Chloe got out of class and headed to her locker before heading home hoping to get there as fast as possible. She had ideas for her new artwork that she hoped to act on as quickly as possible thanks to Star and Marco coming together like they had earlier. As she was mulling over the ideas to find the best one to start on however she ran headlong into Alfonzo startling her something fierce. As she turned to move away she slipped on something on the floor landing on her back and staring at the ceiling as everything she was holding fell into a mess. Whining anxiously she tried to sit up with Alfonzo collecting her things while he spoke up.
"Sorry about that Chloe but I really need to speak with-"
"There's nothing to speak about ok."
"Nothing? You said you had a crush on me and have been avoiding me ever since. I thought we were becoming friends ever since history day so we need to sort this out like how Marco and Star sorted it out." Chloe attempted to get up but slipped again with Alfonzo offering her a hand. "Sorry, I had Starfan13 smear the floor with oil so you would not run away." Chloe glanced over to see Starfan13 who was looking at them from a distance making Chloe groan in annoyance as she took his hand.
"Look, I don't want to talk about so could we just pretend that never happened ok?" Alfonzo shook his head helping her up before speaking.
"Not at this point; come on what's so bad that we can't address this." At this Chloe began to shake in nervousness prompting Alfonzo to change tactics. "Perhaps a more quite area would be best." He took Chloe's hand and pulled her to closet that Star was put in during her Mewberty phase. When Chloe tried to struggle Starfan13 helped Alfonzo out in pushing her into the closet. "And don't' worry we will be able to get out of there, Janna rigged the door shortly after the Mewberty incident." Chloe tried struggling but didn't let out much noise for some reason as she and Alfonzo were pulled into the closet with Starfan13 calling from outside.
"Good luck sorting things out people, I'll see you later." As she walked off Alfonzo turned back to Chloe who was shaking in the corner.
"Chloe, what is it that is really so bad, would it really keep us from staying friends." Chloe nodded after hesitating a few seconds which didn't seem to faze Alfonzo. "Look those issues are usually not as bad as they seem ok; I'm pretty laid back to those types of things. At least I think I am it may be I just don't react that much to stuff when I should." Chloe shuddered for a minute while Alfonzo did a little quick contemplation. After a little while Chloe realized she didn't have much choice so mentally as well as emotionally prepared herself for Alfonzo's anger at what she had done to Star as well as the rest of the school. As she went to speak however Alfonzo cut her off. "And if you think you are surprise me with who you really are Brittany I figured that out a while back." Absolute silence gripped the two as Alfonzo waited for Chloe (Brittany's) reaction to that revelation.
"Wha… you… how…"
"Chloe Park… you used the name of our best friend from several years ago didn't you?" Brittany blinked in confusion at this with Alfonzo continuing. "I do get you don't really remember me, most of our interactions were not that impactful." At this a loose memory threaded into Brittany's mind from several years ago.
"Hey Chloe, are you done yet? Say who is this guy?" Brittany spoke to Chloe who was working on something at home with a shorter and better proportioned Alfonzo with Chloe speaking up.
"Just a few more minutes and this is Alfonzo, my partner from science class." Alfonzo looked at Brittany and then looked down trying not to make eye contact. "He's just really shy around new people thanks to something called 'Autisim' or whatever it is; he was like that when I first met him." Brittany kneeled down next to him speaking to him slowly.
"Nice to meet you, can we be friends? I can always use more friends." Alfonzo shuddered a little and nodded yes with Brittany brightening up.
"I… forgot you." Brittany spoke in shock as Alfonzo responded.
"Not surprising, most people tend to forget about me at some point outside of my current group of friends." He then gave out a bitter chuckle "Not that I made that much of an impact to begin with." At this Brittany began crying with Alfonzo getting a shocked look as he watched her not sure of what to do.
"I'm sorry Alfonzo, I killed Chloe!" She held her legs close and buried her head into her knees as the sobbing increased. " I… I was just trying to help her bu… *sob* but I fell into the plastic bitch trap! *Sob* I alienated her and she killed herself because of that. *sob* I-I blocked it out and felt nothing over that until the night I went after Star *sob* and I left you without any friends as well." At that Alfonzo actually put a hand on her shoulder speaking softly.
"You're not the only one who left Chloe out in the cold." Brittany looked up again shivering slightly as Alfonzo told his story.
"Alfonzo, are you there? Please answer." Alfonzo twitched a little as he heard the door being knocked on and Chloe's voice coming up from below.
He wasn't comfortable with this; he didn't know why he just wasn't comfortable with this. The way her voice was sounding, the fact his dad wasn't home again, or maybe because he just wanted to be alone but whatever it was he wasn't comfortable with this. He ignored Chloe's frantic voice until Chloe quieted down and walked away from his house. He did wonder why she was out tonight and why her parents weren't around to bring her over or just lead her around. He never left the house without his dad around unless he was going to school after all. He shook his head and went back to reading deciding he would talk to her tomorrow…
"… only I never did, and I never forgave myself for that. I didn't grasp at the time stuff like that could happen or that Chloe's parents were overseas like they were often but I still could have done something. In fact the only thing that separates me from you is that I didn't block it out and took steps to not let anything like that happen again. *sigh* And the reason why I don't hate you is because you have taken steps now, better late than never huh?" He smiled sadly at her as Brittany shook her head no.
"I alienated her Alfonzo; I left her in the dust as I climbed the ladder to make life for us better and then-"
"-you got caught up in everything and didn't realize how serious everything was until it was too late. Brittany, if you weren't a good person you wouldn't be feeling guilt right now or thinking you're not good enough for me. Perhaps you just need to… heal, and I can help you do that. Did I put it right?" Brittany looked at him nodding slowly before hugging him and sobbing slightly.
"I'm sorry Alfonzo *sniff* for being such a horrible person." Brittany cried out all her pain at what she had done knowing there was no way for her to take it back. Alfonzo just held her silently letting his own tears fall at what a horrible job he had done to help Chloe stay happy and keep Brittany from going so far while losing who she was for a while.
Ferguson was out looking through a clover patch for a four leaf clover and not doing so well given how his considerable bulk kept him from leaning over very effectively. Despite what he might say about his body being fluffy, he knew it impeded him a lot and had been trying to slim down but it was just so damn hard for him. Grunting in annoyance he looked through them patch by patch hoping to test out the theory in the Mewman chapter they 'borrowed' that four-leaf clovers could-
"Hey I already searched through there." Ferguson leapt in the air in shock, an impressive feat considering his size, and turned to see Janna leaning next to a tree with a nervous smile on her face.
"Well you could have told me earlier." He stood up as Janna stepped out rubbing her arm a little awkwardly.
"Yeah, about that… sorry for not stepping forward earlier." Ferguson sighed in annoyance as he knew Janna had something to get off her chest given her attitude. "You remember the other day with the box?" Ferguson nodded and sighed again this time in a tired manner.
"Yeah look, I know you're not interested…"
"Could you listen to me man!" Ferguson clamed up at how forceful she was with her words as she continued. "Sorry but I just want to… grr this is more difficult than I thought it would be." Janna kicked the ground in annoyance. "Well Ferguson, I wanted to apologize first for leaving you high and dry like that. I was just… caught off guard but not for the reason you might think." Ferguson scoffed slightly and folded his arms as she continued. "I mean… why do you have a crush on me in the first place? I thought you just viewed me as a 'guy' friend in a girl's body like everyone else." Ferguson blinked in confusion completely taken off guard by Janna's vulnerable statement as he answered.
"Well, you're amazing. You like magic, you like history and literature, you like role playing games, you like… well stuff girls just aren't supposed to like even in this liberal time. Do you know how many girls, and guys for that matter, would walk away if you started talking about practical magic methods? You on the other hand latched onto that with genuine interest and passion that matches my own. We just have this 'thing' that we connect on so many levels too that you just come across as… awesome. Plus you have this bad girl punk attitude that scares me and excites me in a way that I can't just turn away from. At first I didn't hit on you like with other girls because we got along so well but as time passed I realized what I felt for you was just..." Ferguson trailed off at that looking down with a strange look of despair on his face as Janna spoke up quickly.
"Dude don't beat yourself down so much, you're a pretty cool guy too." Ferguson looked up with doubt on his face. "No really, you're pretty cool man. You actually go along with my schemes when it comes to pranks and when you're pranked you just shrug them off chuckling. You like magic in the way I do, not just a fantasy thing that people joke about at a distance but actually wanting to use it practically. You also like to talk with me about cool and creepy stuff like medieval torture methods and ancient pagan rituals. In fact… I get along better with you then my past crush, Marco." Ferguson blinked in shock at this as Janna rubbed her arm nervously. "I did have a crush on Marco but I could tell we would never get along like that after a while; and I spent that night indulging in too much cookie dough Ice Cream." Ferguson's look turned to understanding concern at her vulnerability as Janna sat on the ground looking up to the sky. "Ironically I also got the advice I needed from him to finally answer your confession properly. Ferguson… I actually want to give us a try." A thud signaling Ferguson had fallen to the ground made Janna look to him in concern. "And I am not pulling a prank on you this time I'm serous man, I want to actually try being a thing with you. You are an awesome guy to me and we get along so well that perhaps we should try being more I mean… you are actually pretty cute despite what you think of yourself." Ferguson blinked as he tried to wrap his head around what had just happened speaking up.
"Did you just accept my confession?" Janna nodded in an uncharacteristically bashful way as he turned to his belly. "Hey man, help me out here!" He pulled his belly out which spoke to him. "Sorry man, I'm here to just get you the girl, it's your problem to keep her once I've got her." A laugh startled Ferguson up as he saw Janna was laughing at him in a good natured way that made him flush in a way that actually felt good.
"Like that man, the way you talk to your belly is kind of cute in a surreal way; it's you being you." Ferguson smiled at that with them staring at each other for a minute, until Janna's smile took on a devilish tone that looked far more familiar. "So, what do want to do now boyfriend?" Ferguson opened his mouth and paused a second before speaking.
"I don't know, I didn't think I'd get this fa-eep!" He leaned back as he realized Janna had crawled up to put her face within a few inches of his.
"Oh come on now don't run away from me now that I've accepted your contract mighty sorcerer." Janna leaned in close enough for Ferguson to smell her breath… and apparently for her to smell his as she inhaled deeply. "Mmmmm Minty freshness, you sure do know how to make yourself appealing." She leaned into his face pressing her lips against his with Ferguson's mind shutting down except for a single train of thought.
'I'm kissing a girl, I'm kissing a girl, I'm kissing a girl, I'm kissing a… oh screw this, go time means go time.' He grabbed onto Janna and pulled her in close with her falling on top of him as they fell into a short make out session. After a few seconds of this they pulled back from each other with Ferguson speaking. "Perhaps Ang Anino would like to go someplace more private for the official signing." Janna chuckled as he used her 'witch' name and responded with his 'sorcerer' name.
"Alright then Bartok the Magnificent, let's make some magic." As they realized what they both said Janna started backtracking really quickly. "And not too far, despite how I may act I am not that kind of girl." Ferguson breathed a sigh of relief at that and backtracked as well.
"Yeah, my heart wasn't ready for going that far despite how I act as well." They stared at each other a couple of seconds before chuckling and getting back up to go home.
"So you're saying Antman is good Marco?" As Marco nodded to Star's words Star's mirror suddenly vibrated. She picked it up opening it to look at it and went wide eyed and squealed slightly showing Marco her mirror. "Oh it feels like love is in the air!" Marco looked at it and his face went blank as he read part of the message aloud.
"Ferguson and Janna have become a thing as well as Alfonzo and Chloe?! Why the hell does this feel like a convenient wrap up by an author to tie together loose ends?" Star pouted at Marco a little bit speaking back up.
"Oh don't be so pessimistic, it's nice to see things turned out all right for everyone right?" She flashed him doe eyes as he responded.
"Yeah that is true." Star smiled again and twirled a little letting her hair fly around her. Marco stared at Star and felt a light bubbly feeling inside at seeing her so free, happy, and talkative. She was so bubbly and cheerful that when he really thought about it he got a little disconcerted with how she was acting; especially at how flirtatious she was that morning. He then shook his head blushing slightly as he thought 'Perhaps I'm thinking too much into this, Star is happy after all and I just want to see her happy.' He smiled again and spoke up to Star. "Say, I know this may be a redundant question but would you like to go to the school dance with me?" Star stopped twirling and skipping to think for a few seconds before answering.
"Of course I would Marco, let's get everyone to come and bring a date. Oh and we have a full summer to prepare for; I wanna see everything you can fit into that time so let's get planning!" She grabbed Marco's hand and began pulling him along with Marco smiling at this his latent doubts dissipating as he thought to himself.
'Star and I are together and summer is just about to start, for once I don't think I need to be worried.'
The endless void of space was a lifeless place with not even enough air to breath in most parts of it. However the winds of magic can do strange things even to the point where they can create a somewhat livable environment if not a pleasant one. These places occurred around portal off shoots, places where if a person just rips open a portal at random the portal will lead there. In this such place pieces of junk floated about, be they genuine garbage or lost treasures from eons ago it mattered not at this point, they were all just junk. An eerie silence hung over this cold dead place like life simply did not exist… that is until the portal ripped open with its notable sound shattering the silence. As it did so a screaming figure fell through the portal wrapped in ragged clothing and dropping a sword as she floated through the void. After flipping head over heels for a few seconds she slowed down to a stop to witness the portal close behind her leaving her stranded in this cold dead place. Looking around for a second she got her bearings and then just stared into the void with a cold fear.
"Where am I?" Mavis Butterfly asked no one.
Well I' finally finished with the romance drama for the most part, I hope. Well it was nice working out the romances and getting in some funny bits but for now its time to see how Mavis works in 'The Wild'... BACK TO THE ACTION!