Marcapoo Week 2019

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Chapter: 03 Finding Another Solution

"You want to destroy magic?!" Marco shouted, he couldn't believe what he was hearing. Star told him she wanted to destroy magic.

"It's the only way to save the monsters." Star told him, "besides magic hasn't brought anything good."

"Star, it brought us together. If you destroy magic what about us."

"Glossaryck said that magic would put us back where we belong, me on Mewni and you on Earth. Everyone gets sent back home."

"And with magic gone, then no portals," Marco stood there in the tavern, "that means we won't be able to see Kelly, Talon, Brunzetta, or anyone in any other dimension."

"I know!"

"What about them? What about everyone?! People with friends in other dimensions, people they love, they'll be split up and will never be able to see them again!"

"Marco!" Star raised her voice, "There is no other way! If we don't do this all the monsters are going to die and it's going to be our fault! We have to do this!"

Marco stared at her for a moment before his expression dropped and he took a step back and shook his head, "Star, I can't do this."

Star was silent as she watched Marco just walked away she tried to say something but the words wouldn't come out. Star turned to her mother and Eclipse both silent unsure what to say.

Hekapoo spoke up, "I'll go talk to him."

Marco sat at a table alone, choosing a table next to the black voice and Hekapoo just pulled a chair and sat down besides him.

The fiery demon turned back to the royals who were by the bar talking things over, it didn't seem like Moon was on board with the plan either but maybe Star was turning Moon to her side.

"Marco," Hekapoo stared, "what's wrong?"

"This plan is wrong,"

"Okay,"

"If magic dies people will be split up forever. If this happens people will die." He paused, "You will die."

Hekapoo was silent, "Yeah, well, I'm made of magic if there is no magic I'd be gone."

"And you're okay with that?" Marco just looked at the void.

Hekapoo mused to herself for a bit, "Maybe, I mean I am part of the reason for making this mess." Hekapoo didn't feel like lying or holding anything back, "Eclipsa left and she left Shastacan in charge so me and the rest of the Commission had to listen to him. She didn't plan that out, really. And it's not like he didn't give us good reasons, he always pointed out at all the people Globgor had eaten, at the dark magic Eclipsa used," Hekapoo scratched her head, "I mean, even when she was kid she was powerful and some of the dark spells she made gave us the creeps. And people started talking, the run away Queen ran away with the prince of darkness, the kingdom was freaked out and we knew that if something wasn't done it would get worse." Hekapoo looked down at the drink she brought with her, "And the stuff with Meteora, we didn't know anything about that until after it happened. Shastacan handed her over to that robot and he found Festivia, we replaced her so the kingdom wouldn't worry about an heir. Then He got himself eaten by Globgor were tied and he crystallized him."

Hekapoo took a deep breath, she didn't know how long she held that in. She never really told anyone the detail.

Hekapoo continued wanting to unburden herself, "We did our best with Festivia, I showed her the universe and tried to be supportive and all things done, I think she did okay. We gave her as much freedom as we could to make her decisions and for the most part she just worked on keeping her people calm."

Hekapoo hoped that Festivia was happy, she knew behind the parties and the smiles the girl was worried about her people but she hoped in the end she truly was happy.

"Do you deserve to die?" Marco asked her, "You were following orders, you were trying to keep things in order, it might not have been perfect but do you and the High Commission deserve to die for that."

Hekapoo couldn't answer that.

"How about all the other magical being in the universe? Because I know that you and the commission aren't the only ones. If Star does this will they be okay?"

Again Hekapoo couldn't answer."

"I want the monster to be okay, but I don't think I can do this knowing that so many will suffer because of this."

Hekapoo took a sip of her drink, "Then what will you do,"

"I don't know, I just can't believe that Star would do something so reckless."

"Marco," Hekapoo shook her head, "Its Star she's the queen of reckless. She can't sent to Earth because she started a huge fire with Doop-Doop, and last I heard she never did anything about him and that's in a shed somewhere. You've been her squire and your going to tell me that you didn't have to fix some issue for her."

"Well, yeah, but nothing like this."

Hekapoo rubbed her face, "You do this Marco,"

"Do what?"

"You put people you like on a pedestal and ignore all their faults. Like that Jackie girl, you liked her for years but didn't even really talk to her, and yeah you did start to get to know her and talk to her but then what did you do?" Hekapoo paused almost not wanting to say it, "You liked her but then she wasn't enough was she, she didn't measure up to Star and you left. Then you went to Star and she was dating Tom and you stayed around and became her "Squire" and I use that term loosely,"

Hekapoo felt she was venting but couldn't stop now, "Princess don't have squire, thats not their jobs. You just wanted to be near her even if she was with another guy and it killed you a little didn't it?"

Marco didn't look at her but said, "Yes, Tad… well, we talked and… yeah."

Hekapoo pulled back a little, "Well, yeah and now up close you gotta face up to Star flaws. She's a good person but she's stubborn and hard head and has a real A to B kind of thinking. She's direct and just doesn't see the consequences and just focuses on the end goal. That causes her to get into trouble."

Marco sighed, "Yeah, she wrecked a cop car and just ran away. She had me scared and the punishment wasn't even that bad."

Hekapoo's tone softened, "Yeah, River is over protective and just wants the best for her so he'll pay people off so they don't complain. And Moon is good but hard to connect with people and yeah after her own mom died she's scared of opening herself up. I guess she wants to control things too, to make sure nothing bad happens but that just caused Star to rebel and with River fixing everything for her she just never learned to deal with consequences."

"It doesn't matter," Marco told her, "I told her I loved her,"

"Oh…"

"And now, I-" Marco paused trying to come up with the right words, "I just can't believe the girl I said that to is also the girl about to hurt so many,"

"Well, I've been around for a long time and I don't know if I know about love but from what I've seen it's not easy. You don't pick and choose people's best traits. You love them for the best and their worse and it's not all cup cakes and rainbows, love takes work from both people and a load of acceptance. In the end of the day you both want to be together, you work to be together, and its worth it then its real. How did you tell me your parents met?"

"My mom met my dad in a coffee shop and they saw each other and they fell in love, love at first sight."

"Yeah, that's nice but it doesn't work like that typically. You expect it to just click and the hard part it over and it's not it just the start."

Marco wanted to argue, he really did but he remember his mom saying that before they got married she and his dad broke up a number of times. It was hard to believe when he knew they were so happy and so in love with each other.

"Now," Hekapoo continued, "if you can't accept this, accept what Star is willing to do maybe…"

"Maybe…" Marco knew there were things he just couldn't accept, he left out a small tired laugh, "It still doesn't help the monsters."

"Yeah, time isn't on our side."

Marco blinked and got up. "Time! What about your dimension? We go there and we can spend a few years coming up with a good plan."

"Well, yeah, I don't know. Star won't agree to it."

"Then lets do it together," Marco on his feet held out his hand to her, "we did a lot of crazy stuff when I was on your trial. I'm sure together we can do one more. What do you say H-Poo?"

Hekapoo want to say something it was a crazy plan, the royals would never agree to it but she wanted to do it. There was a very good chance she'd be dead before the day ended, so what did she have to lose?"

"Okay,"

Marco smiled and pulled out his scissors and formed a portal and they both walked in.

At the other end of the bar Star saw the portal vanish.

Moon said, "Star…"

In a bright glow Star transformed into her butterfly form and created a portal into the Magic Realm, "I guess the portal network is back up

0000

Hekapoo and Marco arrived at the forge quickly, Marco got his leather jacket as they prepared to come up with a plan to beat Mina and her super army. Hekapoo sent a few clone to scout the area, and gather as much information as she could. They could spend years here and very little would change in Mewni. This might work, this might work.

0000

The forge was covered with plans that all had been scrapped and a variety of weapons. It had been a little more than a year, they spent most of their time in the forge trying to come up with a plan. Sometimes they went to try and get some sort of mega magical weapon or tool to help them but none were coming up all that great.

Hekapoo had seen Mina fight, the sword of her was the worst of it. One strike of that sword could end anyone and every warrior had one of those things,

They had no way to negate it or counter or halt it. Mina herself could take untold amount of damage.

After a quest for something that turned out to be a waste of time, Marco quickly fell asleep on the couch when they arrived.

Hekapoo brought over a blanket at placed it over him and sat besides him.

She had a time limit now, it was a strange one whenever Star fulfilled her plan she'd be gone and she wasn't exactly sure when that would happen. Any moment now she would just be gone.

Hekapoo wondered how mortals dealt with that thought in the back of their mind. She really didn't know what else to do with her time. She curled up next to Marco and closed her eyes to rest, it was a small comfort but if the worst happened then she would be glad he would be there.

0000

Four Years had passed and they made little to no progress. They found some things that would work as armor for Marco but it wasn't perfect, it could only take so many hits. It would be hard to get more and Hekapoo was good but she couldn't make it for everyone.

Gray hair had started to sprout in Marco's hair, not many but enough to start seeing the age on him.

They had thought about trying to get Omni and Father Time to help stabilize his age but they wouldn't manage it in the short time they had.

The battle could be lost before they managed it.

They had to make the most of the time they had, and it was running out for both of them.

0000

During the trial they had stolen moments.

Moments of passion.

Moments of stolen kisses.

Nights were their bodies met.

They never made much of it during the trial, they told themselves it was fun. Why didn't it feel like that anymore? Their bodies were nest to each other without so much as cloth between them. Hekapoo laid awake as Marco slept his arms holding her close.

She didn't want this to end, her life had lacked his presence.

Maybe it was because they spent every day together but she really noticed how much she missed him before. She wanted more.

She found her hand in his and squeezed it, she closed her eyes to let sleep take her when she felt him squeeze her hand back.

0000

Ten Years.

Marco had distinguished gray hairs though he was still fitter than most men in their prime.

They were having dinner together.

"Are you sure?" Marco asked Hekapoo, "It's not an air tight plan."

"No plan is." Hekapoo admitted, "But time isn't on our side. You've only got a few decades left and… if magic is destroyed…"

"I know, I don't want to risk that either."

Marco reached for her hand as he intertwined their fingers.

0000

The Solarian Warriors had the monsters at the edge of a cliff and Mina was towering over River and Globgor. A portal ripped open space and out came Marco, he was 15 again and wearing leather jacket made out of the skin of the toughest beast and pant mixed with skins and metals.

In one hand was a new katana forged for him by Hekapoo.

"Mina!" Marco called out, "Stop this now and no one needs to get hurt."

Mina scoffed, "Didn't you run away a couple of minutes ago? And now you're here to try and take me out alone?"

"Not exactly alone," A teen girl in armor and short red haired walked next to him.

Higgs went into the Neverzone and became a legendary warrior and got cursed with immortality. Marco and Hekapoo found her and gave her a chance to save Mewni.

"Ah, Yammy, you do know how to show a girl a good time." Ridding her polar bear came Brunzetta weapon in hand.

"You think you three could actually take me?" Mina chuckled,

"I never said three," Marco smirked.

Another portal opened up and out stepped the Spider-Bite Princess, "Attack!"

Thousands of spiders crawled out of the portal and raced towards the Solarian soldiers quickly getting into their suits of armor and attacking them from the inside. They struggled to swat them but it was difficult through their own armor.

A portal opened up underneath the monsters and they appeared next to Hekapoo and Ludo and his brothers.

Dennis smiled, "Everyone in the forest, anyone who can fight we got weapons. We need everyone we can get."

More portal began to open up soon the sky was filled with eagles, as Warthmelior and Dace Lucitor showed up leading an army of demons.

Another Portal showed up with the Johansen's all ready for a fight, more portals popped open with mewman soldiers, merefolks, the Pony Heads, and every ally that they pair could muster.

Marco smiled, "You think you're right but there are a lot of people here who disagree."

"Yeah, and you-" Mina didn't get to finish her though as another portal opened up and ridding a huge wave of water a pirate ship crushed into her.

"Yeah!" A dolphin pirate cheered.

Over the sky came Omni with Rhombulus, Sean, and Reynaldo by his side.

Mina spat out the water as she pulled her from underneath the boat.

"Idiots!" Mina yelled, "You're on the wrong side!"

"No," Rhombulus shouted.

"Our time has passed," Reynaldo told her, "so has yours, time to make amends and to pay for our errors."

"What?" Mina asked.

"You attacked Moon," Omni explained, "we made mistakes but you betrayed the person you said you were loyal to."

Hekapoo had a talk with them before the battle started and gave them a very good reason why they should flip sides. The Sanctuary suddenly burst open and Eclipsa, Moon and Meteora hit the ground changing from their butterfly forms as black veins covered their bodies.

Moon mumbled, "They attacked us."

Black Unicorns snarled as they stampeded from the sanctuary turning anything they touched into black.

Tom rode on one of them his eyes blank. Above them flew Star glowing a dark green as her gold wings now turned black.

Maybe it had been the corrupted magics way to protect itself but as she tried to destroy the magic the unicorns attacked and the others arrived too late to help.

0000

The Battle turned into a three way battle as the Solarian fought, the Mewman forces, against the corrupted magic forces.

Marco fought against Star, his sword deflecting her magic as best it could. Star fought with blasts or dark magic that seemed to shatter and erode anything they touched.

Omni managed to get to the royals before Mina got to them and brought them to the edge of the battle where Hekapoo waited controlling the flow of everyone.

"You don't look so good," Hekapoo commented.

"Agreed,"Moon coughed dropping the wand she'd be clinging to.

Her breathing was getting hard.

"This is bad," Hekapoo told her, " the corruption is deep."

"Maybe we should get you out of here," Rhombulus suggested.

Eclipsa noted that Hekapoo was wearing a backpack thing that seemed to move.

"What is that?" Eclipsa gestured to it.

A tiny head popped out of the bag and giggled at them.

Meteora sniffed at the new figure.

"Hekapoo, is that a baby?" Moon questioned.

"Here name is Seraph."

"Uh, whose the father?" Eclipsa questioned.

"Me and Marco went into my dimension to try and come up with a plan, we spent a decade together and stuff happened." They caught the glimmer of a small ring on her finger. "And well, you know where babies come from. Sorry but this is my resignation, I can't let you destroy magic, If I go I get it but I'm not risking my daughter who is half magic. Marco is right too many would suffer to fix out mistakes." Hekapoo took Seraph out of her carrier and sat her besides them.

Moon understood then, Why the Commission changed their sides they couldn't trust Mina, she could turn on the baby too and after loosing Lekmet they didn't have the heart to risk one more of their family.

"I'm not sure there is anything to be done." Moon frowned.

Seraph grabbed the wand, Hekapoo just scolded, "Thats not a toy."

The wand transformed into a rattle.

Star Picked up Marco and raised him high in the air.

"Star! I don't know what happening but you have to fight it!" Marco pleaded with Star.

She wasn't talking, her expression blank her blonde hair tainted black and her heart cheek marks cracked.

Beneath them the battle wasn't going better as people had to fall back as more of the black goo covered the area a few of the Solarian got trapped in it making everyone fearful and stay as far away.

Marco was forced to grapple Star and grab her wing to turn her and cause her to crash.

"Marco!"

Marco blinked as he head turning to the source of the scream, Hekapoo still holding onto their child.

Star's wings buzzed as she tilt her head towards the wand in the babies hands.

She flew to Seraph and pushed Hekapoo away with a triple palm strike.

Star flew up in the air holding the wand it glowing bright green, the goo from the temple rose and the unicorns roared as it moved faster.

All the while Seraph clinging to her new toy and crying as she died. The High Commission tried to reach the child but a blast of energy pushed them back.

The baby screamed dangling from the wand, Star's only reaction was a blank look.

"Seraph!" Her parent screamed out.

The baby heard her parent loving voices and the wand reacted to emotions coming the baby. A faint pink light glowing came from the wand mixing with the green glow.

Star's own emotion corrupted resonated with the child's simple desire to be reunited with her loving parents. This all started with a tantrum from Star and now a baby's tantrum clashed. The pure emotions from an innocent child with its own magic burned through the corrupted magic. The lights mixed until a bright pink light filled the wand and spread across touching everything.

The light faded away and the corruption was wash away leaving several confused people. The Solarian warriors reverted to their normal selves, the rage that filled them washed away, many regretting their actions. The royals found the dark veins gone and Globgor found without the power Mina had he was healed. The monster king was happy to scoop up his wife in daughter in his arms.

Meteora giggled in their arms only pausing to touch her mother's face now missing her cheek marks.

The magic filled water was filled with many confused unicorns, many which were returning to the magical realm.

Star moaned as she laid on a crocodile while the baby Seraph sat on her stomach nibbling the rattle.

Marco and Hekapoo rushed and scoped Seraph up while Moon got Star.

"Star! Are you all right?" Moon asked.

Star looked around confused barely noticing her and her mother's marks had vanished. She only noticed Marco and his new family, "He found a new way," she said with a sad smile.


Author's Notes: Hey, so this is my attempt at a different ending. I'm not 100% happy with it but I only have so much time these days and I got hurt yesterday so my typing has been slowed. I refused to post a day late! Anyway, let me know what you guys think and leave a review.