A baby Star, with a binkie in her mouth, is holding a stuffed doll that she makes climb up a pile of wooden blocks while seemingly humming to herself.
Moon and Toffee are looking up in slight distress as Star climbs up a curtain completely naked and a good 12 feet off the ground already. In the background there seems to be a crowd of people looking on in amusement, some of who can be recognized as friends of Star's parents.
Toffee is holding up a present with his face in creepy smile seemingly saying surprise to a group of kids. The kids back away or start crying except for Star who claps and giggles happily at her father's face.
Moon has her hair done up in a pair of pigtails and is watching while Toffee is having his be done up in a ponytail by Star. She is wearing a turquoise dress with a pink octopus on the chest and has a comb inserted behind her ear as she puts the finishing touches on it with everyone smiling.
Star leaps forward slashing down three training dummies in a matter of seconds with her claws alone eliciting a cheer from Buff Frog and a group of guards who were watching.
A younger Star, Rico, Ponyhead, Alexis, and Tempest are riding some sort of tricycle chariot away from a group of Forest Barbarians who seem really mad. The chest of gold in the back of the chariot seems to be what both groups are after.
Star is working in a workshop of some sort under Helsinki's supervision with Star's work suddenly exploding for no reason. Helsinki gives Star a thumbs up while Star stares ahead with a comically exaggerated 1,000 yard stare before she starts laughing.
Star sits atop castle Butterfly watching as fireworks are set off with a dreamy look on her face.
Star and Buck Beak are curled up together in the woods taking a nap with a mostly eaten corpse of something just a few yards off.
Back to the present the effects of the creek of time dissipate from Star as she watches her past returning her back to her 14 year old state. Lil Marco, falling to the ground, looked up at Star to see her smiling at the memories with a tear of happiness coming down her face. These weren't the only memories they saw, that number was 10 times as great, but they were the ones that stuck out the most. As Marco took her hand she wiped her tear off and turned to Marco speaking softly.
"I keep on forgetting that with all of the bad stuff there is also a lot of good stuff in my life as well. Thank you for getting me here today Marco." Star kneeled down and hugged Marco close with Marco returning it smiling. It didn't last long however as the eye came down staring at Marco with his life replaying before their eyes as well.
A baby Marco is seen carrying something up to an older woman that appears to be his grandma on Raphael's side. She takes the item, a sewing needle, and pats his head with Marco giggling in happiness.
Marco is crying in the park as his parents get in a shouting match with three men whose children are behind them laughing at Marco's pain but glaring at him as well.
Marco is running around holding up a stuffed toy of a turtle making what appear to be older cousins from Raphael's side of the family run away in comically exaggerated terror.
Marco is shown running away from Janna who is trying to give him a spider with a frustrated look on her face while other kids laugh at him.
He is shown standing in a cool pose trying to impress Jackie whom he nods to as she walks by with her not even noticing him making his face fall slightly.
Marco and his parents are walking by the park with Angie shielding Marco from the sight of what appears to be a small Neo-Nazi rally with people holding up signs saying 'Out with the border rats'.
Marco is shown dancing ballet with a group of fellow students admiring him with a smiling teacher clasping her hands and just watching him dance beautifully.
A group of bullies are beating down Marco with limited success as Marco fights back trying to get his ballet slippers back.
Marco is seen playing an RPG with Ferguson and Alfonzo with the Wandering Hippie of all people acting as the Game Master.
Jackie is staring in shock at the vomit in her lap as Marco is running away crying while everyone in class laughs at him.
Marco is shown training in a Karate dojo with a pile of three kids Implying he had beaten them all down. However he had a blank wistful look in his eyes like he wished he could be somewhere else.
A pimple faced Marco is sadly looking at a shattered action figure of Mackie Hand as a group of badly beaten bullies limps off in fear.
As the memories stopped flowing Star looked over to Marco, who is now back to his ordinary age, looking down in a sad expression as his trip down memory lane was not so pleasant. Star put her hand on his shoulder with Marco putting his hand over hers as she spoke to him.
"Why didn't you tell me more than just the stuff after the football game?" Marco looked at her with a happy if tired expression before speaking.
"You never asked and it was never needed. I overcame these things from the past and am standing proud now like I know you will one day." Marco smiled at Star with Star smiling back sharing a moment. "Now let's find Father Time and get things…" A deep voice suddenly boomed out.
"Intersection detected; 10 years ago."
"Wait, what?" Marco and Star spoke in unison turning towards the screens as more images flashed by.
A four year old Marco is hiding behind the lavender dress of Willow, Star's grandmother, as Star looks on eagerly with Willow talking to him softly.
"Go on, say hi to her. She is a really sweet girl after all." Marco stepped forward towards Star and began speaking to her timidly.
"Hello, I am Marco." Star smiled and talked back to him.
"I am Star, nice to meet you." Marco looks down bashfully as he speaks again.
"Your hair is really pretty." Star giggled and pranced on up to Marco booping his mole before speaking.
"I like your little Mewni mark, are you a prince?" Marco blushed even more and took a step back rubbing his arm slightly before answering.
"No, I didn't think my mole meant that for me." Star giggled at his words with Willow smiling at the two.
"Can't catch me!" Marco ran through the words giggling as Star ran behind him on all fours laughing as well.
"The mighty hunter always gets what she wants Marco!" She leapt on him with the duo rolling around a little before collapsing into a pile.
Buff Frog is holding a stuffed animal as Star and Marco watch closely and listen carefully to him in some sort of training room.
"You know you have gotten them my little munchkin when you feel the neck snap." Buff Frog twists the stuffed animal until stuffing comes out from its neck area with a squeak.
"YAAAAAAAAAY!" Star hops up and down clapping her hands as Marco looks on in awe at Buff Frog.
Marco and Star are rolling around in a mud puddle in only their underwear with both of them laughing up a storm.
Willow is reading them a story under a willow tree with both of them curled up on her lap. Marco is also combing Star's hair with the special comb making Star curl up next to him and make purring noises in pleasure.
Marco is standing in front of a portal hugging Star goodbye with Willow watching their parting with a content sadness in her eyes. As the two part Marco speaks to Star happily.
"One day, I'm going to become as big and strong as you are and become a knight to help you. I swear this by the ninja turtle code of honor." Marco slams a fist on his chest making Star giggle before answering.
"If you can do that, you can become much more than that. Perhaps even my prince?" Star leaned over and kissed his cheek making Willow squee in glee and Marco blush before responding.
"Maybe, I have to think on that. We will meet again right?" Marco and Star turned to Willow who sighed and nodded before answering.
"Of course you will, if you want to."
The images stopped flowing with Marco and Star staring forward in shock registering what had just happened before them. Turning slowly they looked at each other with Emerald green eyes locking with chocolate brown before hands went up onto cheeks. Marco's went to Star's face with the hands cupping Star's face and the thumbs resting on her heart marks. Star's hand went up and cupped Marco's right side of the face with the thumb resting on his mole. They stared at each other in silence before speaking in whispers.
"You… made me want to be a ninja turtle… Silver Heart Princess?"
"You… were the one who wanted to be just like me… Mole Boy?"
They stood there for what felt like an eternity with them just comprehending how long they had known each other and what it meant for them. A sharp *thwang* sound snapped them out of their state making them turn to where father time was playing with a door stop.
"Ohhhh, feels like we are living in the future." Father Time spoke with Star and Marco turning on him breaking apart with no hesitation.
"Get him Star!" Marco leapt at him while Star held her wand up and shouted.
"Slippery Snake Entrapment!" Snakes shot out encircling Father Time in a dense net like mass that also caught Marco who spoke in a deadpan manner.
"Well, you got him Star." Star chuckled a little abashed at this and went up to Father time gripping him tightly and talking to him sternly.
"You are going back on that wheel and you are going to help the universe progre…" Before star could finish however the eye came back down and looked at Father Time. The screens light up as his past was replayed to them.
Father time starts running on the wheel with it speeding up as time flows by quickly. Father Time is actually running with a smile on his face as he speeds up allowing the eons to progress. As they progress he keeps on running… and running… and running… and running… and running… and running… and running… and running… and running… and running… and running… all the while his face is slowly falling in boredom in monotony. He looks around wistfully every once in a while but that's all that breaks up the running... and running... and running... and running...
Star and Marco looked on in dull shock at the sheer dullness of Father Time's life and how bad it must have been to experience that for eons. They had been through some pretty hard stuff themselves, major ups and downs, but Father Time had NEVER experienced even one up before Star knocked him off. They both looked up at him with his eyes glazed over in sadness and his whole form depicting the mood of 'crestfallen'. He sighed and put on a fake smile as he turned and hopped to the stairs awkwardly as he spoke.
"Well, might as well get back on that wheel. I mean it's only for eternity." Star and Marco watched him hop for a second before they turned to each other and spoke in unison.
"We can't just let him go on like this." They blinked in shock at this and chuckled before Star spoke.
"But what can we do? If we don't get him back on the wheel we will be stuck in an eternal limbo and the cosmos will be frozen forever." Marco thought for a second until a yelp and crash got their attention. They both looked down to see Father Time had fallen down the stairs and was being nuzzled by a gigantic hamster with a clock around its neck. Marco rubbed his chin thoughtfully before turning back to Star asking her a question.
"Does the wheel need to spin by someone running on it in order to function?"
The wheel of time is sitting free of its holding wires now and tied up to a group of six gigantic hamsters like sled dogs. Father Time is sitting on the wheel smiling like no tomorrow looking down on the two kids as he spoke happily.
"Thank you so much for giving me a hand and finding a way so that I can run free and still do my job." Marco and Star smiled nodding to him as his face got serious. "Now please don't freeze time again, it's fragile and could break fairly easily. Oh and you can help yourself to any of my mud, including the good stuff." Marco and Star looked at each other with Star chuckling and Marco shrugging slightly with Star replying.
"Won't take much even if we do take some, I still like mud baths after all." She smiled as Father time laughed and whipped his reins on the hamsters yelling out.
"On Huey, Dewy, Louise, Stewy, Gooey, and Drooly!" The hamster took off with Marco and Star watching him go for a second before returning back to school through a portal.
"So, care to tell me why you have gathered us up for this meeting." Angie spoke curiously as Marco and Star finished introducing Willow to Angie.
Currently Marco, Star, and Angie were standing in Star's room with Willow there via a mirror to chat with them. The duo hadn't told either of the older women why they had gathered them up exactly but did let them know it was a question about the past. As the group got settled Marco spoke first to both Willow and Angie.
"Have Star and I ever… met before the day Star came to my dimension?" The two looked at each other in confusion as Marco continued. "We had some questions after we encountered a few thing among Star's belongings that looked familiar. I didn't react to Star as strongly as an ordinary human would given I had never seen her before and what's more you looked familiar Willow." He held up the special comb before continuing. "And what's more, this comb seemed familiar like I had used it before. Can you give us any insight to this?" Angie scratched her head in confusion as Willow seemed to smile and finally began to chuckle slightly before speaking.
"So, you two have figured it out at long last. A long time ago, when you two were four, Glossarick instructed me to bring a certain earth boy in to play with Star for some reason. Your parents were very busy at that time Star so it was easy to get you alone with me to play with Marco. You two got along so well it was almost like fate had meant you two to be friends." She giggled as Marco and Star listened intently with Angie's face beginning to show recognition. "Of course after you two met up for day time play-dates for several weeks Marco said he couldn't come to play anymore as he was getting ready for kindergarten. I let Marco go and… you two seemed to forget about it as Marco never came back and you didn't ask after him Star. Even Buff Frog never asked after Marco despite seeing him once or twice. I would have told your parents but Glossarick told me to keep it low key for 'dire reasons' as he put it. I will never understand that man." Willow sighed in a content manner as Angie spoke up snapping her fingers.
"Of course, I remember now. Marco came back from playing outside during the summer when he was four talking about how he had spent the day with the lizard princess Star multiple times. I always thought it was just you playing with an imaginary friend fueled by the stories I told you of Moon's and Toffee's child." Marco and Star looked at each other in shock before turning back to the two women who looking at them happily with wet eyes. "I really wish I had photos of your two from that time and that I could have been there." Willow chuckled and held up a photo before speaking.
"I can't do the latter request, but I can do the former." Everyone looked to see a photo of Marco and Star curled up on Willow's lap taking a nap with Willow rubbing their hands softly. "You two were so cute, I wish I could have had you two meet up more. In fact, I'll be sending you photos now Angie as it seems the rabbit has left its hutch." The two laughed as Willow said goodbye hanging up and a crash from downstairs made Angie go down cursing under her breath. Marco and Star just smiled at the thought with Star asking a question that had been on her mind all day after their adventure.
"So, how did it go with Jackie? I saw you two kiss and climb up the school's entrance but how did it go?" Marco sighed with his face falling slightly as he replied.
"Nothing seemed to have changed honestly. I mean that's a good thing normally but with how things are going…" Star put her hand on his shoulder speaking to Marco as he trailed off.
"Hey, every good relationship takes effort. I know my parents can get into ridiculously long discussions of what is the correct method in doing everything if they don't agree right off the bat; down to the most minute detail. Just remember if your relationship with Jackie gets too strained, it's you two against the problem not each other." Marco actually chuckled at that and turned to Star speaking.
"When did you get so good at dating advice?" Star chuckled and answered in a confident tone.
"Well my parents have one of the best relationships out there and it is often said that single people give the best advice for relationships." Star chuckled but it seemed forced prompting Marco to move on from the conversation.
"So, what's the newest pc game you've gotten into?" Star chuckled and turned to her computer, a combined gift from both their parents, booting it up quickly turning back to Marco.
"It's a game most people deem a classic called Age of Empires II. Most people claim that despite its age it is one of the great classics that will never die in the gaming industry." Marco sat down on a beanie bag next to Star's gaming chair and listened to her go on with interest.
He was not into these types of games, preferring the street fighter style fighting games, but when Star talked about it the games always seemed interesting. Plus he just liked to see her so happy and into it; also, this was kind of selfish, he loved to see her eyes go that beautiful purplish-green as she spoke about a game she really liked.
For those of you that saw this coming... you've been paying attention haven't you? I good twist is something you can look back at the story and see the hints of it scattered all around. That scene with Buff Frog look familiar? Go back to "School Spirit Part 1" and you will get some answers.
Also, 200+ views a day for eight days straight? What am I doing right to get so many people interested in this? Thank you so much for the support.(Seriously though, what am am I doing right?)
Up next, come on down to the place where princesses are made to perfection... *whispers* at the highest price possible, "St. Olga's."