Hello, fans of the nocturnal blood suckers!
I'm back with another chapter of Eclipsa as a vampire.
I also got some inspiration with the help of Gabriel Herndon.
Now let's get back to where we left off.
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Earth, Echo Creek...
It's now a late Thursday morning in Mrs. E's class, and all is well.
Which is odd, because it's Miss Skullnick's class.
It's only functioning properly because of the substitute teacher filling in for her. Hence why it's temporarily called Mrs. E's class instead.
Anyways, the class is going smoothly. Even if most of them are still tired from having to wake up early just to go to school. Thankfully, none of them fell asleep while Mrs. E was teaching.
Speaking of tired students, Marco is currently the most tired student out of everyone in class. Which is unusual for those that know the karate boy well enough.
Earlier in the morning, Marco had had enough of his crazy dreams, nightmares, whatever you want to call them, and marched over to Mrs. E's house to accuse her of being Eclipsa. She denied his claims, and merely said that it's a mere coincidence that she resembles this 'Eclipsa' person, and thankfully she was rather friendly about it. Marco went home feeling stupid for doing that without any physical evidence, and was rather ashamed of himself for it.
Currently, he's putting all his energy into concentrating on staying awake, and paying attention to what's being taught in class.
So far he's doing fine despite his fatigue, and has managed to keep himself from falling asleep in class. He's never done that before, and he's not starting now.
But while Marco was busy with his assignment, which is a quiz, he began to hear a woman hum a gentle tune.
Curious, he looks around to see if he could figure out who it was that's doing it. It didn't sound like any of the girls in the classroom. He was honestly hoping it was Jackie that was humming, but it didn't sound like her.
Marco decided to just put it off as his tired mind just playing tricks on him, and he's just hearing things.
As he went back to completing his assignment, he began to hear the humming of the woman again, and his head shot up quickly because it was definitely much clearer this time.
He looked around to see who was messing with him, and found no one was close enough to do that. Marco could've sworn it was a woman humming right next to him. From which side, he wasn't sure. It might as well be coming from all around him.
Marco checked his ears to see if Janna had somehow placed earbuds in his ears to mess with him, and make him think he's hearing things. He found nothing.
He couldn't tell if he's going crazy or if maybe Eclipsa is somehow doing this to tease him. But he didn't think that was possible, because vampire powers don't work in daylight.
'Ok, I think I finally lost it. I'm definitely hearing things. There's no way that she could use her vampire powers in the daylight... Unless it wasn't a power that vampires had.' Marco thought to himself.
That thought in mind had sent a wave of dread through Marco's body. He had completely dismissed the possibility of Eclipsa knowing how to do magic in the daylight due to her being a vampire, and forgot that she used to be a magic wielding queen of Mewni.
But be that as it may, there's no way she could do magic like she normally can unless it's dark outside.
Marco looked outside the window of the classroom to see that it's still bright, and sunny outside. So that rules that out. So is he actually going crazy?
He will have to figure that out later.
A minute later, and Marco had finished his quiz. He got up to turn give to Mrs. E, and returned to his seat. Once back in his seat, he decided to check to see if there's anything he needs to do for his other classes. So far, he appears to be in the clear with his assignments.
Once everyone had finished up with their quiz papers, the school bell rang, and everyone got their stuff around to either head to the next class or the cafeteria.
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Cafeteria...
"So yeah, the woman in my crazy dreams is definitely Eclipsa." Marco said, after he had explained his most recent dream with the vampire queen.
"So then what happened?" Janna asked.
"After I woke up, I couldn't take it anymore, and marched over to Mrs. E's house. I asked if she was really Eclipsa, but she merely just laughed it off saying that she's flattered, and that it's a coincidence. Afterwards, I left, and felt like an idiot." Marco explained.
"Yeesh, man. Sounds like your dreams are pushing you over the edge." Ferguson said, eating a slice of pizza.
"Yeah, Marco. Ever thought of maybe getting a dream catcher?" Alfonzo suggested.
"I appreciate the suggestion, Alfonzo, but I don't think a dream catcher will stop a vampire from appearing in my head." Marco said.
"Well, Marco, you gotta do something. I've never seen you this tired looking." Jackie said with concern.
"I know I know. It's just that I don't know what to do." Marco said with exhaustion.
"Did you talk to Star about it?" Jackie asked.
"I thought about it, but I'm worried that she, and the high commission will go overboard about it. Then once they see Mrs. E, they might just either lock her up, or worse, kill her on the spot! I mean, what evidence do I have that says that Mrs. E is Eclipsa? I only accused her of being Eclipsa because she just so happens to be incredibly similar to her." Marco explained.
"Sheesh, man. Sounds like you're being pushed into a corner." Ferguson said.
"Yeah, a corner that's driving me nuts." Marco said, resting his head on his arms.
"Maybe you should talk to Star about it, and see what happens?" Janna asked.
Marco sighs tiredly, knowing that she's right.
"I hate that you're right. I'll tell her about the dreams, but I'm not putting a teacher's life on the line because of a superstition.
Unknown to anyone, Mrs. E is standing around the corner of the cafeteria, and has heard everything. The entire time she's kept a small smile, and half lidded eyes. Her smile grew a little more before she walked away.
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After school, Marco's house...
Once school ended, Marco had to walk home.
Not that it was his choice. The bus had a flat tire.
Anyways, Marco made it home without any trouble. Plus he got to look at the scenery. The leaves on the trees are many shades of orange, yellow, red, and people in the neighborhood had their Halloween decorations out.
Even his house had decorations out.
As soon as he walked in, he's greeted by his parents like he usually is, and heads up to his room to put his school bag away. When he did, his phone began to ring, and of course it played space unicorn.
"I should really change that ringtone, it's getting embarrassing." Marco said to himself.
He used to find the ringtone ironic when he perceived himself as a misunderstood bad boy before he met Star.
Thinking back on it, it's still embarrassing. Even forgot that it was getting old.
Anyways, Marco checks to see that it's Star that's calling.
"Hello?" He answered.
"Marco, dear? It's queen Moon."
"Oh, uh, hello your highness. I didn't expect you to call me." Marco said.
"Well, Marco, I would normally use the pocket mirror to call, but I'm afraid that this is an emergency, and I'd like for you to come over as soon as you can." Queen Moon said.
"Ok, I'll be right over." Marco said.
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Mewni, Butterfly castle...
Marco had told his parents before he left that he was heading over to Mewni for a bit because Moon requested his presence due to an emergency.
They allowed him to go visit before dinner, and Marco opened a portal to the magic based dimension.
Which leads to where we are now.
Marco walked into Moon's office, seeing Star sitting in a chair, and she seemed to be bothered about something. However, she seemed to feel a little better when her earth friend came.
"Marco!" She exclaimed, suddenly hugging Marco tighter than a bear.
"OOF! Star? You ok?" Marco asked.
"Is it that obvious?" She asked, letting him go.
"Well yeah. You looked pretty bummed out, and nearly crushed the bones in my torso." Marco said.
"Sorry." She said, rubbing her arm.
"It's ok. So what's wrong?" Marco asked in concern.
"I-I think it's best if we wait until, Mom, gets here before I explain." Star said, stuttering a little.
"Ok." Marco said, taking a seat next to his magic wielding friend.
After a couple of minutes, Moon finally walked in.
"Good, you're here, Marco. Now we can begin." Moon said, sitting in her office chair.
"Begin what exactly?" Marco asked.
"First I'll ask you two a question, and I want you both to be one hundred percent honest with me. Understood?" Moon asked for confirmation.
The two teens nodded.
"Good. What I want to know is this... have any of you been experiencing weird dreams lately?" Moon asked.
"Yes." Both Star and Marco said in unison.
Moon took a deep breath, and exhaled before asking one more question.
"In these dreams, did Eclipsa appear in them?" Moon asked.
"Yes." The two teens said in unison.
The two did a double take, and looked at each other.
"Wait, you too?!" They said in unison again.
Moon merely groaned as she rubbed her forehead with her left hand.
"Then it's just as I feared." She said.
"What are you talking about, Mom?" Star asked.
"I have a feeling that, Eclipsa, may be dream walking." Moon said.
"Dream walking?" Marco questioned.
"What's that?" Star asked.
"Dream walking is a spell that allows you to enter someone's dreams, and some cases, like Eclipsa, can alter or distort the dream to their liking." Moon explained.
That's when it all suddenly hit Marco like a freight train. Marco wasn't just having vivid dreams that just so happen to have the vampire queen in them. Eclipsa, was actually there!!!
"That's happened to me four times this week!" Marco suddenly blurted out.
"What?!" Moon and Star exclaimed in shock.
"What do you mean 'four times this week?'" Moon asked, surprised by this sudden new information.
"I mean that this has happened to me four times. Twice in one night, then one time on one night, and one time last night." Marco explained.
"When did it all start?" Moon asked.
"It all started the night before Star called me, asking me what I knew about vampires. Then we met Hekapoo in the castle's medical wing. Afterwards, things have got weird from there." Marco explained some more.
"How weird?" Star asked.
"After doing some research in the royal library, I went out by the large pond or small lake by the castle, and I was staring at my reflection just thinking about some stuff. Then I see Eclipsa's reflection appear next to mine, and I swear I could hear her whisper right in my ear saying 'I found you.' I look to see that there's no one next to me, then I see a white wolf directly across from me on the other side of the water, and I know for certain that it wasn't there before. After I went to bed, I had another dream, and I woke up after it was over. The freakiest part is when I went to school, and the substitute teacher for Miss Skullnick's class walked in. She told the whole class that her name is Mrs. E, and I swear that she sounded like Eclipsa. Which only adds to my paranoia. I didn't see her walk in at first, because I was still tired, and when I did, she looked just like Eclipsa!" Marco explained.
"WHAT?!" Moon and Star exclaimed in shock at the same time.
"Before you make ANY assumptions! The only differences is that her hair is black, and she doesn't have cheek marks. Plus, I don't have proof that she's the same person. Anyways, during class I felt her constantly stare at me for brief periods. Mainly because I freaked out when I saw her, and I lied saying I thought I saw a bat, but pretended to be seeing things because I was tired. After school, I come home to see her in my house. Apparently she moved into the house directly across from my house, and my parents invited her over for dinner. Afterwards, I was washing the dishes, and I suddenly felt really tired, more than I already was. Then it felt like someone was coming up from behind me, and I could hear Mrs. E's voice whisper in my ear, saying 'I know that you know.' Then I felt her bite me!" Marco explained.
The two Butterfly royals gasped in horror when Marco said that.
"Only for me to realize that it was a hallucination, and it was actually my mom gently tapping my shoulder. After I went to bed, I had another dream last night. This one lasted longer, and I could clearly see Eclipsa's face! After that, I tried to get Mrs. E to admit that she's Eclipsa by going the more gentle approach without going full out crazy. She merely laughed like it was a good joke, saying she's flattered by it, and that it's a mere coincidence. Once in school, I was taking a test in Mrs. E's class, and I could hear a woman humming a tune. It wasn't any of the girls in the class, and it wasn't Janna placing anything in my ear. I don't know if it was Eclipsa somehow doing that, or if I'm just going crazy, and here I am." Marco said, finishing his explanation of the weird events happening to him.
"Marco. You're one of my best friends, and I can trust you with some things. But I have to ask, WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?!" Star suddenly exclaimed, startling Marco.
"I-I didn't have any proof on anything! Plus, I didn't want you, your mom, and what's left of the magic high commission to go all crazy, and potentially hurt or kill an innocent woman just because of what's been going on!" Marco defended himself.
Star was about to say something back to him, but began to think about it, and realized that he's right.
"Touché." Star said.
"Ok? Other than all of... that. Could you please explain your dreams to us?" Moon asked.
"Ok. But brace yourselves." Marco said, taking a comically big intake of air before he began.
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SpongeBobnarrator: A few minutes later...
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Marco had just explained every detail he recalls from each dream he's had with the vampire queen. Needless to say, they were both surprised, and shocked by what he had explained.
"So what she said was true." Star said, her face looking shocked from realization.
"Wait, what?" Marco asked in confusion.
"Star has also experienced a dream with Eclipsa. Only it was more of a nightmare for her. It all happened last night, and it's why I've called you here." Moon explained.
"Oh. So what happened in her dream?" Marco asked.
"I don't feel comfortable talking about it right now." Star said, hugging her legs.
"I'll tell him what you told me." Moon said.
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SpongeBobnarrator: A few minutes later...
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Moon had just finished explaining to Marco of what happened in Star's nightmare, and he's horrified that, even though none of it was real, Eclipsa had begun to scare the hell out of his friend in her sleep.
"That's horrific! It makes my dreams seem like a summer vacation! What the hell?!" Marco exclaimed in shock.
"We know, Marco." Moon said.
"At least you have it easy. While she has it out for me, she wants to get in the bedsheets with you! I mean, I didn't even do anything wrong, and she hates me just because she says that we're not related to her! Like I'm some sort of pretender without knowing that I am!" Star ranted with fear in her voice, seeing that she's a target for the vampire queen's bad side.
"Perhaps she knows more than she's letting on." Moon said.
"So what do we do? Eclipsa wants to screw me in bed, and she wants Star dead. Rhombulus is already dead, Hekapoo got attacked while possibly getting traumatized, and a guy in the Spiderbite kingdom got killed. Not to disrespect you or anything your highness, but why the hell haven't you called in for any vampire slayers the moment she escaped?!" Marco demanded.
"I know, Marco! I'm trying my best, but not everyone is certified for this kind of problem! A problem that was supposed to have remained extinct, and now our options are severely limited until we gather enough resources." Moon said in near desperation.
"I'm sorry, you highness, it's just that... *sighs* this is just driving me up the walls, and I'm scared for the safety of those closest to me. I mean, one of my best friends just got scared to death in her nightmare, the rest of my friends have never fought anything in their life, and my mom is gonna be having a baby soon while a blood thirsty vampire is on the loose! I don't know what to do here! I just feel so helpless about it, and I don't know if I can bare the thought of something bad happening to any of them because I wasn't prepared for it!" Marco ranted fearfully.
"I know, Marco. I understand that this is something you're unable to do on your own. The least we can do is take precautionary measures in order to defend ourselves. Which means we need an expert on dealing with vampires before things get too out of hand." Moon said urgently.
"But you know how big of a threat Eclipsa is, so why haven't you found one yet?" Star asked.
"I've tried, but..." Moon began until she paused.
Moon sighed tiredly before bringing out a book, and flipped to a page with what looks like an anthropomorphic fox monster.
"This one was our best expert in vampires. Everyone else has either perished, or have no clue about vampires." Moon continued.
Moon turned the book around to show them who she was talking about. Star read the name of the fox monster out loud.
"Theodore Tomahawker." Star read out loud.
"Yes. Even though he's a monster, he kept vampires from overtaking Mewni, including other realms while defending both monsters, and mewmans." Moon briefly told them.
"When you said he was our best expert in vampires, what do you mean by 'was'?" Marco asked.
"Because no one knows what happened to him after Eclipsa was defeated. Once the job was done, he suddenly disappeared." Moon answered.
"If he was around during Eclipsa's reign of terror, I don't think he's alive, Mom." Star pointed out as if it was obvious.
"Well that's where you're wrong." Moon said.
"What?" Star and Marco said in confusion at the same time.
"Years ago, long before my mother was killed by Toffee, and I was still a child, I heard Hekapoo say that she had an encounter with a fox monster with four slash scars on his face. She never caught him, and he escaped. Hekapoo swears up, and down that it had to have been him, because there was only one fox monster that could match that description." Moon explained.
"If it was him, how could he still be alive after all these years?" Marco asked.
"I have no idea. Even if it was him, I have no way of finding him." Moon said.
That's when Star got an idea.
"I might have a way." Star said.
"Really? How?" Moon asked her daughter.
"Well... it involves using one of Eclipsa's spells in order to find him." Star said, feeling a little sheepish for suggesting it, and having second thoughts about it.
"What?" Moon questioned in disbelief.
"I read her dark chapter, remember?" Star reminded her.
Marco shivered in discomfort at the memory.
"Don't need to remind me either." Marco said.
"Anyways, there's an all seeing spell that can allow you to see whatever you want to see, and whatever or whoever it is you're looking for. It could help us find Theodore if he's still alive." Star said.
Moon thought about it for a moment with a hum. As much as she doesn't want to use one of the spells of the vampire queen before she was turned, it's more important than ever to find an expert in this type of field before things get worse.
"Fine. We'll use the spell." Moon said.
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I think that's a good place to stop for this chapter.
Before I get to the responses, the tune that Marco heard being hummed is basically Eclipsa humming the theme from the 80's vampire movie "The Lost Boys." Just thought I'd let you all know.
Now onto the responses!
Lerans: I'm sorry, but I can't understand your language, so I'm unable to read it.
neztro: You're welcome, and thank you, I appreciate it.
The Book of Eli: Here's how she'll proceed. Also, yeah, it was dumb of Marco to do that.
Guest: Don't worry. Raging Ralph is NOT canceled. I've just been busy. I understand that people are waiting for another update, and it can get frustrating at times. Trust me, I've been there. But the chapter is still in the works at the moment, so just try to have some patience please.
Ok, that's all the responses for now. Anyways, like always, stay tuned my fans of the blood suckers!