Chapter 3
As Rosa and Danny walked into the school building, they felt nervous. Did Star know who they were, and with Rosa's zit, it made everything worse. It was like a homing beacon or something. Rosa tried to cover it up with makeup. But it still was glowing. Rosa grew nervous. But still had to survive through the day. She finally managed to make her bangs look long enough to hide it on her face. Rosa glanced around nervously. Danny seemed to notice and placed his hand on her shoulder to comfort her. She smiled at him thankfully. He smiled back. Then he looked around and his smile turned to a frown. Star was there. Walking around like she owned the place. He narrowed his eyes slightly as she made her way over to the two. Danny quickly put himself in front of Rosa. They did not need Star to blow their secrets right now.
Star wandered up to them. Her green eyes glittered with mischief. Green looked into blue.
"I want to speak to Rosa." She said simply.
"Um, Maybe later, Rosa isn't feeling well." Danny stalled.
Star frowned slightly. "Don't worry, I wont catch what she has. Rosa. Come here child." Star went to grab Rosa's arm, Rosa jerked it from her grasp and stayed behind Danny.
Star smiled. "I see. Well, guess well do this the hard way." Danny saw her eyes turn yellow for a minute, then a split second later, she ran and grabbed Rosa by the arms and pulled her towards her. The frightened blonde looked at Star in fear. By now a crowd started to form. Star noticed. "Lets go somewhere private.." With that, she took Rosa into the girls bathroom. Star threw Rosa to the floor.
Rosa struggled to stand. "Why are you doing this?" She demanded.
"You know, Specter." Rosa's eyes widened in fear.
"Please don't tell anyone!"
"I wont, if you and that stupid boy of yours keeps your mouth shut!" Star threatened.
"Fine, we wont tell! Just please let me go." Rosa was looking around for a way out. Any way.
"How can I trust you?" Star narrowed her eyes at Rosa. Her lips set in a straight line. "You could just blab it all you want if you get a chance."
"Why would I if I don't want anyone to know about me? Look, we all have our little Secrets Star, I would never tell anyone about ours. Look, Ill show you another secret." With a motion, Rosa removed the hair from her other eye.
Star choked up a gasp as she saw Rosa's reptile eye. Rosa put the hair back over it.
"See? I promise not to tell or you could tell everyone about my eye. That's not something I would want anyone to know." She said painfully. A tear glistened by her human eye.
Star thought for a moment. She had never imagined what Rosa was hiding under her hair. Star felt herself gulp. That's when she found herself accidentally turn invisible. She blinked. What? She had always had complete control of her powers and emotions! Thinking quickly. She changed back and turned to Rosa.
"Fine, I believe you for now. But be careful Rosa. I don't want to hurt you or Danny boy." With that, Star disappeared fully and went through the wall.
Rosa felt herself sit down, exhausted. Sam soon entered the girls room.
"Rosa?" She asked. Rosa lifted her head. Sam instantly gasped.
"What?" Rosa asked.
"Y-your...You're....face..."
"What?" Rosa sprung up and looked in the mirror. She put her hands against her face and screamed.
"Did you hear that?!" Danny asked Tucker outside.
Tucker nodded.
"It sounded like.. Rosa!" Both boys instantly ran into the girl's bathroom.
"What is it?!" Danny asked Sam, who was simply staring.
Danny and Tucker both looked, they saw Rosa's back, its when they looked into the mirror along with her, did they both also cry out.
Rosa's face seemed to totally break out with acne. Her face looked much like Vlad's did, when he was first exposed.
"I don't think makeup will hide that." Tucker said, making a lame attempt at a joke. Sam, angry, stepped on his foot.
"Ow! Sorry!" Tucker cringed.
"Rosa..." Danny started.
"Don't say it." She whispered. "Please don't."
"Maybe we should...talk to someone.."
"Not Vlad! He will hurt you and your mother. He for all I know could be the one causing this. Ill go alone." Rosa was obviously not thinking logically again.
"Rosa, please don't do something dangerous." Danny pleaded.
Rosa's face twisted into one of rage. "Don't worry, I wont." Then the said to herself, "I will do something just risky." With that, she turned into Specter and disappeared through the walls and started to fly where she knew she could find Vlad. This had to end!
Star entered her classroom, filled with concern. Both for her powers, and Rosa's eye. She still couldn't get over the fact that Rosa had been hiding a lizard eye all this time. All she could think of is how she got it, was it permanent? What kinds of things it did. She got out of her trance as she saw Danny, Tucker and Sam enter the classroom. Sam and Tucker were trying to comfort Danny. Star focused her hearing so she could hear exactly what they said.
"Danny, its not your fault. Whatever's happening to Rosa, might go away." Sam said. "Everyone goes through puberty, the glowing acne thing could be normal for all we know."
"Yeah, but why didn't I get it?" Danny sighed. "Besides, she sounded real mad at Vlad. I think she went to do something dangerous, I know it."
"Yeah, well.. lets just hope Vlad Plasmas doesn't hurt her." Tucker and the others then heard a snap. They turned and saw Star, staring at them. A half of a pencil in her hand. The other part lying next to her hand. She got up and walked over to them.
"What was that name?" She asked dangerously.
"What name?" Tucker grinned weakly.
She grabbed the collar of his shirt and pressed her nose against his. "What was that name?!?!" She almost screamed.
"Vlad Plasmas! Now let him go!" Sam said.
Star dropped Tucker. Sam helped him up. Danny saw a fire in Star's eyes. That name caused it.
Star remembered the first time the two had met... it was so long ago, but she still remembered it clearly.
Star grinned as she tossed the ghost aside. She was already ten and had learned to handle her powers quite gracefully. She was the hero of the town, and she loved it. She felt like nothing could stop her. That she was the one and only best! She loved that feeling and felt no remorse. Then, one day, she was chasing a ghost down a long alleyway. She found the normal thrill go through her. But was suddenly stopped in her tracks when a large man with black hair, blue tinted skin, and red eyes blocked her path.
"Get out of my way!" She ordered him. He merely raised an eyebrow.
"Little girl, aren't you too little to be out here by yourself?" he said mockingly.
Star felt herself shove him away. "Yeah right, you don't know who you are talking to!" She started to run again, then suddenly he was in front of her again, his arms crossed.
"You obviously need to be taught a lesson on how to behave to your elders!" He smirked and formed a ball of energy in his hands.
Star clenched her teeth and did the same. If this guy had a death wish, he was going to get his wish. Both fought against each other. Star tried her best, but he was just too fast. He hit her many times. Wounds covered parts of her body, pain increased. Finally she couldn't take it anymore. She collapsed before his feet. Blood seeped from her pure white and yellow suit. The stars above seemed to dim. She struggled to sit back up, only to have his foot be placed on her back, making her stay down.
"How does it feel now? To be the loser." His words seemed to tear through her very soul. Tears creped up into her eyes.
"Don't worry, Star, losers don't die. Most of the time."
"Who-who are you?" Star choked out.
"Vlad, Vlad Plasmas." With that, he was gone.
It was hours before someone found her. It felt like days. Star had changed back into her human self, but she was still in a lot of pain. Then two people walked by and saw her. They quickly took her to a nearby hospital, that's when it all went downward.
Star was clenching a piece of paper now at her desk. Vlad, she was so close to him. Now she had to find him. She frowned. She looked back at the three who were staring at her, kind of confused. She grabbed Danny's arm.
"Where is he?!" She ordered.
"Why?" Danny asked.
"Where is he?!" She demanded.
"Wisconsin is the last place I knew where he was. Has a big mansion. But why?!" Star dropped him.
"I have a score to settle with him."
"But, wait for me! I'm coming too! He might hurt Rosa."
Star looked at him harshly. "I don't need help."
"Yes you do! You don't know him like I do!"
"You wanna bet?!" She threw out her arm. Danny thought she was going to hit him, but then he saw a mark on her arm. It looked like it would have been pretty deep when it was made. He looked at her.
"He did that to me when I was 10!" Her yellow eyes seemed to radiate heat, like a star does when it's first born. Like a sudden explosion. That's what he saw in her eyes. A explosion. This was revenge to her.
"I almost had him a couple weeks ago in my home town too! But it was just a shadow! Now its time for me to pay him back for all the misery he caused me!" She looked back at Danny. "And you will do nothing!" with a swipe of her hand, she threw him backwards into his friends. When he got back up, she was gone.
