OM: It's time for a new segment of our 'Intersperced among the story show'...
Audience: GUEST REVIEWS!
WH: That's right people, I have not truly responded to guest reviews in the past as I have never had so many I had to, just responding via private messages to those who had profiles who commented. But now I think it's time I addressed these people properly. Now then, let us begin...
MS. O.M.G: If you are still reading this... it's because I actually like what I've done with MoonxToffee; everyone is entitled to their own ship you know.
Sugar: I should have gotten back to you a LONG time ago. Thank you for helping me by being unrelenting when it comes down to pointing out any flaws so I could fix them. And thank you for commenting when it was just stuff you liked, I love it when you do that. ;)
The Book of Eli: All your comments are telling me I am doing something similar to one thing I loved about season two, the air of fear that was built up around the overarching story. YES, I am a good writer! I will keep responding to you man. ;)
Victoria Coorts: Yes you can translate this to Russian, just be sure to let people know where you got it from. ;)
Unnamed 1: Thank you for the praise man, I try to make it so EVERY character mentioned by name as a role to play that is more then 'background'. As for your refrence request... I have never watched 'Regular Show' but Gods damned it I'm gonna watch it just to find you a reference if you like my work that much. :3
Unnamed 2(potentially the same as Unnamed 1): You are assuming that interdimensional law or Mewman law is the same as earth law, big mistake. And even if it was Marco and Star could be held accountable for breaking and entering, kidnapping(princess Ponyhead), assault and battery, damaging property, second degree murder(of robots), terrorism, reckless endangerment, and a slew of lesser crimes. Moon and Toffee would NOT want this going to court in the slightest despite the fact that Marco and Star are minors on earth. Oh and on Mewni, just a little world building, a 'minor' is someone age 12 or under. I will cover that later in story but a little peak for those of you who bothered to read these responses when they did not apply to you.
SN: And now back to the story.
Everyone was inside with Star's and Marco's parents opposite of Heinous with everyone else sitting to the side watching their debate with varying degrees of interest. Gemini and DuBois were excited, Willow and Star were worried with Star holding onto Marco softly, and Marco was just annoyed over what was happening.
"Let the bargaining for the proper punishment begin as I will not be leaving until we reach a suitable agreement." Heinous folded her arms and smiled evilly. "I propose we rip out Marcia's spine so I can wear it as a fancy scarf. And yes I know for sure we can do that without killing her." Marco's parents looked at each other nervously with Toffee going to speak up with Raphael cut him off.
"Um ok, that still seems a little extreme." Angie turned towards Marco's parents speaking to them.
"Can you actually do that and keep a person alive?" Moon nodded as she answered cutting off Toffee who had also gone to answer.
"It's possible but the procedure is rather painful and it leaves the person permanently disfigured to the point where they are unable to even sit up on their own so I'm going to have to protest this." Toffee nodded and went to speak but Raphael interrupted him.
"What if we ground Marco for a week… no a month?" Heinous scoffed at that replying.
"Or you could let me grind the bones of her extremities into a paste and use them to make fancy pastries." Toffee went to speak again but Angie spoke up at that.
"We could keep him from playing video games." Toffee went to speak again but Heinous growled standing up to face Marco's parents.
"Do you even know what bargaining means?" Toffee sighed in annoyance and went to speak again but Angie spoke up again.
"We could keep Marco and Star from sleeping together and cuddling?"
"NO!" Everyone looked at Star again seeing her grabbing onto Marco with a painful tightness once again. Once she realized what she had done she let go of Marco who gasped for air as she shyly looked down. "I-I'm sorry, I won't interrupt again." Toffee went to speak again with Heinous cutting him off again.
"You should really be more concerned about your daughters finding suitable men for themselves instead of focusing on other women so they can provide you heirs to your kingdoms." The parents all looked at each other in confusion as Marco thought to himself 'Of course she's one of THOSE types of people?' Toffee went to speak again but was cut off by Raphael leaving him visibly annoyed.
"We could make him do all the household chores in addition to our previously suggested punishments…"
"WHAT IF I JUST APOLOGIZED!?" Marco stood up and threw his hands in the air in exasperation with everyone blinking in shock for a few seconds before Toffee went to reply but was cut off by Heinous.
"An apology…" Toffee rolled his eyes as she rubbed her chin for a second before chuckling and smiling. "Yes that actually will suffice to be completely honest… under certain circumstances of course." Marco sighed and went to respond but was interrupted by Willow.
"Marco don't give up that easily to her demands, you don't know what she will want." Marco sighed again and responded.
"Toffee said I needed to give her recompense and that is what I'm going to do at this point, so long as it doesn't kill or permanently maim me." He turned back to Heinous. "Whatever you want Heinous, just name it so you can get out of here."
"Why did I say whatever you wanted?"
Marco was sitting on the couch wearing his Turdina outfit with his hair extended and in a ponytail while holding a sign saying 'It is criminal to be an individual.' The parents were looking at Marco in shocked confusion with Star looking somewhat relived over the fact that Marco wasn't going to be hurt. Gemini was setting up a video camera to record Marco's 'apology' for others to hear. Heinous was giggling with glee at the image of Marco holding up the sign with DuBois accompanying her in Heinous's arms.
"This is real, it's finally happening." Heinous giggled some more before continuing. "Wait till these princesses see their idol now." The parents looked at each other in confused concern with Raphael speaking up.
"Our son led a revolution and we never even knew about it; I don't' know what to think of this." Willow shrugged her shoulders as she responded.
"Well he'll fit right in with some of our family that's for sure." As the camera was readied Moon stepped forward holding up her hand.
"Hold up everyone, Marcia needs her blush. A princess can't go on camera properly without her blush now can she?" She sat down next to Marco with Toffee speaking up at this.
"Since when has that mattered to… oh nevermind just ignore me like everyone else has during these negotiations." He rolled his eyes as Moon whispered to Marco as she put makeup on his face.
"I know you need to make amends here… but are you really ok with this? I know that many princesses are looking up to you like they look up to me and this could ruin them." Marco smiled calmly at Moon as he replied.
"I know they look up to me, which is why I know this video will not impact them in the slightest. After what I've heard and seen about rebel princesses," He nodded at Moon. "I know it's gonna take more than this to break their spirits."
"Oh Marco…." Moon smiled slightly at his words.
"So how do I look?" Moon chuckled at his words slightly before standing up and moving away.
"Super pretty, you make a decent princess." Heinous rolled her eyes as Moon moved away speaking up.
"Enough dilly dallying let's get on with it. Gemini is that camera ready yet?" He nodded getting into a recording position.
"Yes mi lady. And… we're rolling." He pushed a button with the camera recording.
"*Ahem* Yo girls of the multiverse, it's your home girl Marcia. Wassup!" He put one of his hands in a peace sign smiling at the camera. "Anyways, I have a confession to make." He put his hand back into holding up the sign with his face falling. "Last time I was at St. Olga's I said and did some stuff that I shouldn't have, which is actually pretty bad. So I just wanted to say…" He glanced over at his group before giving a small smile with his tone of voice changing to light sarcasm. "… that I'm like super sorry for everything, and I mean like everything. I mean what was I thinking doing all that idiotic nonsense like even thinking in the first place? Rising up against our oppressors and expressing individuality *pah* that's like not the way we should do things. Why do we even have stuff like dreams to fulfill in the first place as that's like totally not a princess thing to do in the first place. And I'm also like totally saying this from the bottom of my heart and not doing this simply because Heinous is threatening me with some sort of lawsuit or threat to life and limb." He then put a thumb up winking at the camera. "Peace out girlfriends." His look changed to one of exasperation as he turned towards Heinous. "Ok did I do good or do we need to do this again?" Heinous giggled psychotically with one of her eyes twitching as Gemini shut off the camera and spoke up.
"Ms. Heinous I have notes." Heinous burst into laughter as she spoke up.
"Oh it's perfect, perfect!"
Gemini loaded up the car with Toffee speaking to Heinous on the side.
"That completes this matter of recompense. Our obligation to repay you has been fulfilled and any further seeking of recompense is null and void." Angie spoke up at this nervously.
"I hope this means that we can all get a fresh new start from this situation without any more grudges right?" Heinous looked at the parents before turning her eyes to the cassette she had of Marco's recording and smiled.
"We shall see. If anything has been accomplished here I hope you realize what exactly your daughter Marcia has been doing and take a more active role in her life." At this Raphael spoke up.
"Um we have a son not a daughter and his name is Marco not Marcia. And he is not royalty we are just an ordinary family." Heinous froze as she was turning around and looked at them wide eyed before replying.
"You mean… Marci-Marco is not a princess or even a girl?" Everyone nodded with Willow speaking up.
"We were wondering when you would eventually catch on with the way we addressed Marco as a him at times. Also I get many women are dressing like men these days but I thought you would at least raise a question at his clothing choices and hair style if you thought he was a girl." Heinous stood slack jawed as Willow spoke to everyone else. "Let's go, I think we need to talk with the children." Everyone went back inside but Toffee stopped on the door step in insure Heinous was going… and froze in mid step.
Heinous was looking through the window at Marco who was still in his Turdina outfit with a strange look of childishly pure awe. She spoke so softly he almost didn't catch her words but she said "Marcia's a boy?" Her face then contorted into one of the creepiest smiles he had ever seen as she continued staring at Marco intently. As she did so he saw for a brief moment a flash of white from her cheeks showing club marks through a layer of some sort of makeup. "Marco's a boy." She then licked her lips ever so slightly in desire as her eye twitched before she giggled in such a way that, while Toffee was a Septarian and didn't faze or even feel easily, made him fell a very human chill of fear run up his spine. Heinous then seemed to pull herself together before getting back into her car with it flying up into the sky and, using the dagger that was reattached to the front, cut a hole allowing it to fly into another dimension. Toffee put these thoughts away for later as he walked back inside to see the other adults questioning the children. Star and Marco were standing in the living room looking worried and guilty as Raphael was speaking to them.
"So let me get this straight; you two broke into a finishing school, sought to break out someone who had been sent there to be reformed, led a revolution, destroyed said school, and cost that woman her livelihood and home?" Star and Marco looked at each other nervously with Marco speaking up.
"Well… it was mostly me but… yeah." Angie and Raphael looked at each other in concern with Toffee going to speak…
"I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!" Everyone looked at Moon in shock as she ran in grabbing Marco and pulling him off the ground in a hug comparable to Star's. "You are a leader who knows when to do what's right instead of just what's proper. Take my kingdom, take my daughter, take my family name, and give me lots and lots of grandbabies my son I never had!" Angie, Raphael, and Willow looked at each other with shocked looks bearing nervous smiles and Toffee went to speak again but was cut off by Star.
"MOM!" Star yelled out with her face going a brilliant crimson. "Don't do that!" *AHEM* Everyone looked at Toffee whose annoyance was all too clear.
"If you would all stop cutting me off like you did during the negotiations that would be much appreciated." Everyone looked at him in shock with Toffee's look turning Monotone again. "Regardless what you two did… my shining Moon could you put him down now?" Moon put Marco down sheepishly as Marco caught his breath. "Thank you. Now then." He faced the children. "You do realize the seriousness of your actions by going against St. Olga's School for Wayward Princesses?" Marco and Star nodded hesitantly. "That school has had quite a bit of support over the centuries by many nobles across many dimensions. Even with the actions of what Ms. Heinous and her predecessors had done being exposed many nobles still supported her saying that the school should simply reform and refine its methods. If other nobles realize who Princess Turdina is and what 'she' has accomplished I have no doubt some would come after you two." The two looked at each other nervously as Toffee continued. "And what's more your actions were by no means legal or safe and constituted a sizable chunk of uncalculated recklessness. Because of this we will collectively find a punishment for you that hopefully will teach you to not be so reckless and unchained." Star and Marco dropped their heads sadly. "Until then… well done." They both looked up in shock again at Toffee's lopsided grin. "Standing up for what you view as moral righteousness is important in an individual and more important for a monarch; though it should be tempered with logic." Willow chuckled at that speaking up.
"That's why Moon and Toffee go together so well, he is the logic and she is the moral righteousness." Moon and Toffee then gave each other a small kiss with Angie speaking up.
"Regardless anything else cosmically related that we should know about?" Marco and Star glanced at each other nervously before Angie gave a knowing smile to them. "Well we will be spending a lot of time talking about everything it seems. Ms. Heinous also did have a point in us getting more involved in our children's lives. I say we spend the rest of the afternoon and evening as a family night with board games and charades." Everyone cheered at that with Star speaking up.
"So we're playing 'Settlers of Catan' right?" Everyone nodded with Star smiling and pumping her fist in victory. "Yes."
The family was playing 'Settlers of Catan' with Star and Toffee shrewdly competing for the top position while everyone else tried to keep going as best as possible. 'Man Toffee is good at these things.' Marco thought in shock as Toffee expanded his army gaining the largest army card bumping his points to 11. Star gritted her teeth in frustration as her point value was 9 and the first person to reach ten was the winner. Toffee chuckled and rubbed Star's head with Willow standing up and speaking.
"Well you lot can continue playing, I need to get dinner ready." At this Star's eyes went wide as she spoke reverently.
"Grandma's personally cooking?" Star gave a small squee of joy with everyone chuckling. "You go join her Marco!" Marco blinked in shock as he gazed around the room.
"Um…"
"Well come on then dearie, let's have some fun." Willow hooked her arm with Marco's dragging him into the kitchen with everyone still chuckling. "So Marco, I've heard from my granddaughter that you are quite the chef." Marco chuckled and rubbed the back of his head while blushing slightly.
"Well sort of yeah but nothing spectacular. I mean I'm no Gorden Ramsey." Willow chuckled as she used magic to get out cooking utensils.
"Well perhaps I should teach you so that you are akin to this 'Gorden Ramsey' of earth." Marco blinked in confusion with Willow chuckling. "Despite being a queen I am quite the chef running the royal kitchens as my main job, unfortunately not personally cooking as often as I would like. Although perhaps I should show you how good I am instead of just tell you." She pulled out a cook book she had on her… somewhere and opened it up. "Let's see what we can do…"
SN: One cheerful and adorable cooking scene later.
Willow and Marco were finishing their last item, a pie, while they sing a song in unison as they put a Butterfly on the top for decoration.
"Over under around and through, grab the little Mewni rabbit pull him through.
Pinch it and fold it and tie it in a bow, like two little bunny ears made out of dough
Over and under wherever you roam, sweet little Mewni rabbit hop back home."
As they finished it up Willow levitated the pie to the oven putting it in and altered the temperature with magic so it was baked properly. Willow sighed contently with Marco speaking up with an impressed tone.
"Wow you are… really good at this. I mean I know how to cook but damn." Willow chuckled and replied happily.
"Well cooking is my main passion in life; it's so nice to finally have a fellow chef to cook with on a personal level." She pinched Marco's cheek with him blushing slightly. "Toffee only showed a passable talent for it, Star could burn water unfortunately…" The two chuckled at that. "… and Moon…" Her smile flickered slightly at this before the smile reappeared. " … well she was and is too busy being queen and what not to spend time on this. I got reacquainted with my arts when Moon ascended as queen as I had neglected them when I became queen unfortunately. So much can be overlooked when you are queen; honestly Moon does a better job than I ever did." Marco heard the sad tones in her voice and, after a bit of internal debating, decided to speak up.
"Willow, do you need to get something off your chest?" Willow looked at him questioningly. "I mean I served as Star's therapist at one point so I can help you." Willow smiled sadly before sitting down so she was of equal head height with him.
"No nothing like that, just some bad memories mostly being my fault. You… know of the war of Moonlight Shadow right?"
"Well yea… oooohhhhh." Marco remembered who he was talking to and the fact that she was one of the bad guys in the war, instantly becoming really uncomfortable.
"Well my actions were my fault and… not my fault. I was tricked into willingly going to St. Olga's where they… well…" She rubbed her shoulder as Marco nodded sympathetically. "They made me believe that what happened in there was necessary to become a good queen for the future. I fell for it hook line and sinker and became… someone else for a while; someone who was not necessarily a good person. I could have tried returning back to myself at any time but I didn't want to belive my time at the school was wasted pain and effort and many people kept on telling me I was doing good, especially my sister Etheria. *sigh* And well… it took me a while to finally pull myself out but I did, only after a civil war occurred though and my daughter proved herself a strong capable leader." Willow looked down sadly about to continue but perked up as suddenly Marco hugged her from the side.
"Hey, from what I've heard from Star you made bad choices because other people toyed with you like a puppet, so what? You pulled through in the end didn't you?" Marco looked up at Willow still hugging her. "As far as I'm concerned you're a good person… grandma." Willow smiled with tears coming to her eyes as she hugged him back.
"Oh my dear child *sniff* I can see why Star loves you so much." They sat that way for several minutes before a timer went off. "Oh that's the quiche, come on." She and Marco got up warmed by the moment of bonding as they got back to cooking.
"There you are mi lady, all fluffed up just how you like it." Gemini put the pillow behind Heinous's head as she laid in the back seat of the car.
"Thank you Gemini, what would I do without you?" She reached up and rubbed his head. "Now go get some sleep yourself, and that's an order." Gemini closed the door and ran off with DuBois's head to the trunk.
As he got to the back he looked around the landscape they were in and marveled at how scenic and yet how barren it looked. He sighed as he opened the trunk as DuBois's head spoke up from within.
"So, is the master in good shape?" He sighed again as he got inside.
"Not especially. I overheard that Marcia is in fact not a princess and not even a girl with his name being Marco. That itself was shocking but the mistress's reaction was…" He fidgeted a little. "… not heartening to say the least. I worry for her you know." DuBois did the equivalent of nodding before replying.
"We must keep an eye on her but NOT dissuade her goal of revenge, we must still keep going. They will pay for destroying my temple of a body." She fumed for a second before calming down. "But we must be patient and smart about this. Good night." She shut down as Gemini looked at her head.
"Goodnight DuBois." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a princess doll. "And good night to you. I don't care who or what you are, to me you are Marcia Turdina the fairest in the land; after Ms. Heinous of course." He put the doll away before giving out a sigh of worry before closing the trunk lid. Heinous on the other wand was removing the makeup covering her marks and giggling and speaking to herself.
"Oh Marco you are one interesting BOY." She giggled finishing up her removal revealing her cheek marks. "The things I could do if I subdued you. Oh the things I could do." She then looked out the window seeing his face flash by in her mind; that cute mole, fluffy black hair, his feminine features, the strength when he went to grapple her, the smell of some sort of watermelon shampoo. She began feeling emotions she had never felt before and that a proper lady should never feel. "Oh the things I could do when I. Make. Him. MINE!" Her cheek marks glowed white ever so briefly framing a face that was clearly losing its sanity. She then smacked herself with her cheek marks fading speaking more properly. "Hold yourself together, he is still your enemy no matter what and must be destroyed. Also you are a proper lady and must not give into such improper base desires." She harrumphed and closed her eyes going to sleep with conflicted and maddening thoughts haunting her.
WH: In case if any of you have been wondering yes the writing style of this story has changed ever so slightly from when I started around a year ago. This is just happening because, despite how it may appear, this AU is really a test run for me to figure out what my writing style is; yes even after nearly two years from when 'A Tale of Moon and Monsters' came out. Why am I saying this... not really sure, just thought I'd say it.
Janna: Um you're forgetting something.
WH: Oh right. Get ready for things to get a little weird and wild as Echo Creek is about to be 'Starstruck' with a certain individual. *also, sorry if the tonal shifts in this chapter were too great at times, that's just how it comes out at times. It seemed fine to me at the time.*