Prince Marco Vs The Forces of Darkness
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Chapter 02: Party with Pony Head
They had the house to themselves, Star's parents left for a date night and she was in the kitchen with Marco.
They were planning on having a movie night, Star had been renting movies for Marco so he could pick up on Earth culture. They were having some trouble.
Star had tried to show him a fantasy movie, hoping to ease him in, but that backfired. Marco kept pointing out details the movie got wrong, that Ents moved faster, Eagles are bigger, Trolls aren't all that brutish, elves aren't all blondes. They tried mystery next, but Marco hung to any plot hole. Star thought science fiction might just let him relax, but it seemed that while Marco's dimension was all about magic many dimensions still had technology way beyond Earth.
This time, Star picked up an old action movie, something with karate. Maybe a dumb action movie could get him to shut off his brain and relax.
They were both roaming the kitchen scanning the shelves. Star had planned to order a pizza, but she spent the last of her money earlier without thinking, so they were looking for something else to eat.
"You know, I could try and make us something." Marco offered.
"Really? I figured a prince would have people to cook for him."
"Well, yeah. Sometimes I'd want something to eat, so I just went go to the kitchen and ask the chef. I often went for a snack and the head chef was always nice to me. He eventually showed me how to make things."
"Cool! You sure you can make something with what we have?"
"Maybe…?" Marco scratched his head unsure. "I mean, all the dishes I know how to make are made with ingredients from Mewni. I'm not sure about Earth ingredients, but I can try."
"Oh, I got something." Star ran and pulled a book from a shelf nearby. "My mom keeps all these cookbooks here."
Star started to flip through the book. One of the things Star did love about her mom was that she was very thoughtful. A lot of these books were for food from other nations. Every once in a while, her mom would make food from the home of their exchange student so they wouldn't get homesick.
Star stopped as she found a page with a note about Mewni and Corn. Star had noticed Marco loved corn, something to do with corn being a big deal on Mewni. Despite tasting different from Earth corn, he still loved regular corn. It seemed her mom noticed it too, a lot of dishes with corn were marked as something Marco might like.
She quickly looked over the ingredients, doing a quick pantry check. They seemed to have everything needed.
Star handed over the book to Marco, "What do about this? Can you do it?"
Marco looked over the page. "Nachos? Well, seems easy enough to make."
"Then get to it, Cook King."
Marco chuckled.
"Ah, see, what I did there? Cook King? Like a king, like you're going to be, but its like cooking?"
"Yeah, I got it, Star." Marco went into the pantry pulling out a bag of corn chips.
The door knocked, to which Star shrugged in response. "I'll get it."
Star opened up the door leading to the dark backyard, but saw no one. She looked around doing another sweep and then spotted a floating head.
"Severed head!" Star let out without a single thought.
Marco quickly rushed to her side wielding a wooden spoon, later lowering his "weapon" as he recognized the glittery flying acquaintance.
"Pony Head?" Marco quirked an eyebrow, "What are you doing here on Earth?"
"Yeah, hello to you too, Marco. And here I thought you were the proper one."
"Oh, right, ah, sorry." Marco got back on his manners. "Star Butterfly, let me introduce you to Princess Pony Head. She's the heir to the Cloud Kingdom, one of the neighbouring kingdoms of Mewni. We've known each other since… since pretty much our whole lives."
"Oh!" Star cooed, excitement quickly making her get used to Pony Head. "So you are childhood friends."
The two royals glanced at one another, sharing an expression of mildly annoyance they both tried to hide from of Star.
"We are not exactly 'besties', but hey, what can I say?" Pony Head floated around Star. "Anyway, girl, who are you?"
Star raised an eyebrow "Huh? I'm Star, Marco just said my name."
"No, No, I got that, I meant what type of girl would actually date Marco."
"Date?! No, I'm Marco's friend."
"Oh, okay, yeah, that makes a whole lot more sense. You're way too pretty for him."
"Oh, thanks." Star smiled at the compliment.
Marco sighed at the back handed insult, "Pony Head what are you doing here?" Marco said as diplomatic as he could, although still slightly irked. "I don't mean to be rude but I wouldn't expect you to have any reason to come to Earth."
"Ugh," Pony Head's expression soured, "It's always business with you. Yes, there is a reason. Remember that agreement?"
Marco looked at her, "Yes, I do remember. You want to…"
"Yes."
"Uh, what's this about?" Star looked at both of them unsure.
Pony Head let out a long, tired sigh. "A date."
"Between you two? Wait, you thought I was trying to steal your boyfriend?!" Star waved her hands before her. "Because I would never-"
"No!" Marco stopped her, "There are some complications but it comes down to- our parents. When we were really young they kind-"
"Ugh" Pony Head groaned. "Our parents wanted us to get together."
"Yeah." Marco dejectedly concluded.
"You two…" Star shifted her finger between them.
"It would solve… a lot of issues." Marco admitted, "My dad and her dad knew each other as kids. Our families had a good relationship for generations so if we were to get together, our kingdoms would be united and it would make them stronger."
"But that's not going to happen!" Pony Head yelled, "I could do so much better!" She looked at Marco, "….I'm sure you'll do fine… some point down the line… probably."
Marco grit his teeth, "But our parents still want us to get together every once in a while."
"They're hoping you two fall for each other." Star wagered.
Both royals broke out into an uproar of laughter for a solid minute.
"Oh, no." Marco finally manages, "Yeah, we all know that's not going to happen. It's mostly just because they think we will at least be a good influence for each other." At the last part Marco crossed his arm.
"Yeah, so every once in a while, we have to go on these 'dates' and just hang out for a while." Pony Head explained, "But if we're going to do this we have to do this right." Pony Head spat out a pair of scissors with a red heart shape handle. "Let's at least head out to Bounce Lounge."
"Is that a pair of dimensional scissors?" Marco questioned the sticky pair of metal.
"Where did you get a pair?"
"Oh, you know, a gift from my daddy." Pony Head said innocently. She paused and looked at Star, "Let's take your new friend too, she oddly enough seems cool. Like, 'why is she hanging out with you' cool."
Marco took a deep breath. He always found hard to deal with all of her back-handed insults.
Pony Head picked the scissors with her tongue and used them to create a swirling purple portal.
"What's that?!" Star hopped excitedly.
"A portal to another dimension." Marco explained, "Pony Head, I can't go, I'm supposed to stay on Earth while I study my magic."
Pony Head rolled her eyes, "Oh, right you're the 'Safe Prince'. Never does anything wrong, always makes sure everything's neat and in order, never breaks a rule and is all around a dull princess. Er, I mean Prince." The Pony Head lips curled up in a mocking fake smile.
"Come on please!" Star put her hands together begging Marco, "I've never gotten to go to another dimension."
With a heavy sigh Marco let his shoulders drop, "Fine, just for a little while."
They quickly left, Pony head leading, Star frolicking excited and Marco with a meek smile due to the irritation.
The backyard's newfound silence was broken shortly after, another portal opening up and two tall figures stepping out of it. One of them knelt, looking down at the sparkle dust left by Pony Head.
"Glitter. She was here." The raspy voice commented before they spread out and scanned the area.
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The neon lit room filled with bumping music the trio found themselves, Star was at a loss of words.
The beat was happening and the place was rocking.
Star's eyes were wide and sparkling, "This place is AWESOME!"
"Welcome to the Bounce Lounge!" Pony Head led Star to the dance floor, "This is my favorite place in all the universe."
The girls started dancing to the music, but later on Star realized something was off: Marco was missing. She spotted him at a nearby table looking over a menu trying to decide on a drink.
"Yeah, I don't think I'm old enough to get a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster." Marco said looking over the options on the menu.
"Marco!" Star ran over to the table yelling, trying to be heard over the loud rave music. "Marco! Come along and dance with us!"
Marco waved her off, "No, just go enjoy yourself. I'm not much for dancing."
Not hearing a thing, Star dragged him onto the dance floor.
Star resumed her dancing after hurling Marco into the crowd, Marco quickly being tossed between the various dancers.
"So, your name is Star?" Pony Head questioned her new friend.
"Yeah, and your name is Pony Head. Like your last name is Head?"
"Actually, my full name… well, just call me Pony Head, the whole thing is my last name. Your last name is Butterfly? I'm gonna call you B-fly."
"I would love that!"
"As well you should, I'm surprised Marco knows such a cool person." They had been talking for a while now and they instantly clicked. Pony Head couldn't think of the last time she connected with someone so fast.
They were having a blast, until Star realized he wasn't dancing next to them.
"Marco!" Star shouted. "Did we lose him?"
"Ah!" Suddenly he got hurled at them by a rather large dancer bumping him. Marco fell to the floor with a smack.
"There you are!"
"Yes." Marco got up and dusted himself off. "I'm here."
"You look annoyed," Star noticed, "Oh right, you guys haven't gotten to spent any time together. You're old friends, so you should get a chance to catch up."
Star nudged Marco and Pony head into a nearby photo booth. "Take some pictures and make some memories."
Star quickly left them alone.
The pair of royals looked at each other, "Why are you doing this?" Marco asked.
"Because Star is fun! I actually like her-"
"No!" Marco stopped her, "The last time we tried this we both agreed that would be the last time."
The Photo booth flash taking a picture of both of them making faces at the camera with words 'Best Night Ever' flashing onto the newly taken photo.
"Sorry if I wanted to visit an old friend."
"We're not really friends!"
They both paused as another picture was taken. They were hugging and smiling as the words BFF flashed.
"You are impossible!"
"I'm 'impossible'." Pony head scoffed, "That coming from the Prince of Mewni? You better watch yourself."
"I'm so done with you! You do nothing but insult me!"
"Fine! You want to settle this?"
"Yes!"
"Fine, duel! Winner gets to make one request the loser has to do."
"Fine!" Marco said assured, ready to use the reward so she would never bother him again.
"Let's go!" Pony head pulled out the scissors and created a portal in the booth they both used.
As the portal closed another open and two robotic figures stepped out.
The photo booth took another picture, 'Night to Remember'
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The Royal pair found themselves standing in an open field, their kingdoms in a distance and the Forest of Certain Death not that far away.
"You brought us here?" Marco questioned pulling out his wand.
"Yeah, I thought it … you know, poetic. We used to be friends, we played here when we were young. If we were putting a nail into that coffin then this seemed like the place to do it." Pony Head finished as her horn began to glow.
"3" Marco said, wand in hand and starting to glow.
"2" Pony Head added.
"1!" The pair yelled out together.
Beams of magical energy ripped out from both of them colliding mid-air. Energy crackled off the beams splattering around like burning plasma. The magic began to swirl and bubble together where their attacks met. Then with bang the bubble burst with a huge explosion sending them both back and clouding the field.
Pony Head was stunned as she looked around, "Oh, hey little princess, you dead?"
A laser shot through the dust cloud around them that she barely dodged, "Guess not!"
Pony Head fired a few random blasts as she ran to find cover. She barely dodged the attacks, annoyed that Marco was using the smoke for cover. Marco used her trail of sparkles to aim.
They weren't easy to spot but amidst in the smokescreen a few sparkles were enough to get an idea where she was.
The smoke was clearing away so she needed to think fast, once it was clear she'd be spotted in seconds. If Pony Head was anything she was bold. As the cover vanished she pointed her horn downward and fired.
Marco aimed his wand ready to attack Pony Head only to spot her high in the air aiming her horn.
As a burst of energy surged at him, he jumped to the side rolling to a stop barely dodging the attack.
Pony head cowered to the ground reading another attack.
"Okay!" Marco readied his wand. "Time to use my newest spell!" He held up his wand as the diamond began to glow a fiery red, "Fiery Drake!"
A huge stream of fire shot out striking the ground, a swirl of fire forming before them, between the flames a black shadow across the flames loomed of a massive creature with large sharp teeth and large feathery wings.
Pony Head stared in terror. "No, you couldn't have summoned an actual dragon! Your magic sucks!"
She moved back as the flames died down revealing….
"A lizard?"
Pony Head stared confused, as the flames died down there was a small red lizard with feathery wings. The reptile hissed and snapped at the air towards Pony Head.
"I kinda expected…something more." Pony Head truly disappointed. "You know with all those huge shadows. That little squirt could be taken out by my little sister."
The small creature spat out a few fiery sparks, then seemed to shy away at the Pony Head's mocking.
Marco bent down and picked up the lizard, "Don't listen to her, Tad Cooper. You're just young, you'll be a big dragon soon." Marco tapped him with his wand to get sucked back in with a flash of light.
"Tad Cooper!" Pony Head laughed, "You summoned a dragon and you name it Tad Cooper!"
"Don't make fun of my dragon!"
"You mean your gecko! Why did I think you could do anything right?"
Marco grit his teeth, "Shut up, Lilacia!"
"Oh! We're bring in my first name! Fine! Let's end this Princess Marco!"
Pony Head's horn began to glow brightly as she charged at him.
Marco furious raised his wand and blurted out the first spells that came to mind, "Swirling Tempest!"
The air was cut and began to swirl as a tornado began to form before them.
"Oh no! Oh no!" Pony head tried to get away as she was being pulled in, she struggled but soon was swallowed up.
"Ha!" Marco laughed at his victory, then stopping when he started getting sucked as well. "Wait! Stop!" Marco flailed trying to counter the spell but pulled back into the cyclone.
Soon as he tumbled into the wind he felt the sharp rip through his hoodie. They got tangled up together as they spun.
"You idiot!" Pony Head yelled against the wind, "Turn it off!"
"I don't know if I can!"
Marco decided to take another method and borrow the trick Pony Head herself used. Marco fired below them and shot themselves out and far into the air.
They started to fall quickly, "Come out cloudy!"
Before the spell his mother had shown him kicked in they hit tree branches, several tree branches before they both hit the hard ground.
They both groaned, they were bruised but not seriously hurt.
They both were about to turn their frustrations and anger at each other when one of the trees collapsed, revealing a giant Hydra stepped out and roared.
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Star had been grabbed by robot men, as soon as they did the music had stopped and the crowds emptied out.
"Err… Hi…?" Star said cautiously, staring at the two large frames holding her.
One of the robot guards wiped a finger on her shoulder wiping off some sparkles.
Star blinked realizing those were the same sparkles that floated behind Pony head.
"You will tell us all you know."
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The royals ran for their lives.
"You shot us into the Forest of Certain Death!" Pony Head rushed out.
Marco fired magical blasts at the hydra. The magic struck the beast but it shrugged them off.
"Magic doesn't work on hydras!" Pony head yelled, "You're supposed to be smart! Shouldn't you should know that?"
"I do know that!" Marco barked, "I'm trying to come up with something that'll get us out of this!" Marco had a hard time focusing while something with so many mouths tried to eat them. "Magic doesn't work on them so I gotta affect something around it!"
"Use that tornado spell!"
"What?!" Marco yelled incredulous, narrowly dodging a bite.
"Can't get any worse than this, can it?"
"Urgh! I need a moment!"
"I'll get if for you. When I say so, close your eyes" She stopped and faced the monster, "Now!"
Marco closed his eyes as Pony Head's horn flashed a blinding light. Using the time gained, he fired the spell where the hydra was, "Swirling Tempest!"
A new tornado formed tearing apart the forest and picking up the multi-headed beast.
Marco and Pony Head quickly jumped behind the trees and retreated, leaving the forest.
After a few moments, they arrived back in the field collapsing out of breath. They went quiet as they rested.
"What happened to us?" Marco finally let out. "We used to be friends, we used to be close, you were my first friend."
Pony Head looked up at the stars that started to show up, "Stuff happens, people change, our personalities don't really sync up… take a pick."
"Really?"
She sighed, "I guess it's not all …my parents always said they wanted me to act more like you. It got annoying to be compared to mister goody two shoes. With all my dad's talk about wanting a boy to be king… It just felt that maybe he wanted to trade me for you."
"Pony Head…."
"I know, my dad loves me, it's just that everyone expected a boy. When I got made the heir and got compared all the time to you, it became hard to be around you. It didn't help that he used to spend so much time with you."
"Pony Head, all those camping trips your dad took me to with my dad was to try and toughen me up. Some were fun but most of them I hated them. You know what our dads talked about? You! My dad asked what your dad did to get you to be so open and confident. Sure, your father wanted you to be less reckless, but both of them praised you for your passion and your dad just went on how much he loved you and your sisters. You know, I felt jealous how confident you are. I thought they wanted to have that princess by trading me for you." Marco gave out a tired laugh.
"I'm sorry I called you princess." Pony Head apologized, "I know how that gets to you. I mean, you did call me by my first name and you know how I hate it but that is my name."
"I'm sorry if I ever made you feel-"
"Don't-it's just there is a lot of baggage between us. You know what? I didn't even plan to hang out with you. I was just gonna try and trick you into doing a spell for me. Then I met B-fly and she was so cool. That girl has a spark to her!"
"Wait, a spell?"
"Yeah, I got into a bit of trouble and some people have been tracking me. I was hoping you could cloak me. I mean, I can't stay anywhere too long before they track me there."
"…Ah, you mean, they might track you down to where we left Star?"
"Open the portal!"
"Opening!"
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Marco and Pony Head arrived ready to fire at anything that dared hurt Star.
They paused when they found her sitting in a chair drinking a smoothie.
Next to her were broken robots some which looked torn apart and melted.
"What happened?" Marco looked around confused.
Star just smiled. "Where did you two run off to? These robot creeps started to manhandle me so I laid the smack on them."
"What about the molten parts?" Pony Head poked one of them.
"Oh, that." Star waved them off, "A red haired chick girl with horns and some SERIOUS fire power helped me out and beat them up. Honestly, I think she needed to vent. She said she was looking for something she lost, her scissors, I think. She thinks someone stole it while she was in the bathroom and was in a really bad mood. She was a bit intense, she punched right through one of them."
Marco narrowed his eyes for a second. "That sounds an awful lot like He-"
Pony Head coughed loudly, interrupting Marco. "Well, yeah, stuff happens. You gotta be careful with important stuff, ya know."
Before anything else could be said, another portal opened up and several more robotic guards rushed out. The trio quickly prepared to fight them off, but then a massive pony head floated out from behind them.
"Cup Cake. Prince Marco."
"Hello Daddy." Pony head greeted him sheepishly.
"King Pony Head." Marco bowed.
"What is happening?" Star asked confused.
"It's the end of the line." Pony Head admitted, "I'm going to St. O's."
Marco gasped, "Saint Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses?" He paused in terror recalling the horrors of the personality ripping establishment also the thunder and lightning that followed whenever someone spoke that name. "Pony Head, if you told me that I would have done the cloaking spell." He gave her a big hug.
"Thanks." Then she shoved Marco away and jumped towards Star for a hug. "I'm going to the slammer!"
"It's reform school not prison," King Pony head told her, "Though admittedly, it is very much like a prison."
Pony Head sniffled, "Well, at least I got to make one more awesome friend and have some fun."
Star hugged her, "Well, it was nice meeting you."
"Yeah," Pony Head slipped something into her pocket before pulling back.
The guards began to put the reins around her, "This isn't the last you'll see of me, no prison can hold me."
They dragged her into the portal.
The king paused and looked at Marco, "I'm just disappointed that those 'dates' never worked. You two never really rubbed off on each other."
"To be fair, King Pony Head, I think she is a great friend and she will make a great Queen. She might be rash, but that's not a terrible thing."
"That's very nice of you to say Marco but she nearly started a war with the Waterfolk last week."
"…Yeah, okay I don't know what to say."
King Pony Head sighed, "Kids you have them and then you wish they weren't around."
King Pony Head floated into the portal and it closed behind him.
"Wait!" Marco yelled out. "How are we supposed to get back to Earth?"
Star pulled out the scissors from her pocket, "Look at what Pony head slipped me."
"With these scissors, we can go anywhere."
"I know just where to go."
Star opened up a portal right back to the house to start their delayed movie night.
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Pony Head was taken to her bleak room. She was locked in and she stared out the window, avoiding to look at her gloomy new place.
Her mirror began to ring before Star and Marco appeared in it. "B-fly? Marco?"
"Hey, Pony Head!" Star cheered. "Marco let me use this magic mirror of his to call you!"
"Yeah," Marco scratched his head, "I figured since you both got along so well, you might want to stay in touch."
"Ah, that's actually pretty cool of you Marco." Pony Head smiled.
"That's the nicest thing you've said to me in like years."
"Well, don't get used to it." Pony Head said with her usual sass. "Now B-fly what's up? What is currently in?"
"Okay, so me and Marco…" Star began talking.
Marco started to walk away, he and Pony head had their baggage and had started to move past it. They were still very different people with clashing personalities. He didn't know if they could be friends like they used to be, but maybe they could get along. If they were to rule neighbouring kingdoms that would be helpful.
Author's Notes: To come later.
Beta Notes: Okay. I messed up. ADdude sent me this chapter AGES ago, but not only did I get sick, but college sucked my soul out. Despite the straining effort I have to do to work on these with my busy schedule, it's been great working on this. From what I've seen from future chapters so far, things are bound to get interesting. V0ID115, out.
Author's Notes (For Real): Okay, the education system will do that to you. Okay, We will get to work on the next chapter and lets see when we get that chapter out. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and leave a review telling me what you think.