewni is going on?!" Her father was surprised to see this before him.
"Your majesty…" Marco started until Star stopped him, her eyes looked back to him with confidence.
"Mother, father… a lot has happened in the last few days… it's kind of hard to fully explain, but I assure you if we all stay calm… it'll all make perfect sense in time." Star was ready to lay down the whole situation.
Later That Day
The three girls were wrestling with King Butterfly and giving him a run for his money.
"Grandpa might not be as fast as daddy, but he's is real st-" Ember couldn't finish her sentence, she had him in a headlock until he reached up and threw her over his head.
"In the heat of battle, one doesn't have time for spee-" He was rightly cut off as Gidget threw Maria at his face which in turns had taken him down.
"NOW!" Ember and Gidget jumped on him and each one had him in an arm bar.
"Ugh… I surrender…" The long battle was over with his new grand babies, he couldn't be any more proud.
The women were sitting at a table outside overlooking the courtyard, "I'm not sure if I fully understand everything you told me Star, but I'm glad you're safe."
Moon held her hand and smiled, "Awwww thanks, mom, I thought things were going to get messy back there!" Star was petting her hair.
"For the record, I didn't want her to go on this journey, I blame Marco with his Judo mind tricks!" Hekapoo kept on drinking her tea.
"Hey, where is he anyway?" Janna was worried about the look he had after the conversation.
"He said he needed to take a walk, there's are two guards with him so he doesn't get lost" Star looked off as her father and the kids returned.
Somewhere Deep In The Castle
"I take it King Butterfly is a collector war memorabilia, huh?" Marco asked the guards.
"That is correct." Was his only response.
He came across a large painting of a battlefield, it had pulled him in and he studies every detail of it. The title of the painting was "The Reaper's Revenge"
The land was scorched with bodies littered all over, the more he stared at it the larger his eyes became. He started to smell burning flesh and could hear the sounds of swords clashing together. Everything around him fades away but the painting, sounds of men and women taking their last breath can be heard clear as a bell.
Then something catches his attention "Reaper…"
"No!" The words escape him.
Again he hears, now louder "Reaper…"
He takes a few steps back until he's up against the wall across from him, slowly he turns around to another painting of a woman in full battle dress. The tip of the sword is on the ground as both her hands are on top of it. A better look shows that she's a Jinko Warrior (Beastmen, a cross between human and tiger.)
"No!" He's unable to believe what he's seeing.
The eyes stare back at him with a soft yellow glow and pupils as black as death itself. What little skin showed is a light color orange with black strips along it, the bridge of her nose resembles a tiger's and cat ears on top.
The painting keeps staring back at him in disappointment, the room starts to spin as he hears a blood gulching roar.
Marco starts to hyperventilate as his heart feels like it's going to jump out his chest, it becomes all too much for him as his knees hit the ground looking up at the painting wanting nothing more then it's forgiveness.
"I… I… I tried to save you…" His spine feels like it's on fire, the sounds of battle overcomes all his senses…
Huge shout out to ADdude on this next installment.
5 MAY 18
The whole flashback was just added to give a better setup on what's next to come...