Prince Marco Vs The Forces of Darkness
Disclaimer: I do not own Star vs the forces of evil.
Chapter 03: Blood Moon Ball
Marco was in class waiting for the lesson to start.
"Hmm… let's take a look." Janna's voice came from the seat behind him, "Just some cash, your school ID, some business cards from local restaurants. Not much to see here."
Marco turned around to find Janna looking through his new wallet.
"Hey! How did you even get that?" Marco searched his pocket but stopped as Janna tossed it back to him, barely catching it.
This wasn't the first time Janna took his things, since he moved in with Star the girl had a fixation on him.
"You don't seem mysterious, but Star won't tell me much about you and neither does your wallet. What are you trying to hide?"
"Uh…" Marco gulped, "Nothing," Marco inched away making sure his wand was still where he left it.
"Oh, you're cute when you try to lie. You're not all that good at it." She smirked in response. "Everyone has something to hide, and I will find out what you have, new kid."
They were interrupted by a noise coming from the hall, keeping the conversation from continuing.
Then the door burst open as flames shot out and a purple skinned three eyed demon stood there.
"Tom!" Marco yelled out.
"Marco!" the demon called out.
To everyone's surprise the introvert exchange student jumped up and gave the demon a hug, "Oh, it's been a while, Tom!"
"Oh, forgot your family is quite physical when it comes to showing affection." The demon awkwardly hugged him back, "I always forget you get hug-happy when you haven't seen someone in a while."
"Can you blame me? How long has it been?" Marco greeted excitedly his friend, but quickly realizing their location when Skullnick walked closer.
"Mister Diaz, care to explain your guest and-"
"Is he a demon?!" Janna yelled out.
"Uh… yeah." Marco replied unsure what to say now. He never wanted to stand out, but this would be hard to deal with.
"Why do you care?" Tom smirked.
"Uh, well, it's a little surprising." Skullnick admitted, looking incredibly confused, if not mildly scared by the whole thing.
"Why?" Tom repeated, "Marco's a magical prince, what's a demon compared to that?"
The whole class turned to Marco who was now frozen in shock.
"You're a magical prince?" Britney called out.
"I KNEW you were hiding something!" Janna jumped up from her seat.
"That is our cue!" Marco pushed Tom out. They walked out getting a few stares until they reached the parking lot where Tom's carriage with his undead horse waited.
"Is something wrong?" Tom asked, slightly worried by his friend's expression.
Marco let out a tired sigh, "No… it's just… I've been trying to keep hidden the fact that I'm a prince and about magic. Magic isn't really a thing here, so I've never mentioned any of that."
"Oh, man, I'm sorry. I didn't even consider-"
"Don't worry about it. I'll deal with it." Marco smiled at his friend, "It's good to see you, but what brought you here?"
"Oh, right, I wanted to invite you the Blood Moon Ball. It's my duty to host it and it's going to be so boring if I don't have anyone to talk to except all those kiss up demons."
"What? No date?"
Tom shook his head, "Dude, I'm hosting it. I don't have the time for a proper date and make sure everything is going right."
"I guess that makes sense." Marco nodded in agreement. "But you know I'm not great with this sort of stuff."
Tom gave him an understanding sigh, "Yeah, I figured as much, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. When you have the time, call me. I miss hanging out."
"I will man."
"I'm free! I can go!"
Both boys turned around to find that Star had followed them out.
"Who is she?" Tom asked.
"Oh, she's my friend, Star Butterfly. Her family is hosting me while I'm here." Marco quickly explained.
"Yeah, and I love dancing! If you wouldn't mind having me, I'd love to keep you company." Star mildly blushed as she looked at the demon.
Tom looked at Marco, "Marco?"
Marco thought about it for a second, "Star is fun, I'm sure she will make any hosting duties a lot more bearable."
"Well, if you says so." Tom pulled out a small box from his pocket and turned to Star. "You should be someone fun to get to know." He handed the box to Star, "Use that to call me when you're ready and I'll have someone pick you up."
"Marco talk to you later." Tom started to climb into his chariot.
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Later that night Star was looking through her clothes looking for something to wear.
"I can't believe you never told me." Janna paced in her room, "Your exchange student is a magical prince! Star!"
"Sorry!" Star pulled out a dress and went behind a dividing curtain, "He asked me to keep a secret. I mean, you wouldn't want me to tell anyone your secrets, right?"
Janna sighed, "I guess not, but come on! You know how much I love all this magic stuff. Couldn't you try to convince him to let me in on the secret!"
"I'm sorry, and I should probably ask if your upset about me going to this demon dance, are you? I mean, that kinda sounds like your thing."
"Nah," Janna waved off her concerns, "I've got my eyes on something else."
Marco walked in carrying in the small box Tom gave them.
"Speak of the devil…" Janna mumbled.
At that moment Star stepped out wearing a fancy red dress, "How do I look?"
Marco stunned said, almost mumbling. "You look amazing."
"Thanks!" Star sparkled.
"Okay, here you go." Marco took out a small bell from the box. "Just ring this and your ride will show up."
Star took the bell in her hands. "Cool!" She chimed in response.
"Oh, just so you know, Tom is really nice, but he can get… a little stressed out, especially when a lot is put on his plate at once. Just try to keep him calm. Keep conversations light."
"Okay, Gotcha." Star rang the bell and an instant later, flames shot out from behind the window.
A demon carried an elevator, "Which floor?"
Star put the bell back in the box, "Ah, bottom floor?"
"Bottom Floor." Marco confirmed.
Star climbed down and waved at her friends as she started to descend.
"Have fun!" Marco waved back.
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Tom was fixing his bowtie, wearing his freshly pressed white suit. He was fussing about as the elevator was brought down. "Hey! Star Butterfly, right?"
"Yeah," Star blushed, "Thanks for having me."
"No problem, any friend of Marco is a friend of mine. It'll be nice to have someone to talk to."
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Marco was standing before his mirror, he put on his blue cape watching how it flowed behind him. "Nice…" he complimented his artifact.
"How is it flailing like that without any wind here? Magic?"
Marco looked behind his shoulder to find Janna looking at him. "Janna!" He jumped away from her in shock. "What are you doing here? I thought you left after Star left."
"Nope, just raided the pantry." She approached. "I've been meaning to ask, what's the deal with you? The whole magic thing."
She was close. While not face to face, still a lot closer than experience-less Marco was used to. "Ah, well, err… I meant no deception, I was just … just trying to keep a low profile."
"Go to the Blood Moon Ball."
"Is it the whole 'being a prince' thing?" Janna asked him. "Are you actually a prince?"
"Ah, yes."
"Blood Moon tonight."
Marco continued, furrowing his brows. "Yes, the Kingdom of Mewni,"
"The moon of lovers."
Marco fumbled with his ears, "Do you hear someone else talking?"
"No one besides you. Why?" Janna looked at him confused.
Marco looked around confused, now certain he was hearing seagulls too. "I'm sure I heard something..."
Marco walked over and pulled off a rather large book from the shelf and placed it on his desk. "Glossaryck, I think something is going on."
The book flipped open and a small blue man in a yellow robe floated out, He held his head, "Ugh, yeah, I hear it too. Some sort of mystic binding seems to be reacting to you. More precisely, your emotions are drawing this towards you thanks to your magic. I'm also hearing it because, well… I'm me." He snapped his fingers, "Well, let's stop that, it was getting annoying."
"Cool! Who is that?" Janna leaned over at the mystical figure.
Marco calmed down now that the voice was gone. Marco cleared his throat, "This is Sir Glossaryck of Terms, the keeper of my family's spellbook and the magic instructor to every ruler of Mewni since… ever."
"Give it to Marco to do a proper introduction. You can just call me Glossaryck." Glossaryck floated around Janna, "But who is this young lady?"
"This is Janna Ordonia, a friend I made at school."
Glossaryck floated around her rubbing his chin studying her, "Hm? Well, I must say this is very interesting. Seems a bit tomboyish, a gem in the rough if anything and doesn't seem too fond of acting regal, bit narrowed hipped could be a problem with heirs but she also looks sturdy and eager... I approve. You'll probably still need to get your mother's approval, though."
"Approve? Approve of what?" Janna stared down the little blue man.
"Oh, just of you and him…as the kids say: 'hooking up'."
"Hooking up?!" Marco spat out. "Glossaryck! What-"
The little man continued, "Mind you, I wouldn't think she'd be your type. I always had a feeling that you had a thing for girls with shapely legs."
"What? Why?" Marco yelled.
"Don't think no one has caught you staring at Princess Puri Puri Pearl's legs."
"Ack! I wasn't staring! She just happens to wear short skirts!" Marco blushed fiercely.
"And I am surprised how bold you are!" Glossaryck continued, "You already brought a girl back to your room. Well, I'll give you some time alone." He winked at him before slipping back into the book.
Marco only stared for a moment. Suddenly the little blue man popped out and placed a few lit candles on the tables and tossed around a few flower petals. He pulled out a bomb box playing some Barry White and placed it on the table.
"Take you time, Marco." He grasped Marco's hand. "I'll just get out of your hair."
He slipped back into the book, the book flew out of room into the hallway and the door slamming behind him. The lights all turned off as the door closed leaving only the candle light.
Marco looked in astonishment at the sudden development.
"Well, Marco," He found Janna sitting on his bed looking at him with a half-lidded stare smirking at him. "What do you want to do now?" She did a small kick to show off her legs.
Marco stared in utter shock.
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They walked pass a skeletal man chained up to a wall as a hooded man readied his spiked mace.
"Oh, I got you this." Tom handed her a horned spider.
Star trying to ignore them tried to focus on the spider, "Is it some sort of head thing?"
"Yeah,"
Star tried to ignore the sound of steel crunching bones, she fiddled with the spider before she realized it was alive, "…Thanks."
The moment Tom turned away she put the spider on the floor and let it scuttle away.
"So, how's Marco been holding up on Earth?" Tom asked.
"Oh, he's been doing fine."
"That's good to hear." Tom smiled hearing that. "I worry about him, even as a little kid he has always found hard to open up to people."
Star smiled finding it cute that Tom was so worried about his friend, "That's very sweet of you. But don't worry, I'm keeping my eyes on Marco." Star heard what she said and wanted to avoid any confusion like Pony Head initially had, "Ah, but just as friends. Besties, but really just friends, nothing romantic at all."
"Yeah, I know."
"You know?" Star smiled, was Tom thinking of this as a date? She knew he was hosting and probably wouldn't be able to spend all night with her but maybe they could have a dance and maybe some romance.
"Yeah, he'd have to ask his mom for permissions to date a girl and half of the dimension would hear about that."
"Oh, Marco's parents are pretty strict on dating, huh? Must be a royal thing."
"Oh, no, well… I mean there are lots of royals who want to make sure their kid's date the right people but the Diaz Royal family has a thing about Love. They don't care about status or politics, if politics get improved that is a bonus, but there aren't any arranged marriages. It's their family Motto, 'the Heart Leads the Way' it's supposed to help with their magic I think. It kinda made them all 'touchy feely'."
"Uh, so what's the deal with him needing to get permission to date a girl?"
"Well, it's a rule his mom set up, to make sure no one is trying to trick him."
"Is that really an issue?"
"Well, yeah, especially with Marco being a prince instea-" Tom paused as he looked at Star's confused face, "You don't know, do you?"
"Know what?"
"Look, if Marco hasn't told you then I shouldn't tell you. He's sensitive about this. I've already blurted out about him being a magic prince to everyone. I can't just blurt something like this out then."
Star was about to force the topic but had to pause she did the same thing with Janna, "Yeah, I gotcha…" she dejectedly replied.
Star and Marco had made a promise not to keep secrets from each other but it looked like he still had one. Star assumed he had to have a reason for it. It's not like they knew each other long enough to tell each other everything, too. She still wondered if Marco would really be the kind of guy to keep things from her.
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"Wow, Marco! That was amazing!" Janna said, stretching herself, still slightly breathless.
"I told you I knew how to do this."
Janna sat the couch once more, feeling blissfully relaxed. "I don't know about the "magical prince", but your hands ARE magic."
"Thanks."
They had gone downstairs and onto the couch, the candles had a too pungent aroma. Marco started to make some snacks while Janna tried to hint at him they should get a little closer. Somehow Marco took it that she wanted to a massage, so she laid down on the couch Marco worked out her knots.
"How do you know how to do that?"
"Pressure points, I learned them to fight with and from there I sort of learned how to work out knots." A ding was heard from the kitchen, "I'll go get the snacks. You said you have a movie with you?"
"Yeah, I get in detention a lot so I've started carrying movies with me to watch. Besides Leah gave me something new to watch, so I figured out 'why not?'."
As Marco went to get snacks Janna pulled out a movie, it was supposed to be scary so she figured it would be a great chance to toy with the clueless prince.
While she had to admit that Star was right when she said that Marco was cute, Janna had found odd his secluded behavior. It wasn't like the other introverts, who simply wished to not be seen. She KNEW something was off about the transfer student. Now that she found out the guy had magic powers and was a freaking prince, there was no way she was going to let this pass. Janna couldn't miss this chance. School was dreadfully boring, the only thing breaking the unwavering monotony her and Star's schemes. Now that there was a supernatural element living in her friend's house, she'd make the most out of this experience. He was fun to mess with and she might even be able to learn magic!
Things were about to get far more interesting and she wouldn't let this opportunity get away.
She put on a DVD as Marco came in with a plate of nachos.
"So, what movie are we watching?" Marco settled on the couch next to her,
"It's called the Human Centipede."
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"What's that?" Star questioned the demons standing beneath a tank.
"That for taking photos."
Star watched a pair of demons get splashed with blood.
"Is that real blood?" Star questioned.
"Yup, fresh too."
"… Where did you get the blood from?"
"Huh?" Tom rubbed his chin, "Not sure, I didn't ask for names."
Star was trying not to say anything. Trying to make conversation, her mind wandered back to the only thing she knew they both had in common, "So, Marco, he doesn't like going to dances?"
"I don't know about that, I know he likes music and even has taken up a few instruments, but I think it's more the idea of dancing with others."
"So, he doesn't dance with people?"
"I don't think so, it's just he gets nervous about people and I don't think he's ever actually danced with anyone or even had a real date."
"What? I would have thought a prince would have no problem getting a date. Like, could he get a date with other princess?"
"Well, he's been set up on 'dates' with princess to see if they click but no sparks and they end up super awkward. Honestly, I don't think he's ever had any real romantic feelings."
"Not even a crush?"
"Well, I know he's got a celebrity crush on that warrior Mina Loveberry and he's got a huge crush on Princess Puri Puri Pearl, despite what he says. It's just hard for him to get close enough to girl to develop feelings."
"But nothing more solid?"
"No," Tom sighed, "Look I'll tell you this much:"
Star leaned in a bit.
"Marco's more of a romantic than he'd care to admit, I think he'd love to fall for someone but the same time he's too afraid of being hurt." Tom looked almost mournful, "Growing up, Me and Pony Head were his closest friends. He tried to make friends, other kingdom brought their kids to get to know him and play with him. You know, if they became friends, when they were in charge they'd get along, have a foundation. The problem was that he was picked on a lot by the children of other royals, talked behind his back by some of his own servants and peasants. He tried to be nice and was teased for it. He eventually started pulling back. Usually I had to step in and stand up for him, so I've gotten a bit protective about him." Tom scratched his head, "Sorry, If I'm being too serious. It's just that it's a little hard not to worry about a friend who has been hurt before and I can't do much to help him now."
Star shook her head. "No, I understand. This is a sensitive subject. Thanks for opening up about it." Star tried to give him a reassuring smile.
This was something she'd prefer to hear from Marco, finding out from another person made it feel like she'd been invading his privacy. She understood why Marco didn't say anything before, she then began to understand why Marco was so withdrawn at times.
Star swore to herself to at least try to be there for him, let him feel comfortable to open up and make sure he didn't regret it.
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Janna was amused by the prince's reactions to her movie of choice. Marco currently had his arms wrapped around Janna as he clung close to her. What started as a prank ended up being far more interesting that she had initially expected. She then put an arm around him, part wanting to tease him, part wanting to ease him and part for… reasons she wasn't quite certain.
"Let's see where this goes…" Janna said to herself
She leaned back and waited as she watched the movie. "Wait-! What? What are they sewing his lips to? Oh god! No! That's too much! No! No! No!" Marco yelled at the images on the television.
She immediately regretted her train of thought and tried to cover her own eyes.
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Star found herself alone as Tom was called away for his duties.
Star wandered around a bit more, she was finding this ball less fun than she hoped. She found herself surrounded by many terrifying looking creatures.
She went to get some punch but when she got close she found someone reach it before her and the drink melting their cup and their flesh.
"I probably should wait to get something to eat later." Star bemoaned, "Man, Marco's nachos would be a good call right now."
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Janna stomped on the DVD followed by Marco zapping it with his wand.
"Leah… I knew you had something weird, but that was creepy up to eleven. I'll have to outdo you soon." Janna said, before recalling a glimpse of the movie again and shuddering with the memory. "Just… not now." Janna fell back into the couch.
"I might have something we can watch." Marco suggested. Marco pulled a DVD he had left resting besides the DVD player. "Star got me, she showed me one of the movies of this series and I liked so she got me the next in the series."
"Okay, sure, let's watch it. Can't be any worse than THAT." Janna sneered at the broken DVD of the horrific movie.
Marco popped it in and finished preparing his nachos.
They watched the movie, it was one of the Mackie Hand films. Janna had heard about the films before but never had sat down and watched them. She didn't think they were terrible just not all that great. The plot was a bit generic: the protagonist was a karate master living his life with this girl he loved when bad guys showed up and then he had to go fight them to save the girl. The effects were tacky by today's standard but about standard for 40 years ago when the movie was made. The acting wasn't bad, the lead, Mackie Hand, wasn't the best but he did have a genuine charisma that helped with his lackluster acting.
The real highlight of the movie were the action scenes, they were all done in one take and by people who knew what they were doing. They did have talent and passion when it came to the action scenes and it showed.
Janna grabbed a few nachos and looked to her side where Marco was entranced by the film, his eyes shinning.
They had gotten to a slow moment in the movie and Janna decided to ask him a question, "What do you like so much about this movie? It's not bad, I've certainly seen worse but why do you look like this the best movie ever?"
"Well," Marco began, "I know it's not perfect, but I like it."
"Yeah, I see that and that's great. I'm not judging, I'm just trying to understand why do you like it so much?"
"Well, the action is amazing! Watching it I feel each movement, the intensity behind it and the power. It gets my heart pumping! Like any moment someone could actually be hurt."
Jann held back her tongue, she knew in fact that Mackie Hand had died performing his own stunt, she didn't think it was worth revealing that now.
"And…" Marco began nervously.
"And what?" Janna leaned in.
"I like the romance."
Janna snorted, "Really? I mean-"
"I know," Marco freely admitted, "it's cheesy and horribly cliché, but… I like the idea of someone standing up for someone they cared about and facing the world for them.
"…" Janna studied him for a moment and Marco only stared back waiting for her to poke him, "Okay, that's a sweet sentiment. I can respect that." Janna simply grabbed some more nacho chips.
Marco looked over and grabbed some nachos too.
"You made these yourself?"
"Yeah," Marco shrugged, "I'm a pretty good cook, I've been trying food from Earth's cookbooks."
"Well, women love a man who can cook."
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Star found herself staring at the punch bowl as a skeletal fish swam in it. "Hello, Henry!" She turned to the demon next to her, "His name is Henry."
The demon only studied, "You a Mewman?"
"Ah, no, Human actually. I'm here as Tom's guest."
"Oh, Tom's guest. How you liking the ball so far?"
"Oh, it's been something." Star tried not to complain, despite not having that much fun.
The demon looked Star over, "You're really pretty."
"Thank you." Star was a little surprised, that comment came out of nowhere but a compliment so she took it.
"Do you want to dance?"
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Tad Cooper flicked his tongue at Janna as she held him. "Okay, cute, but it looks like a lizard with chicken wings."
Tad hissed at her for that and she hissed back.
Janna had asked to see him do some magic, thus far she wasn't all that impressed, but she still petted the small dragon.
"Well, I did get this idea last movie night." Marco told her as he fiddled with his wand, "That and this weird dream I had about this guy with a bow tie and top hat."
"Okay, sounds weird. I love it! Let's see it."
Marco readied his wand pointing it at the table before them, "Super Shadow Ninja Nacho Cheese Devastation!"
In a blast of yellow light and melted nacho cheese a small triangle shaped nacho wearing a tiny black ninja outfit with a red scarf. Two tiny blinking eyes looked up at Janna and suddenly the small figure started throwing ninja stars at her.
"Huh?" Janna shrugged off the tiny little attacks. She picked him as he pulled out a sword trying to hit her. "Feisty little fellow. I guess this isn't bad, I would have imagined something bigger. I don't know, if this were up to me I'd summon like some giant black skeleton to toss my enemy around."
"That sounds scary."
"Good, take your enemy by surprise and scare them right before the attack."
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Star turned down several demons, a lot of them were asking her to dance. Though flattered she was saving the dance for Tom.
"Hey!" A zombie, a female zombie, maybe they were missing a lot of flesh, "What do you think you're doing?"
"Uh, nothing, just walking around." Star quickly told her as more girls walked to her.
A goblin girl looked at her, "You think you're so pretty and you can have any guy you want!"
"Uh, no, I-"
"This is the Blood Moon Ball! This is our chance to get our souls bond with a guy and you are just hussy-ing everything up."
"Excuse me?"
"Don't play dumb! You got all the guys fawning over you. All because you have all your limbs and flesh intact." More monster girls walked over to Star, menacing her. "Let's see if we can change that."
Star took a few steps back trying to escape the girls but was stopped when she walked back into a plumb one-eyed ball of hair.
With a grizzly voice he asked, "Do want to dance?"
"You can't have that hunk too!" Star jumped out of the way as one of the girls lunge at Star but ended up getting the fur ball.
Star used the chance to bolt, running as fast she could, but soon was confronted by more monsters some wanted her to dance and others wanted to tear off her arms.
Star decided it was time to fight her way out.
Before she could, flames shot down as Tom hovered down in front of her, looking somewhat irritated. "What's going on here?! It's supposed to be a dance ball! Why are you all running around making all this fus-"
A flying wooden chair struck him, someone in the back yelled, "Did I get her?"
"Are you okay?" Star reached out for him.
Tom turned around, his eyes ablaze with flames.
One of the demons, "Oh, boy, we set him off again."
Tom roared as flames erupted out of his hands striking some of the ball goers. In a berserker rage, Tom started spreading out the flames.
Star decided she'd had enough, "Okay, so I had a lovely time but I'm just-" The roof caught on fire, "I'm going to show myself out. Thanks for having me."
Star bolted out the room as quickly as she could. With a mad dash, she rushed back to the demon elevator and jumped in.
The demon asked, "Which floor?"
"TOP FLOOR! EARTH! ONE!" Star pounded on the doors.
The elevator moved up as the halls filled with flames.
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"Thanks!" Star walked out of the elevator letting her off at her front door.
Flames quickly opened taking the elevator back. She sighed in relief that that night was over, walked into her living room to find Marco on the couch with Janna holding some sort of winged lizard.
"Oh, you're back." Marco smiled, something she appreciated, "How did it go?"
Star sighed slipping off her shoes, "It was interesting, Tom seemed nice… ah, and it ended with Tom setting fire to everything."
"Someone set him off? I was hoping your presence would help keep him calm."
"Is he blowing up that common?"
"He's got some temper issues, I've tried to help him with it and he's gotten better but when he gets stressed out or someone just upsets him he kinda scorches things."
"He kinda set everyone on fire."
"They're demons, fire is the least of their worries. Demons also heal super quick. I accidentally cut off Tom's hand off and it was fixed in less than a minute. They don't really care." Marco comforted her. "At least, I hope they don't…" He mumbled in response, recalling said incident with Tom's hand.
Star stared, trying to think of something to talk and just sat down next to Marco. "You're watching a musical. Is that Singing in the Rain?"
"Uh, yeah, Janna thought I might like it."
"Yeah, I keep a lot of DVD's in my bag."
Star smiled and watched the movie her foot tapping along with the song, Marco tapping along and Janna swaying her head to the side along with the beat.
Star smiled happy that she ended up here. She reached over for some nachos.
Outside the house a red crescent room shone onto the house like a silent guardian. The teenagers inside failing to notice the red light.
"ACK! Why is a nacho chip throwing ninja stars at me!?" Star bellowed.
"Will! Stop!" Marco ordered his summon, "Star is a friend!"
"Get him, Tad!" Janna ordered tossing the dragon at the chip.
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Back in the Underworld, Tom was petting a rabbit while talking to Brian. All the scorched demons around were starting to put themselves back together. Despite everything they all actually had fun.
Brian was talking to Tom, "Well, that wasn't great but not terrible. You got set off by someone attacking you, that is a valid reason. You are starting to identify valid reasons to get angry. Now we should probably talk about finding better ways to express your anger."
"Yeah, sorry about that. Did Star get back home safely?"
"Yes, one of your demons confirmed that he dropped her back at her door."
"Good, I'd hate to accidentally burn one of Marco's friends."
Brian smiled, he took it that it was a good sign that Tom was so protective over a friend. He was focusing that anger in a positive direction, to those who would hurt his friend or those he cared about.
Beta notes: And this chapter is done! Gosh, things took longer than desirable. Projects and whatnots holding me down, but I'm much more available right now. If how progress is going, chapter 4 shouldn't take too long to come. Given how I'm also learning how to speed up my editing skills, it should be up in no time. Things are getting really exciting from this point onwards. Thanks for your patience and see you guys on the next chapter!
Author's Notes: So, stuff is happening now. Marco will forever be mentally scared by that movie. Oh and he and Janna are friends now. So yeah, and we introduced Glossaryck. Okay, anyway let me know what you guys think by leaving a review.