A/N: A day late, I know, but I've been busy, so sue me. Also, I've watched 'The Battle For Mewni' and was not disappointed! It was great, although I do have a few complaints. I'll post them in a seperate rant tomorrow and you can read it if you want to.

Anyway, onto the reviews:

RedHood001: Yes. He is a Prince, with the surname Prince, so he's is Prince Prince Shining. I tried my hardest to come up with the most troll name I could. Also, Brittney is one of those sassy-girls that I like watching in cartoons; I see her as a Tsundere type of girl, and wish the show will feature more of her in the future.

Anonymous. MISTER Anonymous: Thanks for the prise! And I'm working on a fantasy novel and write this just for the cheap laughs since I don't have to put a lot of effort into writing it, so the updates are slow, but steady. Now, onto your questions: Killing each other means killing each other. I've said numerous times that the story is about to take a seriously dark and borderline messed-up turn. I just gotta finish a few arcs before I can start writing the good stuff! Do you mean Jackie in the show, or Jackie in my story? Because she is a key character in my story and you'll be seeing a lot of her in the future. Little is known about Eclipsa atm. From what I saw, she's actually one of those 'I've been right all along' villains. Eh, not a fan of the music. It says on my profile that I'm mostly into Power Metal with fantasy lyrics.

RobLebron: The dude's not evil xD. Why do you guys keep suspecting him xD? And I've already mentioned that the relationship they have in the show basically is couple-like, minus holding hands and kissing, which is why I'm retaining it for the most part. And I live in Europe, why would I celebrate the 4th of July xD?

Rock Raider: BRITTNEY! ARGH! Sorry, I just get triggered whenever people write her name as 'Brittany' instead of 'Brittney'... Anyway, how is that possible? He said that he was in love with her at the end of 'My Star' and I even mentioned the two interacting in the sneak previews. And I'm gonna figure something out, no worries.

Captin Jar: Thanks for allowing me to use that in the story. This is my new favourite comment xD.

Disclaimer: All characters from Star vs. The Forces of Evil belong to the creators of the show. The plot of this story and any original characters that may appear in it, however, do belong to me and I would kindly ask you to inform me should you want to use anything from this story in your own fanfic.

Beta read by ElleFreak.

Story cover by Luzz015. Be sure to check her out on DeviantArt!


Star vs. The Forces of Evil: Staring it up!

Chapter 7

The Royal Wimps

Part 2A

Star returned with a set of crayons and a few sheets of paper in her hands. She sat down of the wooden floorboards and beckoned Shining and Zora to join her since there was more room on the floor than on her bed. The two complied to her gesture and formed a small triangle with her.

"Alright," began Star and held up an orange crayon.

No, there's no particular reason, she just likes orange.

The Mewman princess then began sketching onto the paper as she spoke to the prince in white, "Alright. So, you're saying that you have, say, 'till tomorrow evening to make Brittney wanna marry you?"

"Give or take a few hours, yes."

"Ok. So, from what I've seen, Brittney's into jocks."

"Jocks?" Shining tested the unfamiliar word. "What's a 'jock'?"

"Basically, a buff dude who's good at sports," explained Star and eyed shining, then added, "Basically, something that you aren't."

"Au contraire, my fair Princess Butterfly!"

The prince had an odd, smug tone to his voice, one that didn't lack confidence in the slightest. "I may not appear like it, but I am indeed a master of the art of swordsmanship, a blessing bestowed upon my family. I've fought my share of goblins, trolls, and even corrupt elves, and have thus far yet to yield to any opponent!"

Star and Zora stared blankly at the Prince, unmoving. Then, both burst into an uncontrollable and loud laughter, gasping for breath with each giggle that escaped. The prince stared at them meekly, confusion written across his face.

"Ha-ha, why are we laughing?" Zora asked, not fully aware of why she'd done the deed.

Star wiped a tear from her cheek and looked at the prince while grinning like an idiot. "A master swordsman, you?" Star said, unable to mask the mockery in her tone. "No offence," she continued, "But find that extremely hard to believe."

The prince, for the first time since the wedding fiasco, glared angrily and placed both hands on his hips. "Yes! As a matter of fact, I've sparred with some of the best and finest swordsmen from all across the dimensions and have beaten them!" A mocking smirk found its way onto his face. "Including Mewni's champion swordsman!"

"What!?" Star yelped, in utter disbelief. Sir Lotkame was one of Mewni's generals and had trained with her a few times. The man was, to say the least, one of the most renowned swordsmen in over 17 dimensions, and would only train those who he deemed 'worthy of the sword' -which Star wasn't, and therefore her training was short-lived- so hearing that Shining of all princes was deemed worthy to receive his special training was absurd, almost.

And yet his expression was calm and confident. He wasn't making this up.

I wonder if Marco will have to train with him...

The thought crossed her mind but she brushed it away. Marco would tell her all about his trial once he returned to Earth. For now, she had other issues to worry about.

In spite of what she'd just heard, Star remained uncharacteristically composed. "Alright, I'll believe you. But that doesn't really qualify you as a jock."

"Alright. What would be the qualification to become this... 'jock' you speak of?" asked Shining, seemingly over the whole 'swordsmanship' thing.

"I'm not too sure. But, from what I've seen, all of the jocks at our school play football, so I guess that would be a step in the right direction."

"Football?"

"American Football," Star emphasised, her finger raised interpretatively. Marco had explained it to her some time ago; On Earth, the most widespread term for Football was the European one, which differed from the American one and was called 'soccer' in America, not football.

Yeah, she didn't get it either. But hey, no point in breaking her pretty-little-princess head over it, right?

She continued with her explanation. "Brittney's a cheerleader, so she hangs out with such guys a lot. So, in short, all you have to do is play football and I'm sure you'll get on her good side!"

"That sounds far too simple to work..." He pondered, doubtful about the simplicity of it all.

"Meh, we'll work out the details later." Star casually shrugged. "For now, all we have to do is get Brittney to see your jock side. And it just so happens that Justin and the rest of our football squad are holding practice as we speak!"

Shining had no idea who Justin was, but he assumed that he was the leader of this 'football squad' the Mewman princess was talking about. Either way, he'd find out eventually.

"What do you propose we do, then, Star?"

"Simple. I'll call Justin with my phone-" she said as she took out the Earthern long-distance communication device and displayed it proudly. "-and tell him to put you on the squad for today's training."

"And how exactly will that help me sway Brittney's heart in my favour?"

"She's a cheerleader, so she and her group will be holding practice alongside the football team. Once she sees how athletic you are, you'll have no problem convincing her to go out with you," explained Star with booming certainty in her voice. After all, who knew more about relationships better than a girl who was in a relationship, right? Although hers wasn't your stereotypical teenage romance, such as most girls of her age were longing for, but she had experienced such a romance before with her demon ex-boyfriend, Tom.

Thinking back on those times, she couldn't quite understand what she thought back then. She blames Pony Head for the 'rough phase' the two had gone through. Still, she can't claim that she totally regrets all of those times. Just around 99.99% of them. The 0.01 percent was fun, she had to admit.

Bottom line; She knew what she was doing.

Probably.

"So, are you in, or are you out?" she asked him, half-teasing, knowing what his answer would be.

Shining shrugged, and nodded; He literally had nothing to lose after yesterday's fiasco. And he trusted the princess. She resides on Earth, after all, so she definitely knew better than him about the Dimension's customs and dating rituals. Although, he wished they were as simple and as straightforward as in his Dimension, where you would bring the severed head of a troll to your beloved and let that be that. Which reminded him.

"Are the perchance any trolls in this dimension?"

"What? Err, no. Why?" Star asked with an arched eyebrow, dazed by the randomness of his question.

"Oh, no reason," Shining said, showing no further interest in the subject and leaving Star muddled. The princess, her expression still plastered with evident confusion, dialled Justin's phone number and placed the device to her ear, brushing away a few locks of her golden hair.

It rang a few times until the voice of a boy replaced the ringing.

"Yo, Justin here."

"Hi, Justin. It's me, Star."

"Oh, Star Butterfly! Haven't heard from you in awhile. How's it hanging?"

"Well, Mrs. Diaz finished hanging the clothes on the drying-rack already and-"

"I meant 'how's it going?'"

"Ohhhhhh-" cued Star, forming an O-shape with her mouth. "It's been going alright. Ya know, aside from nearly getting killed n'stuff, it's been going fine."

"Nearly killed? Woah, what happened?"

"Eh, there was some assassin guy that wanted to kill me. No idea where he is, though."

"Sweet," he replied, unaware of the true peril of the situation. Then again, she was she. "So, why'd you call me?"

"Oh, I just wanted to ask for a teensy tiny favour."

"Ask away, dude. Justin is at your disposal! ... For the next 2 minutes, then I gotta get to practice before the coach makes me run 10 miles as punishment for being late. Again..."

"That's actually what I wanted to talk to you about," said Star, grabbing the boy's attention. "But before I do, I need to ask something. Are Brittney and the rest of the cheerleaders gonna be practising alongside you today?"

"Yeah. They always do. Why?"

"Well, a certain friend of mine wants to practice with you guys and grab her 'attention' if you know what I mean."

"... Wait. Some dude has the hots for Brittney?"

"Yep!" Star exclaimed.

"... I'm interested. Who is this dude, and what is wrong with him?"

"He's a prince from another Dimension," said Star, then added with a whisper, "And all I can say is, a lot!"

"A lot what?" Shining asked, having overheard her.

"Oh, nothing, nothing! Just talking to my friend about... stuff! Hehe!" Star improvised. Shining seemed satisfied with the answer. Star noticed the accusing stare Zora was giving her; Somehow, the girl knew how to tell truth from deception. But she commented not, to Star's relief.

"So," Star returned to her conversation with Justin. "Can you help me out and sign him up for today's practice?"

"You bet I can! No worries, Star. Just come over to the playground with the dude and we'll sort everything out!" promised Justin, happy to help a friend out.

Star smiled gratifyingly, even though the boy couldn't see it. "Great! See you in a bit! Bye!"

"See ya."

Star ended the call, a satisfied smile on her face, and looked at Shining.

"Well?" Shining asked, hoping for the best. From Star's cheerful expression, it seemed that things had gone well, but he had to make sure.

"You're all set. All we have to do is walk over to the football stadium and we can begin."

Shining returned her smile with even more glee and excitement. Perhaps she was right? Perhaps this plan of hers really would work!

Meanwhile, Zora looked bored and even let out a yawn.

"Tired?" asked Star, to which Zora shook her head.

"No, just bored. I don't really see why this is such a big deal..."

Star giggled. The princess often forgot that, despite Zora's mature attitude for her age, she was but a child and would have to wait for several more years before she would be introduced to the world of dating and finding true love.

Star would love to see that.

The Mewman Princess patted Zora on the head, much to the small girl's annoyance. Zora pouted angrily at her and crossed her arms defiantly. The small girl's angry expression was priceless, and Star gathered all of her willpower not to laugh.

"Do you want to come with us, or would you rather stay at home with Mrs. Diaz?"

Zora's temper passed, and she responded, "No. I'd rather go with you, if I may..."

Her shift from angry to humble and somewhat shy was so sudden and spontaneous that Star could hardly keep track. But she smiled and replied, "Of course, you can tag along! This way, you can learn something new about Earth's cultures and traditions!"

"I'd like that," replied Zora, sincerely and with a smile.

"It's settled then." Star gestured toward the door and the trio departed from the Diaz household.

Echo Creek Football Stadium

(NOTE: I'd hate to interrupt the flow of the story, but I would ask you to forgive me if the description of American Football is off. I'm European, so I have no idea how the sport works, but I'll try not to humiliate myself! I hope Wikipedia won't betray me! Fingers crossed X!)

It was an arena.

At least, that's what Zora and Shining thought upon seeing the massive football stadium. It had several viewing platforms for spectators at its sides, all of which were protected by a protective net, a courtesy of Star's little 'mishap' a year or so ago. Fortunately, the major had actually been happy about the destruction she'd caused as it brought in insurance money from the government that allowed for some much-needed improvements to both the stadium and the town.

The grass of the playing field was seemingly divided into several sections by white lines sprayed across the lush ground. Zora asked Star to explain the meaning of those lines, but the princess was no expert and could only smile apologetically. Marco had explained it to her, once, but all of those confusing words - yard lines, goal lines, red zone, end zone, etc.- quickly drifted out of her head and into the clouds, or wherever it is that thoughts go once you forget them.

As the three walked onto the field they saw two groups of people; The first group consisted of boys roughly Star's age, who were dressed in strange combat outfits and battling among each other for what seemed to be a strange brown object. The second group and the one that interested prince Shining the most was a group of cheerleaders dressed in somewhat-revealing orange sleeveless outfits with skirts. They were currently standing atop of each other's shoulders and forming a pyramid. Atop the man-made pyramid was the person that sent the prince's heart aflutter.

The beauty that was Brittney Wong.

Suddenly, he was thankful for the revealing uniforms.

Star noticed the daze Shining was in and snapped her fingers numerous times, ending his little daydream of the raven-haired teen.

"I'm glad that you're a fan of the whole 'eyes on the prize' thing but you're not accomplishing much by just standing here."

"You're right. My apologies." He looked away shamefully and sighed. He then looked at Star, and said, "I'll not let my focus drift astray like that ever again! Now, where is the leader of that combat group you told me about? The ones clad in those battle suits." He pointed at the football team, who were high-fiving each other, probably having successfully executed one of their field manoeuvres that they would undoubtedly use against their next opponents.

Justin spotted the trio amid the field and signalled the rest of his teammates to continue drilling without him for a few minutes. The blonde boy made his way over to Star and patted her on the back, hard enough to nearly knock the Mewman Princess off her feet.

"Star Butterfly! How rad it is to see you again!"

"Justin, you see me almost every day in school!"

"Yeah, I know," he spoke as he removed his football helmet, revealing a bright smile underneath it. "I just haven't talked to you in, like, forever."

"Eh, I blame the producers for not giving side characters enough attention," Star said and shrugged.

"Huh?" Justin scratched his head in confusion. Zora and Shining, too, had no clue what the princess was talking about. "Dude, what do you even mean by that?"

"Forget about it," Star waved the topic off with a dull look and smiled. "Anyway, this is the guy I was talking about," she explained and pointed at the prince. "Alwaysland's very own prince Prince Shining!"

"Greetings, sir Justin!" Shining greeted the boy and extended his hand, offering him a welcoming handshake.

Justin stared blankly at the prince, then pointed a finger at him. "No offence dude, but what's with the stupid name? Did your parent's hate you or something?"

"See!" Zora suddenly exclaimed with glee. "I knew I wasn't the only one who thought so!" She stated proudly and crossed her arms.

Shining groaned, clearly unamused as he lowered his hand. Justin, meanwhile, stared at the small girl with a perplexed expression.

"Who's the little dudette?" He asked, looking at the small girl in the flower patterned dress, a cat mask resting atop of her purple hair.

"Oh, right, Marco and I haven't really introduced her to you guys, have we?" said Star apologetically. It's not that they didn't want their friends to know about the girl who was currently living with them, but they still knew very little of her and had yet to ask her about the attack, as Marco had promised to the Queen. Perhaps it was time to stop with the conservative attitude, provided that Zora seemed to have almost fully recovered from the trauma.

"Go on, introduce yourself. Justin's a good friend." The princess gestured Zora to step forward, which the girl did. She looked upward at the tall and masculine boy, waving her hand shyly.

"Hi. I'm Zora."

"Marco and I found her on Mewni awhile ago after some... unpleasant events and brought her home with us," Star added, wanting to avoid the same confusion that she had had with Prince Shining earlier this morning.

"A pleasure to meet you, little dude. The name's Justin, Quarterback and captain for the Echo Creek Academy's Awesome Opossums!" He proclaimed, pointing proudly at the symbol embedded on his right shoulder-plate and the captain's band on his right arm. Zora smiled in return.

How was is that every single one of Star's friends was so nice?

"So," Justin spoke to Shining. "If I heard correctly, you're the sucker that likes Brittney, right?"

"I do not merely like her!" proclaimed Shining in an overly-dramatic fashion, making whimsical gestures here and there. "I absolutely adore her! Her angelic voice! Her luscious hair! Her perfect face that even the greatest of all artists could not convey onto his canvas without shaming it! Her-"

"Uh, we are talking about Brittney, right?" Justin whispered to Star, finding the Prince's description very... off...

"Yeah!" she whispered back as Shining kept ranting on and on about all the things he loved about the raven-haired girl.

"Ok, dude, I get the picture!" Justin interrupted him after having listened to his rant for a good minute and a half. "So, how can I help you out?"

"Well, captain Justin, I heard that you are one of those so-called 'jocks' which Brittney likes oh-so very much. Therefore, I wish to join your unit and train with you so that I may conquer her heart and make her mine!"

"So you wanna join the football team?" Justin asked for confirmation. Shining nodded, a near pleading motion.

"Can you sign him up?" asked Star.

"No problemo!" said Justin. "Just get yourself a uniform from that pile over at the bench and you can join us guys for some football practice," he said, pointing at a large pile of football uniforms on the other side of the field.

Shining blinked a few times. Something just didn't register with him.

"Is there no special ceremony or trial I need to partake in?"

"Well, we used to have new recruits chase down an opossum and lick its fur in front of the whole squad, but the animal protection service didn't like us doing that. They said we were traumatising the opossums..."

"Yuck!" commented Zora in utter distaste and showed repulse on her face. "I don't even know what an opossum is and I'm glad you don't do that anymore!"

The trio looked at her briefly before returning to the conversation among one another. "So, yeah. Just grab yourself a uniform and come on over once you're ready," said Justin to Shining and strapped his helmet back onto his head and rushed over to the rest of the boys, ready to resume training.

"Will you help me outfit myself," he asked the two girls. Both nodded and they walked across the field, eager to find Shining a set of 'armour' and commence Star's little scheme. Star was confident that absolutely nothing could go wrong.

Meanwhile, on Mewni

Marco was still sitting on the throne, tired and bored. Since he had nothing better to do, he decided to make a mental Diary of his thoughts as the time passed.

Hour 1: Nothing eventful has happened. There was a fly flying around me and it got annoying. Sadly, I couldn't move to grab it or shoo it away.

Hour 2: The fly landed on my nose. We've become allies now. I named him Martin. Also, I think I got a cramp from sitting here for so long.

Hour 3: Martin betrayed me and flew out the window. Now I'm alone. And bored.

Hour 4: I wonder what trouble Star has gotten herself into while I've been sitting here.

End of Part 2A!


Chapter End Notes:

Well, this was amusing to write :P. As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts and criticism!

Well, 'till next time, whenever that'll be! Bye!