WH: Wait, were people in debate as to whether Marco deserved the treatment he got from Star or if Star just overreacted to this? The last chapter was me falling on my face; how did I get to the point where my work is being interpreted in these ways I am not that good an author.

SN: Yes you are.

WH: No I'm not.

SN: Yes you are.

WH: No I'm not.

OP: *steps up as the two bicker* Enjoy the episode folks; and sorry for the wait as the Hippie fell off the writer train due to the last chapter and had to get back on.

"How long is it going to take for you guys to just give up already?! Rainbow Sharknado!" Star shot a twister of rainbow colored sharks that tore a hole right through the Forest barbarians shield wall scattering them all over the school.

"We will not relent, EVER!" Selene got up from the spell and moved towards Star but was intersected by Marco who smiled and took a fighting stance before speaking.

"I believe your dance is with me?" Selene growled and surged forward taking Marco head on.

The barbarians under Mavis had decided to attack the school while Star and Marco were there. They seemed to have a plan to use the students to try and get to Star and Marco like they had in the past but they did not count on the students fighting back this time. As the group was blown apart kids began throwing random items at any barbarian they could focus down on and, while not hurting them, causing disruption that kept them from being an effective fighting force.

Floyd reached down to one of the barbarians and picked her up shaking her in the air a minute before slamming her to the ground repeatedly with Oskar playing music on Floyd's back. Two of the barbarians got up dazed and confused only to be dogpiled by the combined force of the school's sports teams. Another one tried running for Star again but was stopped by Janna pepper spraying his face and tasering him in the groin with a smile on her face. Ferguson closed his eyes and murmured something under his breath shooting a weak flame from his hands into one of the barbarians face's setting his hair and beard on fire making him scream and run around like a lunatic. RuffTuff grappled one of the barbarians while Chantal, using some sort of brass knuckles, began punching the grappled one's face and kicking his groin making him go limp in pain. Skullnick wielded her halberd with better skill then the first time she used it smacking aside three barbarians before coming head to head with Dumnorix who stared her down before speaking.

"You think you can protect your little girl?" He charged forward and went to tackle Skullnick but only managed to grab the weapon and force them into a shoving match.

Grunting in exertion Skullnick replied "Well if you enter my school intending to do my kids harm, you bet your ass I'm gonna beat your ass to protect her." As the two shoved Star twirled with her wand shooting mini comets all over the battlefield causing destruction and mayhem. Mavis ducked and dodged under them with Mildrew actually beating aside one that would have hit her as he spoke quickly.

"This fight has turned against us before it even started; we need to fall back now." Mavis looked around seeing everyone getting beaten down with her consenting reluctantly.

"Alright, Fall back; they were prepared for us this time!" As she yelled out the barbarians began retreating as best as possible.

"We will have your head for this traitor!" One of the barbarians called out to RuffTuff as he fell back chuckling at them.

"With that type of attitude, I think not." He and Chantal fist bumped as they stood to the side.

More of them disentangled themselves from the various groups making a fighting retreat to a portal Mavis cut in the air. As they did so Skullnick shoved up against Dumnorix hard enough to send him flying into a statue of a stone possum in front of the school. Growling in anger, Dumnorix picked up the statue, straining at the effort at first, and threw it at Skullnick. Star reacted and yelled "Doggy Jackhammerer" and shot some sort of jackhammer dog at the statue shattering it. As she did so every student and teacher fell silent immediately and just looked at the shattered statue. Star waved goodbye with a cocksure smile to the retreating Barbarians who sealed up the portal behind them and blinked at the overwhelming silence that hung over the school. Looking around she saw people just randomly go up to the shattered remains of the statue and began picking up bits of rubble staring at it in shock. Star began to realize something bad had just happened and went over to Marco speaking nervously and rubbing her tail.

"Um Marco, did I do something bad?" Marco looked over at Star and tried putting on a smile but failed and began speaking.

"Well it was Dumnorix who was at fault here but… you kind of shattered a statue that has been the pride and joy of Echo Creek for more than a century." Star took on a fearful expression and looked around holding her tail close to her and began yelling out randomly to everyone.

"I'M SORRY I'M SORRY! I CAN FIX THIS!" Star ran forward with Marco failing to stop her as Star pointed her wand at the statue. "Repair Raccoon!" She shot out a stream of green and pink magic making green and pink raccoons. The Pink ones tried fixing the statue while the green ones started attacking anything in sight, including the pink ones. "GAH! I CAN FIX THIS!" Star sucked up the raccoons in her wand and pointed it at the statue again but was interrupted by the Principal.

"GAHHHHHH! First the football game, then the incident of Brittany's party that spilled over here, then the flying boy snatcher, then the explosion of the workshop, then the field trip gone wrong, and now this! I don't care what happens now, I QUIT!" Star and everyone looked up to see Principal Skeeves run like hell was behind him from the school with Star trying to turn back to the statue. Marco grabbed Star however and pulled her away speaking softly to her.

"It's ok Star, just come with me ok." Star followed Marco feeling a gnawing sensation inside of her as she gripped onto his hand and sobbed silently.

'Why do I always seem to mess up?' Star asked herself as they went back into school.

A bald and slightly overweight man with a small black beard on the end of his chin and blue eyes stepped out of his car and looked at the school Echo Creek. He was wearing a blue polo T-shirt with a black tie and plaid pants and held a briefcase in his hand. He inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly relishing the southern California air that felt so different yet familiar to the last school he had worked at. As he stepped up to the school a tall and lean woman wearing glasses came up to greet him speaking sweetly.

"You must be Mr. Lancer, welcome to Echo Creek." She held out his hand which he promptly shook and smiled speaking cheerily.

"It's nice to be here. I'm glad to accept the position of vice-principle as this seems to be a nice place to unwind while still working. Are you the secretary here?" She smiled and nodded talking to him cheerily.

"It was nice you could fill the position; not many people wanted it and we had been without a vice-principle for months." She was about to speak more but they were both interrupted by Principal Skeeves running out of the school in a fluster screaming something about quitting. They watched him get in his car and start it up rushing out onto the road leaving a trail of destruction behind him. "And now we've lost the principle; this day has officially turned sour." Lancer turned to the secretary and smiled putting on an optimistic face.

"You know I have had to fill in for the principal at my previous job before coming down here, I could fill in the role if you want until you get an official principal in." She looked at Lancer smiling and led him into the school at a breakneck pace speaking a mile a minute.

"Excellent. We will have to get you up to speed but that will be no issue as nothing much in terms of trouble happens at this school. You will have to take into account the fact that we still have no vice-principle so it will increase your work load but…" As he listened to her prattle on he looked over and saw a group of kids and teachers who were staring at a pile of crushed stones like they had just lost their purpose in life.

'I don't know what I've gotten myself into, but I have the feeling it is going be either really good or really bad.' Lancer thought to himself as he was led to his office.

Marco looked around the cafeteria as some kids went about life like nothing had happened, others were gossiping about the attack that morning, and several were in a depressed state at the loss of the statue. Marco glanced towards Star who was clearly distressed and eating as fast as possible to try and busy herself. Marco sighed and took out the special comb, he had taken to carrying it around with him everywhere, and began combing Star's hair making her visibly calm down. Star shuddered and moved in close to Marco who smiled as Star began speaking.

"What exactly did I do wrong? I mean I got a destroy something out of reaction to protect Ms. Skullnick but why are so many people saddened by its passing?" Marco sighed again and began speaking.

"Well, it all began when the first people moved to the valley of Echo Creek back in 1846, 169 years ago. The group known as the Bonner party settled here after having a particularly dangerous and hectic travel across the great planes. Lacking funds to gather supplies they had nothing but determination, ingenuity, and luck to pull them through the hardships. When they thought they had reached sanctuary in the valley of Echo creek however they were beset by a pest of the valley, the local possum population. After having come through so much the group was not about to give in as they had nowhere else to go so a desperate vicious war emerged between colonist and possum. The fighting maimed and claimed the lives of multiple colonists while the Possums were either killed or driven off in droves. Finally on the dawn of the 26th day of fighting the last possum was driven into the forest prompting a celebration. As it turned out the possum war was a godsend as it supplied food for weeks and possum part materials for trade that put Echo Creek on the map just enough to draw attention. To commemorate their fallen opponents and thank them for the surprising help they gave a statue was made of the last possum that was defeated, which was deemed Otis. He has since served as a form of inspiration for many people about the first and greatest victory the people of Echo Creek have ever claimed. Nowadays many people didn't pay to statue much heed, like myself, but some still do and his loss hit them really hard." Marco turned back to Star and smiled he went to speak again but Star cut him off.

"Why does this keep on happening to me? I keep on trying my best but somehow I screw it up half the time if I'm lucky. Marco, have you ever failed that badly before?" As the words left Star's mouth she remembered what had happened on the field trip and realized what she had said to late. She turned towards him to see Marco standing up giving off a half-hearted chuckle.

"Maybe a few times but not often; I'll see if I can get you some more tacos, if the lunch lady isn't in one of her moods again." Star went to call for him but stopped half-way through and shook her head speaking half-heartedly.

"No, he's been like that for the past week; if he wants to sulk in pity let him." Star got up and moved out of the cafeteria. "I'm going to try fixing my mistake in a PRODUCTIVE way."

"So, who has been causing the 'recent' issues at the school?" Lancer spoke to his secretary as she laid out everything he needed to know about the school onto his new desk. "Considering Skeeves fled without even cleaning out his desk I think they should be the ones I talk to first." The secretary nodded and picked out several files handing them to him.

"There are six students in particular you should know about; Ferguson O'Durguson, Alfonzo Dolittle, Janna Ordonia, Oskar Greason, Marco Diaz, and Star Butterfly. They seem to be the cause of the disturbances, especially Marco Diaz and Star Butterfly." Lancer took the files and began looking through them blinking in shock at the list of things that had happened in the last few months and some of their past track records.

"I haven't seen this much action since that time at Casper High School." He sighed and looked up at his secretary. "I'm going to be dealing with these students one by one today so please hold or take all calls for me until I am finished." She nodded and walked out as he picked up the mic. "Would Ferguson O'Duguson please report to the principal's office." He waited for Ferguson who came in after a few minutes looking a little worried before speaking.

"Are the girls that mad at me for putting a face on my belly and having it hit on them?" Lancer pinched the brow of his nose closing his eyes and thinking to himself, 'This is gonna be a long day.'

Marco came back to the table Star was at having gotten the extra food only to see that she had disappeared. Groaning in frustration Marco sat at the table and hit his head on the table sulking slightly until he heard a call from the principle.

"Would Alfonzo Dolittle please report to the principal's office." Marco put his head up in shock as someone spoke next to him.

"Ferguson was also called as well man, no need to worry yourself that much." Marco turned in shock to see Oskar in the cafeteria. "I came in here to see if I could help out with Star all things considered but she seemed to have run off from you doting on her right?" Marco blinked in shock and shook his head a little before speaking.

"I don't get it, she claims to have forgiven me for what happened at the field trip but she seems…" Oskar spoke up as Marco went silent.

"Distant like you and Jackie are slowly becoming." Oskar strummed his Keytar as Marco blinked in admiration at his observance. "Hey man I'm a bit more attentive then you might think. I'm guessing the reason why you didn't tell Star beforehand was because of the reason she stated but it might be something else given your attitude." Marco sighed and went to speak but Alfonzo cut him off. "No need to tell me man, I'm guessing its private, but you do need to tell Star. I mean, aren't you bestie's that need to tell the truth with each other?" Oskar seemed to raise his eyebrow at Marco but that was hard to tell due to the bangs covering his eyes. Marco finally responded after a few minutes.

"Yeah I should… but the reason is just so stupid in hindsight." Oskar chuckled and strummed again speaking.

"Well everything is stupid in a certain light man, no way to get around it. Like how everyone is stupid in not believing how the big business companies are bribing the government through various means to support their own agendas." Marco laughed at that with the principal's voice calling out again.

"Would Oskar Greason please report to the Principal's office." Oskar shrugged and stood up speaking to Marco.

"I got the feeling you're gonna be called up sooner or later man, just to let you know." He walked off with Marco taking a bit from the taco meant for Star originally as lunch period was ending soon and there was no need to waste good food.

"Rubble Repair Rhino!" Star shot another bolt of light at the pile of what remained at the statue that no one had touched yet. Some sort of Rhino wearing a construction worker's costume began picking up the pieces and fitting them together in a puzzle that Star could tell right off the bat would not work. "Grrrrrr, why won't you fix!?" Star then felt someone tap on her shoulder making her jump five feet in the air before realizing it was just Jackie. "Oh… um… hi just… fixing the statue…" Star looked over at the rhino that had turned the rubble into something that looked like DNA and seemed very pleased with itself. "… and not succeeding. *sigh*" Jackie patted Star on the back and held up a conch shell to Star's ear before speaking.

"Star, no one is blaming you for the destruction of the statue, it was Mavis and her cronies fault. You don't need to get worked up about it." Star sighed again and replied sadly.

"But it doesn't feel that way. All around the school at least a full third of the students seem to have fallen into a depressed state." Star motioned over to where the sports teams were just lying on the ground staring at the sky in loss. "I can't find anyway to help them out and I can't shake the feeling I could have done something different." Jackie chuckled and pulled the conch away while pulling Star into a hug before speaking.

" Look Star, maybe you could have done something different maybe not; its going to do you no good until you forgive yourself." Star blinked at the advice and found it was relevant in more ways then one.

"Yeah, you're right. Thanks Jackie." Star smiled at Jackie as the two pulled apart. As they did so they saw the rhino had put on artists clothes and was now painting the DNA statue. "Should I let that guy exist like Floyd or what." Jackie shrugged with her saying something else.

"Oh yeah, the gang is gathering outside of the principal's office to discuss something; I think you should come with." Star nodded and went with Jackie shooting a beam of light at the rhino who cried out.

"No, I didn't get a separate episode involving me!" He then dissolved into the magic he was made out of and returned into the wand. 'I wonder what that was about?' Star thought to herself as they made their way to the principal's office.