WH: Alright, so we start a bombardment on the eastern walls right after drawing as many soldiers there as possible and then we scale the western wall with ladders full force. While we are doing that the group at the gates will cut loose the ropes and chains allowing the portcullis and drawbridge to fall before opening the gates. Our elite forces will rush in there while their main force is too busy defending...
Omnitraxus Prime: Um, Hippie. One of our strong independent magical girls that need no man just completely destroyed the gatehouse and is taking on the whole army single handed.
WH: ... well then start the attack, she's gonna need support right. *officers all nod and rush out to support the wonder of a woman winning the day* Well that simplifies storming the castle. Enjoy the episode folks. *winks at audience before donning a helmet and rushing off to lead the soldiers.
Star sighed as she closed her locker door and made ready to head home after another depressing day. Her classes were going just fine, getting A's all around, and everyone was abuzz with excitement still from the historical event that had happened four days ago. The problem was with Marco and how he was taking the breakup from Jackie which made Star more nervous by the day. Her thoughts were interrupted by Janna speaking to her.
"Hey Star, you look beat." Star sighed and turned to Janna who had Ferguson with her speaking back.
"Yeah. I'm sure it's no secret the Marco took Jackie's breakup hard right?" The two nodded as they were aware of how badly Marco loved Jackie with Ferguson responding.
"I can hear the strain in his voice when he talks to us, and I'm not good with reading emotions." Star sighed again leaning against the locker and spoke softly rubbing on her tail nervously.
"He does act alright but he just goes through the motions of things with no real purpose behind them. Just yesterday he skipped practicing his board breaking for karate to dance ballet to sad depressing music." This made the two glance at each other uncomfortably as they knew Marco still practiced ballet but he also prioritized getting his black belt first. "I just want to help him but I can't think of anything." The two rubbed their chins in thought before Ferguson spoke up.
"Say, you guys do a lot of adventure stuff in other dimensions right?" Star nodded with slight confusion. "Well why not take him on one to try and get his blood moving again so he can see things more clearly?" Star got an interested look and then smiled broadly leaning in to hug Ferguson speaking fast.
"That's an excellent idea Ferguson. Thank you." Star kissed him on the cheek and ran off with Ferguson staring out after Star blankly as Janna spoke up.
"That was actually a good idea, how'd you get that crack of intelligence?" She noticed Ferguson get this goofy smile on his face making Janna wave her hand in front of him in concern. "Man, did you project your astral form without me?" Ferguson giggled before speaking.
"A girl just kissed me. I'm never washing this cheek again." Janna blinked in shock before laughing at him and responding.
"Well what do you know; even a stopped clock is right twice a day." Ferguson shot her an annoyed look before walking home with Janna following him.
Mavis tried waking up from a painfully deep sleep as words were being said over her in some strange language of sorts. She tried moving something but she could barely even feel anything other than a hard banging in her head like something was trying to get out in desperation. She decided to try a calming technique and tried breathing in and out slowly to get herself awake to be rewarded with a stuffy nose and a dry scratchy throat that made it difficult. Ignoring these as best she could, she had gone through worse, she breathed in and out slowly and deeply as she felt feeling return to her body via pins and needles. The voice had not ceased yet and it seemed to actually be speaking some unknown language with her mind not playing tricks on her in her confused state. Suspicion kicking in she let her body come to normally while only cracking her eye open ever so slightly to see what was going on. Ignoring the gunk that had collected there she saw what appeared to be Lord Mildrew holding his sword over her with it glowing red… as was his eye. She decided to not wait and find out what was going on and shot up as best she could hitting Mildrew's wrist sending his blade flying across the room. She rolled to the other side of the cot in her private quarters and rubbed the gunk out of her eyes before staring down 'Mildrew' who looked genuinely caught off guard and spoke in a broken voice.
"Who are you, and don't try the 'I'm Lord Mildrew' thing I see your red eye." The thing looked at her before the red glow disappeared leaving Mildrew looking around in confusion until he spotted Mavis.
"Oh… there you are. You were asleep only a second ago. Have you calmed down from your outburst last night?" He reached out to her with Mavis shrinking away and growling at him speaking in a guarded manner.
"Don't play games with me, what have you done to Mildrew?!" Mildrew blinked in confusion before sighing and going to pick up his sword walking to the door.
"It seems you have not calmed down yet. Perhaps a few more hours will do you good as well as some food and drink." He gestured to the side table where the items were located and walked out barring the door behind him before walking away.
"You can't fool me, I know you're not Mildrew!" Mavis shouted after him before turning towards the food and drink. "Perhaps I should… no it might be drugged." At that moment she realized what she experienced when waking up, symptoms of drug withdrawal. "That slimly thing that has control of Lord Mildrew is toying with me. But why?" For second a thought crossed her mind that perhaps it was all in her head and she shook it off. "No… I know what I saw. And I am pretty sure no one will believe me if I say anything after what had happened." She remembered last night somewhat feeling shivers of guilt at the accusations she had flung around so blatantly. "Well I can't stay here; next time I fall asleep he might try whatever it was he was trying to do to me again." Fortunately she had a backup plan.
Her hideout's construction was actually kind of clever as she had included a few escape holes that only she and Dumnorix knew the location of for security reasons. She went over to a corner and searched along a wall until she found a hidden seam and pushed on it forcing a panel open hoping that Dumnorix had not barred this escape route. 'Don't worry, I'll be back once I have regained my strength.' Mavis thought to herself as she began crawling wishing she could stop by her room to grab her armor and sword to deal with the things in the Forest of Certain Death.
Marco danced in a smooth sad motion feeling a calm weightlessness as he let all his emotions flow out through the dance. He found when he was in a particularly sad place that doing ballet helped out a great deal in just letting things flow. The problem for this situation was when he was not dancing the crushing yet hollow feeling of what had happened always returned. He tried pushing it aside but all it led to was the weight becoming more depressingly real to him. He sighed as he moved like water around in twirl not noticing his door had been opened until someone spoke up.
"Marco." Marco stopped in mid twirl and just barely caught himself before he fell over. "Hey Marco how's it going?" Marco looked up at Star who was giving him a really big smile. "Say, I wanted to show you a snack that many people would risk life and limb for. So good… they even top your nachos." Marco blinked in shock at that as Star continued. "So, mind if you joined me to grab some real quick?" She smiled at him making Marco groan internally at the fact he was going to be pulled away from his dancing but put on a brave face and smiled before answering.
"Of course, let me just change out of these ballet shoes first." Marco changed shoes and followed Star through a portal she cut as a concerning thought crossed his mind. 'Wait… risk life and limb for this snack.'
SN: One tense and worrying travel later.
Star smiled reassuringly at Macro as he looked up at the cave entrance on the 100 foot cliff deep in the jungles within the lands of Septarsis, otherwise known as Ticalla Jungle. Star breathed in and out getting feeling of reassurance from the muggy warm air; this was where her father's people originally established themselves after all. She grabbed Marco's hand and began pulling him into the dark cave smiling and spoke up.
"Don't worry, wild animals keep a wide berth from these areas so nothing to fear from them." Marco looked at her in even more concern and spoke up.
"It's not them, it's the lack of them I'm concerned at. What's keeping them away?" Marco's voice was going up so Star put a finger to his lips and shushed him.
"You need to be quite, the thing that guards these Sandviches won't like it when I take one of them." She led Marco into a small cavern with a small mound at the center with Marco looking at her in concern.
"Wait, we're coming here and risking life and limb for a sandwich." Star chuckled and moved quietly up to the mound showing Marco little sucker like holes all over it before speaking.
"Not sandwich, Sandvich. These things are not only tasty, healthy, and can magically heal you, but also can fill you for up to three days if you eat the whole thing. Was one of the most satisfying meals I have ever had." Star smiled at him again and looked into the various sucker holes over the mound until she found one with a Sandvich in it. "Keep an eye on this mound while I get the Sandvich." Star leaned into the hole with Marco speaking in a whisper.
"Star, this is not a good idea. Let's get back now." Star ignored him as she reached further in and felt her hand wrap around it.
"Got it." Star withdrew holding up the Sandvich witch basically looked like the greatest sandwich ever made with a golden halo around it to complete it. "I wish I remembered that levitation spell Glossarick taught me, I can never tell if it's levitato or levitato." Star offered the Sandvich to Marco who took a bite from it savoring the flavor for a second before he spoke.
"Oh Mama is that Go- I just yelled that didn't I?" Star nodded nervously rubbing her tail for a second as steam began coming out of the sucker holes in the mound which began to rise up. "Can we go now?"
"Most definitely." Star spoke grabbing Marco's hand and dragging him out of the cave with an annoyed grumbling coming from within. "Come on, let's get outside and cut a way home-" Marco stumbled over something knocking into Star who dropped the dimensional scissors she was taking out. "Oh shit!" The scissors bounced along the rocky out cropping and fell over the side of a cliff with Marco speaking up.
"Star let's get going. Wait did you drop the scissors?" Star turned to him with annoyed expressions mirroring each other.
"Well what did you stumble o-" A roar from within the cave cut Star off as she got up dragging Marco again. "Come on we need to get the scissors." Without hesitation Star leapt off the cliff with Marco screaming like a pansy when he realized this.
"AHHHHHHHH! Star, I don't have your healing capabilities!" Star pointed her wand towards the ground and shouted 'Strawberry Shortcake Trampoline!' creating a gigantic cake like thing they bounced the 100 foot drop off of them harmlessly.
"Don't worry Marco, I got yo-" The bounce had sent them tumbling into a tree where they hung 20 feet of the ground. "Don't worry, we just need the scissors now and we can-"
"Got them!" Marco cut Star off opening the portal as an angry roar came from the cliff above as something that looked like a toad that was covered in suckers instead of warts jumped off the edge. "Ok we need to… Star don't go for it!" Star had leapt down onto the ground below and had scooped up the Sandvich and got to climbing the tree back up to him.
"I am not wasting this good Sandvich Marco, now get through the portal!" Marco hesitated a second making sure Star was alright which delayed him long enough for Star to leap before he had gotten through. As they tumbled into Marco's bedroom a bellowing came from the otherside of the portal. "Gahh, where's that scissor!" Marco shoved Star off of him going for the portal and closing it just as the bellowing sounded like it was going to come through. "Oh nice save their Marco, for a second there I thought we were…"
"NO!" Star stopped at Marco's outburst as he turned with an angry look on his face. "We almost got eaten by a frog monster for a sandwich." Star got annoyed by this and retorted.
"Well you thought the Sandvich was so amazing that you gave us away to it in the first place though I clearly warned you about it!"
"Well we could have gotten away more smoothly if you hadn't dropped the scissors!"
"Well I wouldn't have dropped them if you hadn't stumbled back there!"
"Well I wouldn't have stumbled if you hadn't dragged me along on this both figuratively and literally!"
"Well you could have agreed to not go with me!"
"I wanted to not go but you looked so eager I had to go along to keep you from feeling bad!"
"Well I was doing it to cheer you up from your breakup with Jackie after being in this depressed trance for four days!"
"Well could you just leave me alone as I don't need someone fussing over me like you constantly d-" Omnitraxus Prime: It was at this moment Marco knew, he fucked up. Marco felt himself shrivel up inside at the look of shock came over Star's face. "Oh Star, I'm sorry I didn't me-" Star held up her hand cutting him off.
"No Marco, I understand. I won't bother you unless if needed." Star then took the Sandvich and ripped it in half putting one half on his desk. "Here, I think you need this after all I put you through." Marco went to speak again but Star had closed the door behind her and ran to her room. She leapt in through her door and locked it behind her leaping onto her bed in frustration whispering to herself. "Do you really think that Marco? Am I just someone that needs to be fussed over at times?" *throb pang*She was aware that the words were spoken only in a heated argument after all that Marco had gone through and he didn't mean it... but it still hurt. "Damn it Marco I'm not made out of glass." Star took a bite from the Sandvich calming down slightly as she waited for the evening to progress.
Star had finally gathered herself to do her homework in a distracted fashion that she felt hindered her quality but didn't really care at the moment. She was considering going to Marco to let him know that she knew he didn't mean it but the fact that his music was playing and he hadn't come to her was making her hold off. 'He has always come to me in the past when he felt like he offended or hurt me even with the field trip situation. Why is he holding back now?' Star thought to herself in worry. As she finished up her homework and the thoughts came into her head she heard Angie call up to get them to help with supper. Star sighed getting up and going downstairs knowing she could talk to Marco afterword and find out what was wrong. As she got downstairs she saw Marco wasn't down yet and even heard the music still playing.
"Say Angie, where's Marco?" Angie turned towards Star and smiled answering her question.
"I think he's still sad over his breakup. Let's get dinner out and you can go up to Marco to bring him down." Star nodded in consent and as they set things up she asked Angie a question.
"I kind of went to help him out of his state earlier and I think I made things worse. Could you help me out with him?" Angie smiled and nodded as she went up with Star to get Marco down. "Hey Marco, I'm sorry about the 'incident' earlier can I come in?" When there was no response Angie opened the door so Star could step in with her behind Star revealing Marco to actually be sitting on his bed with his hoodie up and back to them. "Look Marco, I know…" Star froze for a second as she sniffed the air and, while she did not have a sense of smell compared to a tracking animal, she recognized that the figure was not Marco. She held up her hand keeping Angie back as she moved forward. "… things got a little heated there and you didn't mean it. I just want to get let you know that we are besties and that- Entrapping Snake Vines!" Star shot a wave of snakes and vines at the figure entrapping them in a cocoon of sorts making them fall to the floor with Star leaping on them. "Who are you and what have you done with Marco?!" Star pointed the wand at the forest Barbarian she recognized as Hiccup who spoke with a grim tone.
"Well, you catch on fast Mudblood. We have kidnapped your guardian under the orders of Lord Mildrew after you cast a spell to drive Mavis mad. Now your guardian will die before the dawn tomorrow…" Star blinked in shock at all that was happening with a strangled gasp. "…unless you bring us the wand. I will leave you directions to where you are supposed to go and you will come alone unless you want him dead. Make your choice Star." They stared at each other for a few seconds before he spoke again. "Also could you let me go because if I can't exactly go back tied up like this." Star nodded in dull shock letting him go with him opening the window before leaping out of it. Star stared out after him as Angie spoke up.
"Oh… my God. We need to call the police now… no wait that won't work they aren't from earth are they?" Star turned her head to see Angie was in a worked up state now as Raphael poked his head into the room in confusion.
"What is going…" Angie cut him off grabbing onto his shirt.
"Our son has just been kidnapped by extradimensional raiders who are ransoming him for Star's wand!" Raphael stood there in shock just trying to grasp what that meant as Angie continued. "We need to do something. Where is my phone and for that matter Moon's num…"
"No." Angie and Raphael turned towards Star who had just finished reading the directions she had been given. "I'll get him back; if I don't go alone they'll just kill him." Star pulled out her scissors and used them to cut a portal. "If I'm not back by morning then call my mom, not before. I WILL rescue Marco from these guys." Star then stepped through the portal closing it behind her to a still shocked Angie and Raphael who stared at where she disappeared from for a solid 5 minutes before Angie spoke again.
"Raphie, get my phone now."
Star leapt through the portal a short distance from where she was supposed to hop out originally. She was a child but she was well educated on when an ambush could be laid for you and knew better then to just leap in head first. She took a quick look around seeing she had popped out in a hybrid of forest and swamp land getting a feeling for what might happen in a fight and then stalked over to the meeting place quietly. She peeked her head out from behind trees and logs as she circled the area trying to find out where everyone was with a surprising amount of success. Due to her Mewman and Septarian genetics mixing she had exceptional low light vision and could pick out ten figures surrounding a small clearing with something tied up at the center. Breathing in and out slowly Star went out and stepped into the clearing memorizing where the figures were and moved slowly to the center. She could see the tied up figure that had Marco's hoodie upon closer inspection,but she could tell it wasn't him by the way it laid slightly crumpled up, and moved to where there was a plate sitting down next to him. 'Put the wand here and we will not attack' was the phrase written on a note on top of the plate. Star scoffed and held up her wand shouting 'Ruby Red Disco Shine!'
Star closed her eyes as a bright light issued out blinding everyone and then spoke again 'Pervasive Pecking Pillbugs!' causing a swarm of pillbugs with wings to come out of her wand targeting all the barbarians like heat seeking missiles. As they swarmed Star shot generic magic missiles, she actually had to come up with that herself as no other spell caster had thought to do so, to take out three of them quickly before the barbarians got organized. When they did the remaining seven charged forward trying to fend off the pillbugs with Star shooting more of them. 'Broken Heart Shard Storm' A shower of heart shaped missiles struck out taking down two more barbarians with another one being completely swarmed by the pillbugs. The remaining four closed in with Star leaping over the head of one to slam her wand down on his head with it giving out a whiny of sorts. However the barbarian did not go down because he was wearing a helmet and punch her in the gut making her reel as another tried to bear hug her from behind.
Star growled in desperation and bit down on the one who grabbed her making them let go of her while screaming 'AHHHH get her off' . Another tried dogpiling the princess but Star slipped out from underneath her and toppled her into the one she bit. However her success came to an end when another hit her in the head with a Warhammer directly enough to make her spin out of control and drop her wand. As she tried to get her bearings another barbarian came up behind her muzzling her before doing a bear hug holding her in place. As Star struggled meekly she saw some of the barbarians getting up with one going for the wand chuckling evilly before speaking.
"That was well played, but you are only one person and nowhere near strong enough to take us all…" The barbarian was interrupted however by a rock hitting her square in the face and throwing her back.
"That would be true if she was alone, but I am here." A thick Russian accent called out as a figure leapt out of the sky landing on two figures trying to get back up smacking them down effortlessly. "As Buff Frog captain of the Royal Guard of Princess butterfly you are all under arrest. If you resist I will use lethal force as needed." He showed his hands had his spike iron fists over his hands showing he would use lethal force rather quickly.
With this in mind the group immediately dispersed running in all directions not even bothering to pick up the wand as they ran. The barbarian holding Star dropped her in to a dazed heap as Buff Frog immediately came over to secure her safety. As he pulled the muzzle off Star got up and began babbling.
"We need to find Marco… he was kidnapped… they wanted the…"
"Ease up there ease up, you'll no one good rushing around in a blind panic." Buff Frog cut Star off sitting her down. "Ok, now tell me what happened." After Star had quickly gone over everything Buff Frog sat back and absorbed it for a second. "That is pretty bad. Fortunately I placed something that will help us track them back to their hideout. I suspect they are not too far away in case if things turned south. We will go rescue Marco from these rebel scum but first… how did you get back to Mewni?" Star would have panicked but she was so worried she just blurted out everything.
"Ponyhead gave us her scissors and we have been using them to jump dimensions. Also these guys have been attacking us ever since I first came to earth." Buff Frog blinked in shock at this and Star realized what she said. "Please don't tell mom and dad that second fact, I don't want to be taken away from earth." Buff Frog considered it for a second before nodding.
"I get it. Don't worry you will not have to leave earth, but you will explain about the dimensional scissors." Star nodded in dull acceptance when another thought crossed her mind.
"Wait… what are you doing out here?" Buff Frog chuckled and beckoned her over to the side with Star scooping up her wand before joining him.
"Look in this sack." Star looked at a big sack Buff Frog pulled out from the undergrowth as he opened it reveal some sort of gelatinous like orbs with little black things with big eyes on the inside of them. "Baby Frog Monsters often die from various causes before being picked up by families at the main incubation area, you know that right?" Star nodded aware of how the frogs communally raise their children when very young to save space and resources before families got to pick which children they wanted. "Well for the first time in generations there were more children than the families were willing or capable of taking in. So they sent a message out to everyone if they could take in children we should. I of course showed up because while I have you moye ditya I have always wanted to be a true father. And due to my proximity to the royal family and better healthcare everyone agreed I should take all 14 of them; although two are technically within the same egg." Star gazed at them in awe for a second before Buff Frog closed the sack and spoke in a serious voice. "But we do not have time to dwell on this as your friend is in danger right?" Star nodded snapping herself to reality fully prepared. "I put tracking dust on those two I hit knowing they would run off, so let's get to tracking." Star nodded and ran off to the side to pick up her wand and Marco's hoodie giving it a deep sniff before tying it around her neck.
'Don't worry Marco, we're coming.'