A/N: I'm majorly behind schedule, and I must apologise for that. My last 2 weeks have been hell; Not only did I spend a lot of time filling out transfer forms and driving around from one place to another to get things sorted out with both Universities and my dorm (Why does transfering have to be so overcomplicated...) but I also fell sick during the biggest heatwave of the Summer and couldn't even move properly for a solid 4 days, let alone write. So yeah, I'm sorry for the delay, and I hope to get things sorted out soon and get back on track with both fanfiction and my novel.

Anyway, I cut this one a little short, but the good news is that I'll update the next 2 mondays in a row! Yay!

Also, my Beta-reader is on vacation, so this one wasn't given a final verdict. I just want her to enjoy her vacation ^^

Replies to the latest reviews:

robertkellett: Yeah, I'm giving side characters actual attention and development, something which the writers of the show have failed miserably. That's my style; Every character is important and gets screen time.

Rock Raider: Pluto? The fuck? I said somewhere on the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, not our Solar system xD. But yeah, Star's cheerleading will definitely be creative. And yes, you've guessed it. The entire purpose of this fanfic has always been to soothe my perverted thoughts by hooking up 2 underage girls...

RedHood001: Well, I'm glad I'm keeping you entertained. And I'm also anticipating that movie.

Mario and BFDI Bros: Yeah, I ain't replying to 4 reviews xD. I'll reply to the next one

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 4A

"So, let me get this straight," said Brittney, her words aimed at her fellow cheerleaders. She was clearly displeased with the situation, as her tone and facial expression indicated. "Without consent of me, the captain of our school's cheerleading squad, you girls went ahead and accepted a new member, who turns out to be none other than Star Butterscotch-"

"Uh, it's Butterfly..." commented Star with a raised finger, but was ignored by Brittney, who continued her displeased rant.

"- and didn't even discuss the matter with me or ask me for permission?" The girls nodded shamefully as Brittney finished her rant. Brittney sighed angrily and looked at the Mewman Princess. "And you. I thought you didn't want to join the cheerleaders because you hated our uniforms?"

"I never said I hated them. I just don't see the value they'd provide in combat! What's the point of a uniform if it doesn't provide combat stats!?"

Brittney paid no mind to Star's trivial outburst and coolly continued, "Alright. Then explain to me. Why the sudden change of heart, hmm?"

"Uh..." Star pondered for an answer. Revealing her true motives would ruin the plan, so she needed a good, believable excuse that would simultaneously get her on Brittney's good side. After a small eternity, Star answered in an uncharacteristically nervous voice "I... saw how cute and awesome you looked and wanted to be more like you! Yeah! That's it!"

Brittney regarded her with narrowed eyes. "Well, I am the prettiest girl this school has ever had and will ever have," she said smugly. The rest of the girls swiftly agreed.

"Soooo... Is that a yes?"

Brittney sighed and kept a stern look glued on Star. "Well, from what I've seen, you have a strength equivalent to that of a grown gorilla -and an intellect to match- so having you around would definitely allow for us to assume more challenging poses..." Brittney kept tapping her chin as she made her assessment. "I guess having you as a backup cheerleader wouldn't hurt..."

"A backup cheerleader?"

"Yes. A backup. I'm not dumb enough to let you become a fully fledged member after you booby trapped the stadium last year, but I am willing to have you as a reserve who will fill in for one of the girls in case they can't make it or are injured. In short, I'm allowing you to train with us but won't let you cheer at our football team's matches until I no longer consider you a threat to society," Brittney explained. "So, do you accept my terms?"

"Sure. Sounds reasonable enough," replied Star cheerfully.

"Alright then, welcome aboard the Echo Creek Academy Cheerleader Squad," Brittney said, evidently not too thrilled or keen on having Star as their newest member. As the other girls began clapping their hands to welcome their newest member, Brittney shot them a venomous glare. "No clapping!" she yelled. The girls stopped immediately, smitten with fear.

"Sorry..." they murmured in apology.

Brittney rolled her eyes and brushed away a strand of loose hair. "Whatever. Just get back to practice. Brake's over."

The girls all headed back to the spot on the field where they usually practice, while Brittney lingered behind with Star. The raven-haired girl put an arm on her hip and assumed a smug pose.

"You don't have a uniform yet, so you can't join us for today's practice," she told Star. "But you can stick around and watch, as long as you don't interrupt us or annoy me, got it?"

Star nodded and have Brittney a thumbs up while flashing a smile. Brittney turned her back to Star and was about to walk away when the princess stopped her.

"What?"

Star noticed how annoyed Brittney was, so she tried to keep it short. "So, Brittney. Out of curiosity, are you interested in anyone? One of the footballers, maybe?"

"What's with the sudden question? I thought I just told you not to interrupt or annoy me!"

"I'm just making small talk. C'mon! You can tell me."

Star's attempts at persuading Brittney only further tested the girl's temper. Brittney smacked away Star's hand from her shoulder and stormed off angrily. Before she was entirely out of earshot, however, she turned her head around, and said, "If you must know. No. Now don't bother me again!"

Star let out a sigh of relief as she watched Brittney stomp over to the rest of the cheerleaders and begin talking to them. Star smiled to herself; This was perfect! Her biggest fear had been than Brittney 'had the hots' for one of the school's football players. That would have spelt disaster for her plan, which was already hard enough to successfully execute. But, since she wasn't after anyone, this meant that, with enough persistence and a bit of magic, she could perhaps make Brittney notice prince Shining and fulfil her end of the bargain.

However, it was up to him to actually impress her. Star could only ensure that Brittney was looking at him. And the timing had to be perfect, so she would have to set it up, somehow. Maybe she could talk to Justin and the squad and make sure they 'helped' the Prince look better than he actually was.

"She doesn't seem very nice..."

The comment that came seemingly out of nowhere snapped Star out of her thoughts. The tiny voice had come from Zora, who was standing next to her. The little girl had gone unnoticed by Brittney, and even Star had forgotten about her as she was busy focusing on other things. Zora was looking at Brittney and frowning; To say the least, Brittney's attitude hadn't left a good impression on her.

"Are you sure she's your friend?" Zora mused. She was slowly putting together the real picture of the situation, which differed from the one Star had on her mind. Yet Star waved the remark away with a confident smile.

"Of course, she is! Brittney's just... well... Brittney. You just have to peel away all those layers of hatred and anger and you'll see that she's a very kind person underneath them! I think..."

"You don't sound very sure of that," Zora pointed out.

Instead of continuing the dispute, Star tugged Zora along as she made her way over to the football team. They were huddled up into a big circle and Justin was drawing tiny dots and arrows onto a sheet of blank paper. To Star, it looked like he was explaining combat strategies to the rest of the squad. But since this was Earth, they were probably just football manoeuvres. Nevertheless, the boys all seemed engrossed in Justin's words, including Prince Shining, who likely had no idea what Justin was talking about, but was pretending to fully understand the football captain.

"Justin, Shiny, can you guys come here for a second, we need to talk about something," Star said once she was in earshot. Justin cut his strategising short and nodded at the Princess. He and the prince broke away from the group and walked over to Star.

"What is it, Star? We're kinda busy over there, so I'd appreciate it if you could make this quick. I still have a lot of work to do with the guys." Justin didn't even bother removing his helmet as he spoke to the princess.

"Fine, I'll make it quick," said Star, letting go of Zora's hand and making motions with her hands to emphasise her words. "I found out that Brittney isn't interested in anyone, which means there's an actual chance that my plot will work."

"That's great 'n all, but why is it so important that we had to come over here for you to tell us?"

"Well, it means that he has a serious chance of getting her to notice him!"

"Annnd...?" Justin let the word hand in the air for a second, unsure what the princess was suggesting. Shining, too, seemed clueless.

Star, seeing that the two boys were too dense to catch on to what she was suggesting, -a trait that all males of this Dimension seemed to have in common- said, "What I'm saying is that you and the guys can make him look really good at training while I get Brittney to notice him. He does super amazingly good, she sees him and poof! The job is as good as done!"

"So you're basically asking me to tell the guys to act like a bunch of uncoordinated monkeys to have him look good?" asked Justin, wanting confirmation.

"Exactly!"

"I'm not sure if it'll work..." said Justin, sceptical of the whole idea. "Brittney sees us almost every day and knows how good we are. She might be a biiiiii-t um, high-strung, but she's far from being dumb. She'll tell that we're bluffing."

"It won't matter if she does or not. The important thing is that she sees him doing good. Every lady likes a man who's good at sports!"

"So that's why you like Marco? Because he's good at karate?" asked Justin.

"Huh? Oh, no. He has a great tush," Star responded instantly and without a hint of shame. Justin and Shining exchanged a few odd looks. They didn't know how to respond to her remark if respond at all. Although, they couldn't claim that they weren't guilty of the same crime when it came to the *ahem* opposite gender...

"So, any questions?" asked the princess, striking a confident pose by playing both arms on her hips.

"Yeah. What's in it for us?"

"Good. If there are no questions, then we may proceed with the plan! Just tell the guys to wait for my signal, and once I give it, start acting as uncoordinated as America's political system!" Star didn't give Justin a chance to protest, as she grabbed Zora's hand and dashed toward the cheerleaders, leaving the two boys alone once more.

There was only one conclusion Justin could make after hearing Star's little speech.

"Girls are weird," he told Shining.

The Prince chuckled and wrapped a friendly arm around Justin's neck. "Eh, women. You know what they say; Can't live with them..."

Justin blinked a few times, waiting for the prince to finish his sentence. His patience finally gave way and he said, "And...?"

"Hmm? No. That's it. You just can't live with them," Shining concluded bluntly. Justin nodded in agreement, then went to re-join his squad and tell them about the plan. They wouldn't be too thrilled with the idea of humiliating themselves in front of a group of the school's hottest girls, but the mere opportunity to rid themselves of Brittney was a counterweight that outweighed it by an inconceivable amount.

With the cheerleaders

Brittney was having the girls perform a few routine moves while she was busy talking with the school's secretary over the phone. She was likely just telling her to register Star as the squad's newest member since Brittney didn't trust the princess and didn't want to drag things out, lest she may forget to do it. The sooner Star was registered, the sooner her Uniform would be manufactured and sent to the school.

Sabrina was the first to notice Star and Zora walking over to them, as she was still resting on a bench.

"So, what were you talking about over there?" she asked the princess once the distance between them was short enough that neither had to raise their voice. She invited Star and Zora to join her on the bench by tapping an empty spot next to herself. The princess and the little girl gladly accepted her invitation and had a seat.

"Well, I made arrangements with the football team," Star said while sitting down.

"Arrangements?"

"Yeah. I ensured that, no matter what happens, Shining's gonna look good on the field."

"Let me guess, you talked him into ordering the squad to act like a group of idiots and make the guy stand out, right?" Sabrina said with a smirk, already suspecting what kind of plot Star had stirred up.

"Well, more like told them what's gonna happen and then walked away before he could say anything back. Guys are so easy to manipulate." Star and Sabrina had a good laugh, while Zora grew somewhat concerned upon hearing the princess' words. "Anyway, that was the easy part. The hard part is gonna be timing it perfectly and making sure Brittney likes what she sees."

"Yeah. But even if she does, doesn't that guy have a restraining order against her? I doubt she'll be too thrilled once she finds out it's him."

Star shrugged. "Meh, we'll cross that bridge once we get there. Or burn it down, whichever comes first."

Sabrina gave her a curious look. "What do you mean by 'burn it down'?"

"Trust me, you don't wanna know..."

"Uh... ok..." Sabrina replied awkwardly. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Zoey waving for her to come over. Sabrina stood up and picked up her red pom-poms, and looked at Star. "Anyway, I gotta get back to practice. If you need any help with whatever you're doing, just lemme know."

"Thanks, but I have everything under control," Star assured her, sounding very self-confident. Sabrina merely nodded and ran off.

"So, what's the signal gonna be?" Zora asked. "You know, for initiation of your plan."

"Oh, I dunno yet. I'll just improvise."

"How is that a plan?"

"I never said it was a well thought-out plan!" Star said with a raised finger and closed eyelids. "Besides, improvisation is how I plan things."

"How can you plan to improvise? That makes no sense!"

Star chuckled and patted Zora on the head. "Zora, I know it may be complicated for you to understand, but you will once you're older."

Zora pouted angrily and crossed her arms in displeasure.

"I'm not a kid..." she murmured angrily, low enough for the words to evade Star's ears. Not like the princess was paying attention to her, she was instead looking at Brittney, who was still on the phone. Star looked at the football team to see whether they were practising, which they were, and smiled to herself.

"Zora, why don't you go to the girls and talk to them for a bit? I'm gonna head over to Brittney and get this party started!" Star exclaimed.

"Alright. Good luck," said Zora, smiling and sounding obedient, likely a courtesy of her years spent as a servant.

"Thanks!" Star responded as she dashed away, toward Brittney.

Zora's smile instantly dropped when Star was no longer looking at her. "This is going to backfire horribly..."

To be continued...


Chapter end notes:

So for those of you who think Zora is acting a bit smug, here are the character traits I wrote down for her when I was designing her:

-Smart and observant, especially for her age

-Shy

-Has trouble opening up to new people, but outspoken to those she trusts

-Kind

-Easily irritated when called a child

-Reserved attitude; Rarely speaks when it isn't needed of her, but quickly becomes engrossed in the conversation

-Strong willed/Somewhat stubborn

-Has a dark secret

Note that these are just some of her characteristics, and change over time.

Expected update: Next Monday!