Prince Marco Vs The Forces of Darkness
Disclaimer: I do not own Star vs the forces of evil.
Chapter 07: Mewberty
Marco was feeling crummy. He felt off all day, he took it to mean he wasn't fully recovered from his not date with Mina. He used up a lot of magic and just over did it.
It didn't help he had to go to school and couldn't get some serious rest, it also didn't help that he got hit by one of the doge balls during Physical Education.
He did enjoy taking a relaxing shower after it but everything still felt off. Maybe it was that Star had insisted that he shouldn't take a helmet into the showers. He still worried he'd slip there.
He thought about a minor mishap while he finished getting dressed.
"Hey Marco!"
Marco looked over to find Keith one of the guys from the swim team walking over to him.
"Hello," Marco greeted him, they hadn't talked much but Marco found him friendly enough.
The swimmer look at him oddly, "Ah, I don't know how to say it but… are you trying a new deodorant?"
"No, I'm using the same one I always use."
"Hm, well, some of the guys talking and well you smell weird today, no offense."
Marco sniffed himself and it suddenly hit him, an odd whiff coming from him. "How's this possible I just showered?"
"Yeah, man," Keith scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "Thats weird, but you know changing bodies and all the stuff they say in health class. Here take this," Keith gave him a spray can, "I keep a few spares around, its pretty strong stuff, take it until you find deodorant that works for you."
"Thanks." Marco took it, happy that this awkward moment had been minimized.
Keith walked away and Marco began to spray himself putting on a little extra just to be sure.
Moments later Marco walked into the hall heading for his last class. He was so embarrassed that he'd been smelling weird and needed someone to tell him. At least it was Keith and he was really nice about it.
He still couldn't believe he didn't notice it, it was strong pungent smell that he could only describe as lawn mulch mixed with sweaty old socks.
Marco took a discreet sniff from himself taking in the strong musky smell of the deodorant, then he paused he got the whiff of something else.
"What?" That smell was coming from him again.
He zipped his hoodie right up hoping to contain the smell.
"What's happening to me?" Marco pulled his hoodie over.
Marco didn't realize he had gotten the attention of the girls around in the hall.
"Mom don't tell me what to do! Mom don't tell me what to do."
Marco paused and stared out into the parking lot where a guy was playing a key-tar on the hood of his car. His playing was awful, the songs were terrible and from Marco could tell everyone pretty much agreed with his assessment. People all around him were covering their ears cringing as they got away as soon as they could.
What was worse the kid was planning on dropping out of school to pursue music despite everyone telling him not to.
Apparently that kid had some issues about his mom and her getting remarried and now he chose to live in his car.
Marco felt bad about his future and the choices he was making.
They were so obviously terrible.
Just really bad.
"Ugh! I can't believe I dated him."
Marco paused to find Star trying to cover her ears like everyone else.
"Wait- You dated him?" Marco stared at her dumbfounded.
Star let out an annoyed groan, "Yeah, I first thought he was like this deep tortured artist and then we started dating and… he's super shallow, dull, and an idiot."
Marco patted her back.
"Everyone told me I'd regret it," Star continued, "My mom, my dad, Janna, Brittney, Chantel, Sabrina, Skullnick, Skeeves, Jackie, Hope, Willow, Matt, Megan, Andrea, Jeff, Hunter, Timmy, Francis, Leah, Carrie, Zeke, Dan, Lynn, Kat, Tyler, Blake, Justin, Keith, Coach Minerva, Lunch Lady Tuttertall, Nurse Batterbrook-"
"I get it!" Marco stopped her.
"Lars! Lars of all people said he was worried about me Oskar dragging me down. Lars!"
Marco started to notice various eyes on him, not realizing they were all female.
"Is something wrong?" Star asked her friend noticing his own panic that started to set in.
"Yeah, something is wrong with me and people are starting to notice."
"I gotcha!" Star smiled taking his hand, "Let's get you about of here."
Star pulled him along, his hand felt tight in her grip.
Quickly enough Marco found himself alone with Star in an empty class room, one of the rooms Star liked to sneak into when she needed some time away from class.
"So, what has you so worried, Mar-cutie?" Star plopped herself next to Marco.
"Ah, it's just that I smell weird all the sudden and I can tell people are looking at me."
Star leaned in and took a long whiff from Marco, "You smell great to me."
"Thank you but you don't-" Marco paused as he found Star now sitting his lap her arms wrapped around his neck.
Marco found himself staring into her eyes, "Star, what are you doing?"
Star played with his bangs, "Nothing~ Just noticing how cute you are." Star let out a small giggle, "You and those cute ruby marks. Wait, aren't they supposed to be red and on your cheeks?" Star poked at one of them on his nose causing it to flake off. "And only two?"
Marco panicked looked at his arms now covered with the blue marks. "Oh no! Mewberty!"
"Mewberty? What's that my sweet prince?"
"It's a thing that happens on Mewni where people change as they get to a certain age."
"Oh that sounds like puberty."
"Oh this is nothing like you have on Earth. I have to get out of here I have stay away from girls!"
"I got you covered there, I'll keep all the girls away from My Marco." Star cuddled next to Marco's chest.
"But Star is a giiiiirl!" Marco's pupils turned into sapphires. Marco snapped back pushing Star away.
"I gotta get out of here!" Marco pulled the door open.
"Marco!" Star jumped at him but Marco slammed the door on her.
"Sorry Star! I need to be alone!"
Marco ran down the hall, he didn't know what was happening to Star but he couldn't do anything about it right now. He couldn't trust himself around any girl right now.
Marco rush to the gym, this was the last period it should be empty with all the teams having this period for physical education and they'd be in their fields.
Marco hoped to isolate himself only to find himself amidst the cheer squad. Marco caught them in the middle or practicing their booty shaking dance moves.
It seemed they decided to practice indoors today to Marco's misfortune.
"Oh," Chantel noticed Marco, "Prince Marco do you see something you like?" She continued to shake her rump.
"I ah-" Marco just started making gibberish that didn't even sound like words anymore. His face blushing wildly as he couldn't help but stare.
"Mark-y!" Brittney jumped and hugged Marco. "Did you come to visit me?"
Chantel laughed, "I think he came to see me."
"Step off Chantel!" Brittney confronted the other girl.
Marco used this distraction to flee but as he left the room he bumped into Sabrina knocking them both down to the floor. Marco in odd position of falling on top of her.
"I'm so sorry!" Marco apologized, "Let me help you up."
"No, I got it."
Before Marco could do anything Sabrina flipped him over so she was sitting on top of him. Sabrina tapped her fingers on his chest.
"Marco…." Sabrina leaned in her voice was soft but Marco noted a fire in her eyes, "Marco tell me I'm beautiful."
"Ah, you're very pretty!" Marco said nervously, has skin felt like it was burning as more sapphires formed on his skin to his panic.
"Say it again." Sabrina said in a tone that made Marco shiver.
"You're beautiful…" The words slipped from his lips.
Sabrina smiled brightly, "You have no idea how good it hear you say that. My heart is beating like crazy." She put her hand over the chest, "Do you want to feel it?"
Before Marco could answer Sabrina pulled his hand to her chest, she let out a small gasp feeling him make contact.
"SABRINA!" A furious Brittney ripped Sabrina off Marco and Marco ran as fast as he could.
Marco looked at his hand like it was some sort of vile thing. Once this was all sorted out he'd apologize to Sabrina a million times. Maybe he'd even cut off this vile hand of his.
Suddenly he found himself tackled and slammed right up to a wall. "Marco!" Janna growled at him angrily.
"Janna? You're angry."
"Damn right I am."
"Oh thank Axolotl!" Marco sighed in relief, "You're still the same." Marco stopped when he saw Janna's eyes, she looked on the verge of tears, "Janna? Did I do something to upset you?"
"Yes, you have!" The bangs of her hair covered her eyes, "How dare you make me tell you this?"
"What?"
"I like you Marco." Janna moved closer to him, "I like you a lot. You're sweet, and handsome and kind." She chuckled, "You have magic so that a nice bonus. Plus, you adorably cute when you get flustered."
Janna leaned in pressing him back to the wall.
Something rose inside of Marco, "Giiirl."
As much as Marco tried to hold himself back he found his arms wrapping around Janna,
"Yeah, I'm your girl." Janna buried her face in his neck.
Marco was fighting every instinct so not to do something he'd regret.
"I want you for myself." Janna whispered, her voice tickled him. "My little magical prince, let's make some magic together." Janna purred at him making his knees buckle.
"Ow!" Marco yelped, "Did you bite me?"
Janna pulled back and smiled, "Yeah, I need to mark you as mine, It looks like I have to work for it too. You got plenty right now." Janna pointed at the duplicating little gem marks.
"No! No! No! No!" Marco's panic grew as he waved his hand around trying to throw off the marks.
His hands were stopped by Leah and Hope, they both grabbed his arms and held them tightly.
"Leah! Hope!" Janna shouted, "Get off him!"
Marco panic as he felt the two girls cuddle up against him.
"You don't have dibs on him!" Leah smirked content to have contact with Marco.
"Having a cute prince as a boyfriend might actually get my parents to stop fighting." Hope smiled to herself taking a deep sniff off Marco.
Whatever was happening to the girls luckily making them fight amongst themselves. As they did Marco slipped out of their grips and ran for it. Leah nor Hope noticed as they continued to argue with Janna.
"The smell," Marco realized it, the smell had to be making the girls act so strange, he remembered something in science class about pheromones attracting mates, "But Mewberty doesn't work like that." Marco huffed as he got tired, his heart beat like crazy and his body ached. He couldn't run, he needed to hide until this all passed. He reached his locker and jumped inside closing the door behind him. He pulled his legs in and curled up, pretending he wasn't there.
He hoped no one would find him.
He was tired, he huddled in there hoping for it all to pass. The skin flakes fell him faster and his body made more, soon the locker was filled with them and they began to cocoon him.
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Star paced back and forth, her head felt clearer, "Why was I gonna kiss Marco!? What came over me!? Sure Marco is cute and fun but I don't think of him like that!" She fuzzed up her hair, "Wait, what was he talking about needing to stay away from girls?"
Star thought about it more and Marco looked scared, something was wrong. But where was Marco now? She pulled out her scissors and quickly created a portal found herself stepping into Marco's room. She quickly found his spell book and opened it.
"Hey Glossaryck!"
"You don't need to yell!" Glossaryck popped out, "You're not Marco, what do you want?"
"It's about Marco, he was freaking out and more marks were on his skin and he said he had Mewberty, is that some sort of disease?"
Glossaryck looked at Star with surprise, "He's going through Mewberty?"
"I think that's what he said."
"Oh my, I wasn't expecting this. Where is Marco now? I need to see him right away."
"I guess he's still at the school." Star opened another portal and the blue man followed her.
They reached the school and the moment they did to see brandishing her new sword at them.
"Ah!" Star yelled out startled.
"Hm, you're Marco's friend, right?"
"Mina what are you doing here?" Glossaryck asked her.
"My duty, one of my duties is to protect the prince and I sensed that some magic was running wild here. I thought an enemy might be trying to attack him or he got himself over his head. I saw this portal opening and I thought it might have been an enemy."
"No, it's worse." Glossaryck admitted, "Marco's going through Mewberty."
Mina's eyes went wide, "But he- he's a he."
"I know, but considering who Marco is- Never mind that, we have to look for him."
"I already have his trail." Mina pointed to the flecks of sapphire marks on the floor.
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Janna leaned by the wall she suddenly found herself arguing with Hope and Leah about Marco but wasn't sure why then found herself a quiet place to sort everything out. Her head hurt a little and it didn't help that Sabrina and Brittney were walking towards her all the while talking loudly.
"You can't do that!" Brittney yelled, "You can't just mount any guy you want! What will people say about our squad?"
Sabrina who was already blushing shrunk, "I know, I don't know what came over me, why aren't you yelling at Chantel about shaking her butt at him?"
"I will scold her but at lest she didn't try to get him to feel her up! We are going to find Marco and you are going to apologize."
"Shut up!" Janna yelled at them, "my head is hurting and-"
She paused as she saw Star coming down the hall with Mina and Glossaryck, "And after like a minute my head started to clear up but it hurt for a little bit. It was weird, I just started to see Marco as really cute all of a sudden and wanted to cuddle."
"That weird," the magic man said, "Mewberty doesn't work like that, it shouldn't have such an affect on others, but maybe it's Marco's own charm swaying girls towards him." He chuckled for a brief moment.
"What are you talking about?" Sabrina heard them talking.
"What is the warrior not princess doing here?" Brittney pointed at Mina.
Star explained, "Marco is going through stuff, we need to find him. He's giving off a weird smell that makes girls really into him." Star blushed hating to admit she was affected.
"Marco's in trouble?" Sabrina started to panic.
"Maybe," Glossaryck admitted, "It depends on a lot of stuff."
"What's going on?" Brittney demanded an answer from the little blue man.
Glossaryck stared at her, "Talk to me with a little more respect," His tone was casual but there seemed to be power behind those words, enough that Mina took a step back, "You have no idea who I am."
"You don't know who I am!" Brittney shot back, "Now tell me what is happening to Marco."
Glossaryck smirked slightly amused, "I do like your guts. Okay, well, how to explain."
"Do we explain?" Mina asked him, "I don't think Marco's told them and it seems a little personal."
"Oh, so the queen told you the details."
Mina nodded, "This is something that should really come from him."
"Maybe but if they are gonna be any help they need to know more."
"JUST TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENING?!" Star ran out of patience.
Glossaryck huffed, "Okay, to start off Prince Marco Diaz should not exist."
"What?" The girls asked confused.
"Is this some sort of magic alter destiny thing?" Janna asked worry peppering her voice.
"No, its just how things turned out. Sometimes things don't turn out the way they should, not anything magical."
Mina explained more, "Marco's family is a matriarchy, the crown and the wand pass down to the eldest daughter, from mother to daughter."
"So, boys don't get squat?" Brittney mused out loud. "But Marco is an only child and got made next in line."
The magic teacher shook his head, "No, I mean thats how things usually work, that is what happened in the Pony Head family just switch genders."
"That isn't the way without reason," Mina told them, "his mother's family can only have girls, never in their history have they had a boy."
"Yeah, you see thats odd." Glossaryck held out his hand, "He's definitely their kid, has the magic and the marks. But he's a boy through and through. His parents love him and everything but problems followed. The kingdom is so used to being run by a queen they are having trouble wrapping their mind around having a prince. They've been teasing Marco about since he was a baby, gave him all sorts of complexes, big reason for all his insecurity issues."
"Besides the point," Mina held out a hand to stop him, "Mewberty is stage in a girl's development where their body changes. But Marco is a boy, we didn't know if he'd go through it."
"And we aren't sure if it's gonna be the same, this is all new territory." Glossaryck tapped his chin, "For example Mewberty doesn't usually affect people like it had you."
"So, how was Mewberty for you?" Star asked Mina, trying to get a better idea of what might happen.
"I didn't go through it." Mina pointed to her cheeks, "No mark, Mewberty is only something that girls with royal blood go through. Last time I saw it happened was when then Princess Angie was going through it, and we trapped her in the dungeons when it started."
"So, what's Mewberty like?" Sabrina asked trying to wrap her head around it.
Glossaryck though about it, "Its odd time in the life of a teenager, their bodies change and hormones run through their body making them do things they know they shouldn't. I imagine for Marco it would be like never having bacon in his life and suddenly wanting nothing but bacon and finding out girls are made of bacon. Also, he's gonna be all hands and a bit of a creeper."
"Sounds like normal puberty." Janna joked.
"Wait, is he literally going to eat girls?" Star panicked.
"No… well, probably not, maybe." Glossaryck offered up, "Not really sure, he might be a biter." He turned to Janna.
She tugged on her hat to try and avoid eye contact.
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People were walking by when a locker started to bulge and little diamond shape flecks poured out through the cracks. The door swung open to reveal a large blue cocoon, two glowing gems pierced it with their light, a dark silhoutte forming around them.
Then suddenly a hand shot out.
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"How are you gonna help Marco?" Star brought up her concerns, "Is it gonna hurt him?"
"I intend to do nothing." Glossaryck continued to float behind the warrior as they all followed along.
Mina paused studying the trail Marco ran around and looped around making it a little harder to track him.
"Nothing!" Star was appalled.
"Its nature, a bit out of the norm but that's his nature and there is no fighting nature and winning. I mean, I could but there are always some consequences and I do not want to learn new physical laws."
"So you're gonna do nothing?" Janna just stared less than impressed by the magical pair.
"I'm going to sit and observe." Glossaryck took a notepad and a bucket of pop corn.
"You've got to be kidding me." Brittney scoffed, "Aren't you supposed to be his servant? Shouldn't you try and help."
"Servant, funny word, its not exactly my relationship to that family. I'll try to clear things up a bit, my purpose is multilayered, I keep magic on a pan-dimensional level in check, I teach the keeper of the wand to properly use their magic, I keep their vast history in order for the book so the heirs can learn from it, and probably my most importantly I teach the heir how to rule. Marco's safety is not on the list." He pointed to Mina, "It's her duty to protect him and failing to do so make sure he can defend himself. I'm just here to add this incident into the book. Who knows if there will ever be about prince much less if they will go through Mewberty too. It would be nice to have some idea of what is going to happen."
"Ah, so what are you gonna do?" Sabrina decided talking to him was going nowhere and just to ask Mina,
"Tie him up." Mina licked some of the skin flakes. "Just put him somewhere until this passes."
"If it passes," Glossaryck pointed out.
"Yeah, tie, why?" Janna raised the question.
"Ah, well, this can be a little…. intense," Mina phrased it oddly. "When it starts it's just easier for everyone to get them isolated."
At that moment several people ran passed them in fear.
"Oh!" Glossaryck said with some glee, "Its looks like it's started."
He and Mina rushed towards the source of the ruckus and the girls followed along.
Soon they arrived to a hall where blue vines crawled all over and dark blue goop seemed spilled all over the walls. The vines sprouted glowing sapphire leaves and even those leaves popped out of the goop.
They spotted a few people hiding away but their attention was drawn more to the now ripped open lockers. Inside all the lockers were girls trapped with goopy blue webs.
"Help!"
"Get us out of here!"
"I gotcha!" Mina walked up to the webs and pulled out her sword. With one swing-the sword got stuck in it. Mina yank on the blade but it refused to budge, she let it go it just sort of hung in it. "Huh? Okay, I've got nothing. I don't remember this stuff being this gooey. Is it something Marco eats?"
"Marco made that?" Star looked at the goo, "I don't remember him using a spell like this."
"It's not a spell." Mina told her but stopped talking as the sound of buzzing was heard.
They looked up to see a figure in the air with dark blue skin, six arms and glowing sapphire like eyes. His air was tangled mess, his clothes dyed blue and tattered. Behind him were a pair semi-transparent butterfly like wings.
The big like figure was carrying a geeky girl with glasses, it quickly ripped off one of the locker doors and tossed her into it before shooting out webs to keep her there.
"What the-?" Janna blurted.
"…Marco?" Star gasped.
In the blink of the eye Marco moved towards the group and looked them over tilting his head curiously as he did. He smiled at them before he flew up and away.
"What was that?!" Brittney yelled out.
"That was Mewberty." Glossaryck confirmed, "I did say his body would change, were you not paying attention?"
"How do we get Marco back?" Star demanded.
"Like I said, hopefully this wears off. It normally does though since Marco is a special case it might not this time. For all I know this is how Marco is gonna be from now on."
"Giiiirls!" Marco came flying back carrying another girl and trapping her in another locker.
"What is he doing?" Janna pointed to Marco.
"Oh, yeah, that's weird." Glossaryck told her, "This whole thing kinda fried his brain, he's running on basic instinct. He's gone girl crazy, he thinks they're pretty and he's just collecting them. This is just a left over from the species Mewmans evolved from, he's instinctually looking for a mate. He'll keep doing this until he find a proper mate. This is not much different from how humans shake their butts like those apes you evolve from. It's just weird mating rituals."
"Wait, go back! He's looking for a mate!? Why hasn't he tried to collect me!?" Brittney pointed to herself sounding insulted.
"Oh, probably he doesn't think of you as girls. I've known Marco his whole life, and with his mind the way it is at the moment I'm just guessing but considering everything." Glossaryck paused, "Marco hasn't had the best luck when girls come into play. I mean, most of his insecurity issues come from his people wanting a princess instead of a prince. Think of it, people all around you for you entire life telling you that you were wrong or inferior, that would mess with you all just because you weren't a girl. Most girls teased him about it or out right shunned him. Now you meet a group of girls that doesn't look at you like your some sort of error. You wouldn't think of them as common as a girl, he's gotten to know you and care about you, Marco treasures you beyond merely as a cute girl. Thus what you are is not what his Mewberty mind is seeking to capture. You are something far more precious and something beyond a mere girl or a simple mate."
Mina cracked her knuckles as Marco finished with the locker, "Then I have extra reason to stop him before he does something he'd regret."
"You can't-" Sabrina told her, "It's still Marco."
"And what do you think he'd like more me hurting him to stop him or him hurting someone else."
Considering Marco's normal behavior the girls all knew the answer.
Mina rushed at Marco trying to knock him out, but in mid punch she found several hand grabbing her. Mina was stopped mid attack by Marco, his fighting instincts were still there and hyped up because of his current form.
"I might have held back a bit much there." Mina admitted.
Marco hurled Mina into a wall, the wall cracked behind her. Mina jumped off the wall and launched herself at Marco. She quickly reach him and tried to wrestle him onto the ground, that didn't work as his wings buzzed wildly lifting them both into the air. Marco quickly spun wildly into the air as Mina tried to put him in a choke hold.
The girls could only watch their hearts in their throats, they agreed that Marco would choose to be stopped even if he got rough up bit they didn't want him to get hurt.
That wasn't much of an issue though, Marco hand six arms as was using them to pry Mina off him and hit her sides.
"You know riling him will just make things worse." Glossaryck yelled out.
Finally forced off Mina hit the ground and roll to her side to take away most of the momentum. She quickly grabbed one of the discarded locker doors to use as a makeshift weapons and hurled it right at the prince.
Then light ripped from his sapphire eyes atomizing the locker door.
"He's got laser eyes!" Mina looked on surprised.
"Yeah, that one is new." Glossaryck made a note about that.
"Fine going all out." Mina growled before letting out a primal yell.
A golden aura flowed around her as her muscles bulged, she was ready to fly after him and hope she could hold back enough to prevent from seriously hurting him.
Then Marco shot more webs at her feet before she could take off.
She tried to go after him but she was stuck to the ground, she gave it another go but didn't budge. She reverted to her natural form, "I'm out of ideas."
A moment later Marco started to fire more of the goo at Mina quickly forming a shell around her and up to her head.
"Pudding thief!" Star grabbed Glossaryck, "Tell us how to undo this!"
"There is no undoing, this is nature and any attempt to use magic to prevent or hault or speed this up would have dire consequences on him. Since I'm the only one who could possible try and pull any of them off I'm going to put my foot down."
"How about non-magic ways to get Marco back? You said this was temporary."
"Maybe, I can't say for sure with Marco's nature."
"It's got to be temporary." Star had to hold onto the hope of getting Marco back, "How does it usually end? What makes it end?"
"Oh, I see what you're getting at. Maybe magic isn't the solution, just finding a natural way to go through it." Glossaryck tapped his chin, "This does boil down to raging emotions, its affects on his body and his magic. Maybe another emotional reaction, something strong to get into his mewberty mind but still something passive and soothing."
"Love!" Star shouted, "A amor! A crushes!"
"Yeah, I guess it could work." Glossaryck said noncommittally. "Try and make him feel that."
Star grinned as she pulled out her scissors and opened up a rift, "You guys keep Marco from running off."
The rift closed as Star quickly jumped in, Janna looked at the girls, "What does she expect us to do?"
Brittney grinned, "I have an idea."
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Jackie was a little annoyed as she put on her helmet, school was out but her last class happened to be near the parking where Oskar was playing. It tended to bleed even into the walls it was an annoying way to spend her last class listening to him.
"Jackie!" Star rushed into the parking lot giving the girl a great big hug.
"Hey Star." Jackie let out small chuckle, "What's going on?"
"I need you help! Marco needs your help! "
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As Marco finished cocooning Mina he found himself being whipped by her pig tails. She refused to give up but that just resulted in forcing him to bat them away before just starting to fly away.
"Okay ready, Don't mess this up." Brittney told the girls.
Sabrina and Janna put their arms together and let Brittney stand on them. This was a cheerleading move called the basket toss and was used to throw a person. They just have to get the details to Janna to try and pull it off.
"Now!"
The girls hurled Brittney up into the air and she grabbed at Marco as he passed by. Marco still retained some sense he caught her keeping her from falling.
"Okay," Brittney said nervous, "I don't care that you're a bug now Marco, I'm beautiful enough for the both of us." Brittney fidgeted, "Okay, so I'm going to snap your out of this…. With…" she blushed, "with a kiss."
Marco blinked not exactly sure what she was saying.
Brittney pucker up and leaned in, then paused, "give me a second, this isn't how I expected our first kiss to be like. I imagined we'd be alone together under the moonlight, maybe some candles, me wearing a beautiful dress," Marco placed her softly on the ground by Janna and Sabrina, "you looking cute in your royal outfit-" Brittney stopped as she realized Marco was cocooning them up.
Janna shook her head, "You are such a disappointment. The power of love? Really?"
"It works on TV." Brittney protested. "And a loves true kiss is supposed to break magic stuff."
"You also lacked follow through." Glossaryck pointed out.
Marco patted the girls head softly as he prepared to fly off.
A swirling vortex opened up and Star rushed out, "Okay, Marco!"
Marco looked at Star confused, "I've got someone you want to see."
Star reached into the portal and pulled out Jackie.
"Uh, hey" Jackie was still confused at what was happening. She was just trying to follow Star's plan.
Marco blinked, his voice going sing-song-y, "Jackie~!"
"Ah, Star?" Jackie took a step back nervously, "Are you sure about this?"
"Have I ever let you down?"
"Well-"
"Don't answer that."
Star had to bet on Marco's crush on Jackie, he'd moved on from his boyish crush on Mina and now was used to being around her. He'd have a few moments when he'd act like a lovesick goof but those were now far apart. But with Jackie he was still a nervous wreck, he'd maybe this could break him out of it.
"Jaaackie~!" Marco rushed and picked up Jackie quickly flying her into the air and the graying sky.
Star looked up hoping for any sign and after a moment none she gasped, "…Good Bye Marco."
He was gone, her plan didn't work, maybe Marco would never come back. Tears formed in her eyes.
Then a loud beeping was heard, Glossaryck pulled back his sleeve to reveal a digital watch, "Okay, and that should be about it." He looked around for a moment before they all saw a falling body coming from the sky.
A portal formed beneath the falling figure and another one formed by Star with Jackie rushed through it. Jackie crashed right into Star.
"Cool! That worked."
"Jackie!" Star quickly hugged her friend.
Star wasn't dumb, unfocused yes but not stupid. Before they walked through the portal Star showed Jackie how to use the scissors and gave them to her to use. Star wasn't about to use her without giving her an escape route.
"Wait, where's Marco?" Star questioned.
"He started to twitch like crazy and dropped me and I used these scissors to take me to you."
A whizzing sounds was heard, they turned around to see another body falling. They turned around in time to see it drop right into a messy nest of goo, vines, and leaves formed right by Marco cocoon.
Star and Jackie rushed to see what crashed.
Glossaryck floated behind them, only stopping to turn to the others struggling to move, "You just stay here."
As they arrived Marco jolted up from the mess of goo, "What happened?"
"Marco!" Star gave him a tight hug.
"Star?" Marco was still dizzy.
"Whoa!" Star pulled back feeling something strange,
Marco looked back to find a pair of small Prussian Blue wings.
Suddenly everything clicked, "I got my wings!"
"So it seems, my prince." Glossaryck gave him a small smile, "Its good to have you back."
Star poked at his wings which twitched at the touch, "Does this mean you can fly?"
"No, too small but maybe later when they grow out a bit."
"That's pretty cool." Jackie smiled,
"Jackie!" Marco flustered.
"You should be thanking these girls. They did everything they could keep you from causing trouble." Glossaryck informed the prince.
"I did- Oh, I'm so sorry and thank you-" Marco collapsed.
"Marco!" Both shouted in panic.
Glossaryck hovered over, Jackie still unsure about this little magic man she had just seen for the first time, Glossaryck checked Marco over, "Don't worry this one is common. One out of three mewberty end with the person collapsing, it takes a lot out of them." He raised his hand and the scissors flew into them and he opened a portal. He paused a moment and studied the scissors, "I'll take him home to rest up and get some food."
Glossaryck just dragged the prince through the portal.
Star and Jackie walked back to the others.
"Everything is solved, Marco is fine and sleepy." Star beamed and grabbed a pile of the web to pull them off.
Jackie joined her seeing her have some trouble pulling them off then paused, "Star? This stuff isn't coming off… not even off my hands."
"Uh!" Star struggled it not coming off her.
"You forgot this stuff is sticky, didn't you?" Janna gave a tired sigh.
"Maybe." Star admitted with a sheepish laugh.
"Don't worry, this stuff usually dissolves after a few hours." Mina confirmed.
Jackie sighed, "So, does this happen a lot around Marco?"
Author's Notes: Back with another update. I had most of this chapter done already, but I've been sick these last few days so I finished it up. I'm still the need for a beta so if any of you are interested let me know. Anyway, leave a review tell me what you guys thought about this chapter.