Star knew this was all her fault, what the Princess would do if she could take all this back, "Hon… baby… stay with us… just hold on… we need you!"
Marco looked up to his future Queen, "I'll haaaa… I'll do… my… my best… but I don't think I'll-" She cut him off taking his face in her hands and planting a kiss on him.
Surprisingly he felt some strength come back to him, he had to hold out for the girls. For the women he loved and cared for deeply.
"Princess… I will give you what you need, a spell, but I must demand my freedom at once!" Eclipsa had no plans on toying with his life nor spending one more minute in her prison.
"ANYTHING?! PLEASE?!" Star ran to her as the Eclipsa started to whisper in her ear for her alone to hear.
"Do you understand young lady?" The former Queen had a sad smile on her face.
"I do… I'll honor our deal with my life, Hekapoo… Janna… stand aside!" Star was ready to move on with the next step.
Eclipsa looked over Marco seeing the discomfort in his face, the view got better with his jacket open down the middle and not wearing a shirt, "Where do I...? " She had an odd feeling overcome her looking at him more.
The women gave him a kiss for luck as they moved over, he was standing tall looking to Star with nothing more than love and pride for her, "Oh Mewni… how I've missed that look…" Eclipsa had tears in her eyes.
"Thank you… Queen Eclipsa… I love you Star… Janna… Hekapoo…" It almost sounded like he was saying goodbye…
"Love you… I'M TAKING YOUR ASS FOR A RIDE FIRST AFTER THIS!?" Janna was ready.
"Can't wait for my musselman to pick me up again!" Hekapoo grabbed a hold of Janna's hand.
"I love you more… Marco!" Star dried the rest of her tears as the group watched her recite the spell to herself.
Before the last words left her lips, a portal was cut open. The group watched as Marco's babies came out. "Awwwwww would you look that! What do you have there girls?" Eclipsa saw them holding their father weapon, then it all clicked for her.
"WHAT THE HELL... in the multiverse are you three doing here? AND HOW YOU GET HERE?!" Hekapoo did not need this right now as she heard the former Queen snickering behind her back.
"Well… I can track you guys… surprise… oh and you left your scissors in the bathroom mom…" Gidget pulled them out with a huge smile.
The demon went red from anger and embarrassment, Yuki's head popped out from the portal, "Ummmmm sorry about this… they insisted on Marco having his scythe. I couldn't stop them even if I tried…" She had her eyes closed with a silly smile about the situation.
Their father reached out to the weapon with both hands and leaned over to kiss the top of their heads, "Thanks girls, I could use a little help with standing. Now get outta here… before mama H-poo gets angry!"
"Psssss… you have any more chocolate? This looks like it's about to get good!" Eclipsa asked Moon as the other woman gave her a confused look.
"Geez… it was a simple request…" It couldn't hurt to ask.
The girls came and kissed his cheeks while saying their I love you to him, before the Jinko followed the girls, "Again… sorry about this!" Yuki knew she was in for it when they got back… the portal was gone.
Marco wanted to kick himself about forgetting his weapon, good thing the babies knew he would want to have it close to him.
Eclipsa had a spark in her eyes about this man, "That's how it happened…"
"Can we move this along?" Janna was getting testy to see the end of this.
"Right…" Star went over the spell again with no interruptions.
He started to float as the red velvet spell covered his body, now grabbing his weapon tightly, Marco was breathing in the spell feeling it inside and out his body. Everyone watched in wonder as what was going to happen next.
Eclipsa knew this was a powerful spell… with serious repercussions, if she was not released...
The strength was returning back to him, the pain was no more. The latino felt like he could finally put this all behind him. Then from the corner of his eye, with no one the wiser.
"ALRIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT!?" Romulus blasted Eclipsa with a beam locking her back in her cell.
Then… it all went to hell…
The arora around Marco turned purple into an egg shape locking him away, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" He slammed his body against the barrier and started to slash at it with his new found strength… nothing happened.
"No…" Star knew the deal was off… and there was a price to pay now...
"YOU IDIOT!?" Hekapoo had her daggers in Romulus' face.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH?!" The young man didn't know what to do and felt like everything was slipping away from him.
"I CAN'T LET HER BE FREE!? WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE'LL DO TO US!?" Everyone looked up to hear Marco yelling on the top of his lungs as the egg flashed in a bright light and came crumbling to the ground.
Janna was the first to recover from the ground, "Marco… say something…"
"..." Nothing was heard, but the others coughing up a storm.
"Please… ANSWER ME DAMN IT?!" She ran to the crater left on the ground.
Hekapoo was next to her as they started to move the pieces out of the center hoping to find him, "He's… he's gone…" Star knew the price for what just happened…
Everyone looked to her, "Sh… she told me… she would banish him if she wasn't released…
"Romulus…" Moon was in her Butterfly form ready to end him.
"QUEEN MOON!? FORGIVE ME?1?! IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE SURE NONE OF THE PRISONER LEAVE THIS PLACES?!" Lekmet was bawing him to hell on the stunt he just pulled.
"YOU DAMNED MARCO?! MY GRANDDAUGHTERS' FATHER?! STAR'S HUSBAND!? THEIR SANITY?! Moon watched as the women were ready to end his life without a second thought.
…
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" Marco could hear Hekapoo screaming, then his body started to burn as the darkness consumed him.
"AHHHHHHHHHH" Then… it all stop.
Marco opened his eyes to find himself falling from the sky… he rolled over to see the ground coming fast. Then he saw more, "A war?"
There were foot Soldiers all over the battlefield fighting monsters, but nothing that he has seen with Hekapoo or Star. The beasts were massive, easel standing the height of ten men. It was a one-sided battle, even if the Soldiers had the numbers.
The sheer strength of the monsters was overwhelming, he was ready to charge in with his scythe in his hands. It changed into the shield form, he was going to use it to break his landing rather risking it being trapped inside a beast.
Just before he made plans on a landing position, a maroon portal opened beneath him. Next, he saw a lake coming in fast, "This is going to hurt…"
At his speed, smacking the water was going to feel like hitting solid ground. Marco pointed his feet at the lake and crossed his arms over his chest. He held his breath as his body made contact, everything went black.
…
"Please don't be dead, please don't be dead, please don't be dead, please don't be dead, please don't be dead…" He felt someone pumping at his chest and a soft voice repeating itself over and over.
Then there were lips over his as felt a rush of air entering his lungs, he shot up his upper body from laying on the ground to find a young woman screaming and fell over, "EEEEEP AHHHHHH?!"
He was breathing on his own again and felt light-headed, "Huh… whe… wha… huh…" The area around him looked familiar and not at the same time.
The young woman got up and pointed an umbrella at him with a orbe at the end glowing, "DON… DON'T MOVE… I'LL USE IT, IF I HAVE TOO!?"
She went from rescuer to villain in an instant, then he realized the shield was missing. His hands were up in the air, "Okay… just take it easy… what just happened?"
They looked confused at each other, "What do you mean what just happened?"
Marco spotted the shield near her, then the marks on her cheeks, "Yeah? The last thing I remember is landed somewhere over there?"
Both his fingers point to the lake next to them, "That you did…" She was still on guard.
"And before that, I was in the sky…" Again, his finger pointed upwards with his hands still up in the air.
"Yes, you where…!" She was starting to get upset as he kept on literally, pointing out the obvious.
"And none of that sounds odd to you?" He started to shrug.
"Well now that you say it…?" Was she toying with him?
The young man rolled his eyes, "Look, why don't I tell you my name and you can do the same?" His finger now pointing at her.
"WILL YOU STOP POINTING AT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?! I'M NOT DUMB OR ANYTHING?!" The umbrella was now in his face.
"You're the boss… so I'm Marco Diaz… and you are?" He looked up to see his fingers pointing at himself. Marco was flapping his hands to stop with all the pointing.
Her serious look started to soften until she was giggling, "You're funny… and cute…!" The young woman pulled away and slapped one hand across her mouth.
"Eh… thanks? So about that name of yours?" She was thinking it over if she should tell him.
"Before I tell you… what are you doing here? Who do you work for? Where did you come from and… and… are you single?" She smacked a hand on her mouth again not believing she just asked that out loud.
Marco started to smile, "I don't know what I'm doing here or where the hell here is. I'm not working for anyone and I came from somewhere I was never told the name… and no, I'm not single." The last answer was meant to tease her.
"Rats… I-I-I-I MEAN… DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT LAST QUESTION?!" She was a blushing mess as her marks started to glow, in a shape and color he just has seen on another woman.
"Wait… don't tell me you're…" He takes another look around and spots out a castle.
"Who do you think I am, mister?" Well… everyone knew who she was in this land.
"Queen… Eclipsa?" There was no doubting it.
"Pfffffft… Queen? No, I'm only eighteen! Wait… HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?! YOU JUST TOLD ME YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?!" She was standing tall now with one hand on her hip. Marco couldn't help, but notice the black silky dress that hugged her nicely, something her mother always told her that was unfitting for a Princess.
"You gotta be shitting me…!" He fell back onto the ground and placed his hands on his face.
Eclipsa leaned her head to the side, "Ummmmm… did you bump your head when you crashed down on Mewni?"
He couldn't hear her, "No way in the fuck is this happening… I was dying just a few minutes ago and was about to be healed-" Marco stopped himself feeling his heart pumping with no issues.
"Well… at least that's fixed… but why in the hell am I here… in this time?" The latino was going over the memoirs before leading up to this.
"This has to be Romulus' fault… what else could have gone wrong with that spell… damn it!" Eclipsa wasn't enjoying being left out of his one-sided conversation.
"Grrrrr… I'm still right here ya know?" Marco placed his hands on the ground and looked to the sky.
"Sorry about that… just, a lot to take in right now, mind if I get my shield back?" He pointed at the item, then it fired off and latched onto his arm.
"I SAID DON'T MOVE!?" The wand was pointed at him again, Marco didn't know what just happened. He wanted his weapon back, and as if on command. It came to him with zero hesitation.
"Yup… you did say that, and that was a first for me. My scythe never did that before…" He didn't dare to move.
"HA!? You're a liar!? You just called that shield of your's a scythe!? When clearly, it's not!" She was taking this as a small victory.
"Who said I'm lying?" Marco rolled the shield into his hand without looking at it returned to it's normal form.
"Wow…" The Princess was speechless. She had never seen a weapon transform in such a way.
"See, it's now my scythe." He held it in a non-threatening manner as she leaned over to get a better look.
Reaper - 23 OCT 18 0438 and 4k words knocked out, damn I love 24-hour duty lol. No, but really, I feel I get more writing done when I have to sit at a desk.
Now, who saw this coming? No one I bet! This something I've been thinking over on doing or not, there was another plan out there after Marco was healed up. I really like is this way and young Eclipsa seems like fun to play with!
One more thing, I've written all the way to chapter 58! That makes 8k words written in 48 hours with no sleep! The story wrote it self and can't wait to write tomorrow, so aspect a lot of updates! Reviews will motivate me to post a new chapter everyday!