A/N: Well well well. Guess what, guys? It's been revealed that Moon's mother's name was *clears throat* Comet Butterfly.
Her mother is named Comet. As in female. As in feminine name!
What's that? You hear that sound? That's just the glorious sound of me being right, as usual.
I'm kidding! I'm kidding!
I'm not that narcissistic. I'm just happy that the creators of the show agree with me -sorta- that Comet is a viable feminine name, not just masculine. Honestly, it's always sounded more feminine than masculine to me, but that's just my opinion.
Rock Raider: Same. I hate to admit it, but women and girls can 'persuade' me to do stuff for them and help them with ease. What can I say? I've always been a softie when it comes to girls, and I still believe that Chivalry isn't dead. And Zora has no dark ulterior motive; She's just far too smart for her own age, a courtesy of her rough upbringing and some... other things...
RedHood001: Her secret is something even she isn't aware of. And Comet will return shortly; Note that the happenings on that strange planet and Earth/Mewni are simultaneous, and it didn't take very long for Star to talk with a few people.
Starshine89: Ah, a new reader. Welcome ^.^! It's been awhile since I completed 'My Star' and I'm always happy when someone praises it, given that it was written back when I was still in High School and learning the ropes of writing. Personally, if I were to write it again, I'd probably improve a few things and remove certain details, but I'm still proud of it. + People seem to like it, so I guess I'm being harsh on myself. As for this Fanfic, it's no secret that the feedback was mixed when I posted the first few Chapters since I shifted the style to more Humour and less Drama, and also introduced Comet as a female character, but those were all conscious decisions and I'm proud of what I've written thus far, so hearing someone who actually understands why I did this (to allow the constant shifting between moods, from lighthearted to dark and grim) makes me very happy, and I hope you'll enjoy reading the rest of it! And, of course, I know where Hungary is, I have relatives there since I live in Prekmurje, a region close to the border. (I don't speak Hungarian, though; The sentence I most frequently use when someone tries speaking Hungarian with me is 'nem tudom')
RobLebron: Zora's uneducated, since she spent her entire childhood as a servant. There is no error; If you read the last chapter, I introduced Zoey as one of the cheerleaders :). I have an odd obsession with names that start with the letter Z xD (I even named the main character in my novel 'Zofia' until I decided that I liked 'Sofia' better.) Oh, and I think Marco will enjoy the sight; I have some spicy stuff planned for that ;)!
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
Final Part (A)
"Ah-ha!" Comet exclaimed enthusiastically and jumped upright, spellbook in hand. Cosmos, her magical familiar and wolf companion, broke the link between himself and the magically-sealed door to look at the blonde girl, whose resemblance to Star was nigh uncanny if one didn't take into account the minor height difference and lack of hearts on her cheeks.
Have you found anything, master? Cosmos asked her through their telepathic link. Since he couldn't talk, for he was still an animal -albeit a magical one-, telepathy served as the only way for him to convey his thoughts to her, although Comet could, more often than not, understand him by simply looking into his eyes and somehow reading his thoughts.
The said magical princess nodded, evidently satisfied, and read forth from the spell tome.
"Yeah, I have," she said and she stared into the book. "I can't believe I didn't think of this myself, actually. The barrier is way too strong for either of us to break, right?" Cosmos nodded at her statement. "Well, we don't have to destroy it to remove it!"
I don't follow... As old and wise Cosmos may have been, even he was baffled by this statement. The only way to break barrier spells was to dispel it. That he was certain of. Comet's smirk, however, was claiming something else.
"I'm gonna give you a hint. It's a word that starts with the letter 'D'"
Comet! Cosmos yelled, his shock apparent. The blonde princess gave him a look of curiosity, unsure what had triggered the sudden outburst. I can't believe you of all people would have such vulgar thoughts! How crass of you!
She stared at the angry Cosmos, still searching for the roots of his anger. Crass? Why was that crass of her? All she said was...
Oh...
OH!
"For the love of God almighty, NO! Not that word!" She yelled, a red tint caressing her cheeks. Now it was her turn to be angry. "I mean a word related to magic!"
Cosmos looked away, ashamed and embarrassed at his false accusation. In his defense, she was a teenager, and everyone knows what things slip out of tenagers' mouths from time to time...
Hmm... he pondered, quickly forgetting about the whole agenda he'd unintentionally stated. Disperse?
"Close, but no," said Comet, also seeming to have let go of the minor misunderstanding.
Discharge? was Cosmos' next guess. Again it was wrong.
Comet chuckled as she watched Cosmos struggle to find the word she had in mind. Finally, the small wolf gave up and sighed.
Alright, I submit. What is the method with which you aim to break the spell, then?
Comet smiled triumphantly. It was rare for Cosmos to be the clueless one among the two, so she couldn't help feel the wiser, even if only for a moment.
"Disjunction," she said, at long last revealing the word. Cosmos could only incline his head to the side out of sheer curiosity, still not fully comprehending how disjunction was the solution to the problem at hand. Comet laughed upon seeing Cosmos' dumbfounded expression. Now it was her turn to take up the role of the mentor.
"Think of the barrier like a sheet of metal protecting the door. You can either try to break through it without the necessary tools to do so, or you can find where it's attached and just move it to somewhere it won't bother you. You understand, right?"
Well, I do now. Cosmos laughed at his own naivety. So instead of breaking the barrier, we momentarily separate it from the door and place it on another section of the wall, which won't require nearly as much energy or time. Good thinking.
Comet smiled proudly. Her look turned serious as she aimed her heart-shaped wand at the door.
"Well, here goes nothing..." Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, Comet focused on the massive door before her, trying to find the source of the magic. Her eyes shot open and her wand flashed bright red, as did the door. The glow soon vanished and she exhaled, looking slightly wary.
Wordlessly, she walked over to the door and grabbed the handle. She pulled on the handle.
The door opened, and Comet descended deeper into the dark catacombs with Cosmos trailing a few feet behind.
Earth
While the cheerleaders were busy perfecting old techniques and practicing new ones, a certain rebel princess had her eyes locked on one raven-haired cheerleader with a bit of an attitude problem. The said girl, who was bossing her fellow cheerleaders around, constantly providing them with new orders and not allowing even a moment of rest, was presently sitting on a chair at the edge of the field and yelling out orders through a megaphone.
"Chantal, for the last time! Your booty isn't impressive enough to hog the top of the pyramid! It has to be either me, Zoey, or Sabrina! Now get off there!"
Frowning sadly, Chantal hopped off the pyramid and assumed a slouched posture upon landing on the ground. She landed next to Star, who only said, "Well, it's not like I didn't tell you the same thing about a year ago."
"I know..." Chantal sighed and walked over to a group of three cheerleaders who were practicing their dancing.
"That girl needs to gain some boo-tey!" Star said to nobody in particular and made a 'tisk-tisk' sound with her mouth, then turned her attention to the football players across the field.
While the rest were practicing, Justin and Shining were standing off to the side and looking at her. They didn't want to miss her sign, whatever that was going to be. Justin tapped his wrist twice as if saying 'any time now!'.
With her hand, Star replied 'just hold on a bit longer' and turned her attention back to Brittney.
"What the-" she said to herself upon spotting Zora talking to the girl.
"How did she get there so fast?" Star questioned. She'd had her head turned away for roughly 5 seconds and Zora had meanwhile managed to cross a fair distance and engage in conversation with Brittney, who was, oddly enough, actually listening and responding to the small girl. Brittney's expression was hard to read, and Star was no expert and mouth reading either, so she had not a clue what the two girls were discussing.
The conversation ended with a Zora giving Brittney and single nod and bowing her head respectfully before returning to her seat. Star noticed Brittney look at the football players and rub her chin whilst narrowing her eyes, then dismissing whatever thought she had and yelling loudly through her megaphone, "Ok, girls. It's time to practice that new pyramid we've been discussing. Gather up and I'll join you in a few."
"Got it!" the girls said in unison and follow Brittney's instruction. Soon they were grouped up and waiting for further instructions. Brittney set her megaphone down and, standing up from her chair, joined her squad and started laying down instructions about what each of them would do. Naturally, being the most attractive amongst the girls, she would assume the position atop of the pyramid for all to see. Sabrina and a girl named Clara, the two tallest cheerleaders, would each be holding her up by one leg. Chantal and 5 other cheerleaders who were still 'lacking' would be at the bottom row of the pyramid. The middle 4 cheerleaders could be supporting Sabrina and Clara, and subsequently Brittney. Megan and Andrea would each be at either side of the girl-made pyramid doing a handstand while being supported by one cheerleader of the bottom row each.
"Ok then. Is everything clear, or do I need to explain something else?" asked Brittney. She took the silence as a 'no' and said, "Ok then. Remember: This is our first time doing this, so make sure to do it slowly and carefully. I don't want any of you getting hurt."
Just as the girls were about to reward her with a unified 'aww' for her concern over their safety and health, Brittney briskly added, "We've got a big game coming up next week, and I will kill anyone who doesn't show up! Got it!?"
The girls' glee quickly turned into fear as they nodded with petrified looks on their faces. One girl at the back half of the group swallowed audibly.
"Good," said Brittney happily, her mood going back and forth like a swing. Brittney clapped her hands twice to signal the girls to start building the pyramid.
Some feet away from the rest of the girls, Star smiled to herself.
"This is perfect!" she said, delighted. "With Brittney on top of that thing they're gonna make, she'll have a full view of the entire field!" Star paced back and forth as the continued her self-conversation. "All I gotta do is make her turn and look in the right direction when the guys start doing their thing, and huzzah! Victory! This can't possibly go wrong!"
With Zora
The small girl suddenly shot her head up and looked about herself in confusion.
"Why do I suddenly have the feeling that something is about to go horribly wrong...?"
Back to Star
The Mewman Princess high-fived herself and took out her wand, which she used to summon her new compact spellbook, which was her original one, only miniaturized. (Read Chapter 4 of 'My Star')
"Now," she said to herself as she opened the book and set it on the ground. She flipped the pages until she stumbled upon a familiar blue figure who was busy cooking something in a brown cauldron and whistling to himself. His mouth curved upward into a delighted smile upon seeing the familiar figure before him.
"Hey, Star! How's it going? It's been awhile since you used this thing," Glossaryck said.
"Meh, I've been preoccupied with other stuff," Star shrugged it off and offered no further explanation to the small blue man, who didn't seem to mind and added bits of chopped carrot into the cauldron.
"That's great. So, what do you need? If you're hungry, this stew should be done in about 20 minutes-"
"Thanks for the offer, but I'll pass on the stew," the princess cut in before Glossaryck could rant for too long. "But I do need your help with something."
"Alright. How may I be of assistance to you, princess?" Glossaryck asked absentmindedly as he roamed through a mini-fridge, took out a hunk of purple meat, and threw it into the stew.
"I need a spell that has 'look at this!' written all over it!" Star said and whipped both hands above her head to emphasize her demand. "Do you have anything of the sort?"
"Hmm..." Glossaryck rubbed his chin while thinking. He looked up at Star with a raised eyebrow, and asked, "I do. But what's the emergency?"
"I'm helping out a friend who really needs to grab the attention of this girl he likes, and I gotta make sure she's looking at him when I need her to," Star explained.
Glossaryck nodded in understanding. He just needed to make sure Star wasn't plotting to do anything dangerous with the spell.
"Alright. I think I have what you need," he said as he snapped his fingers and the magical book's pages began flipping. The second snap of his fingers stopped the motion and Glossaryck pointed at the right page of the book. "That spell should do it."
Star leant closer to the book and read forth the title of the page.
Attraction Spell, it read.
"Attraction spell. Causes the user or the target to gain the absolute attention of one or more nearby entities of the caster's choice." Star smiled widely. "This is exactly what I needed! Thanks, Glossaryck!"
"You're welcome, princess. I hope everything goes well for you and your friend," he said. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some stew to make!" He snapped his fingers and disappeared back into the magical instruction book, which closed shortly after and vanished back into Star's room, saving her the trouble of having to teleport it back.
With confidence practically beaming from her, Star stood up and decided that the time was right to initiate her plan.
Unknown planet
Comet sat down and let out an exasperated sigh.
"These tunnels are friggin endless!" she said, irritated. Cosmos sat down next to her and watched her as she stared at the engravings on the walls. The floating orb of light allowed them to make out each and every symbol written on those two corridor walls, although they had no clue what they were saying.
Shall we rest a bit?
Comet nodded. "Yeah, but only for a minute or so. We can't lose too much time. If that guy's here, I can't allow him to get away."
I still sense his presence. It's stronger than before. We're getting close.
"Yeah, I sense it, too," Comet looked at the small white winged wolf and gazed into his clear eyes that practically radiated with magical energy. "Do you really think it's him?"
I've already told you that I don't have a definite answer. Cosmos told her through their mental link. All I can say is that the energy in this place is not an unfamiliar one. Whether it belongs to him, however, I cannot tell.
Comet let out a tired sigh. "Well, I guess we're about to find out soon enough."
What'll you do if it turns out to be him? Cosmos asked, sounding as curious as he was secretly worried. He knew the hatred that Comet harbored towards that man or creature, and he was afraid that she may end up doing something she'll later on regret.
The blonde princess remained silent and stood up from the ground, unwilling to answer that question, which worried Cosmos further.
"Cmon," she said briskly and continued her march through the narrow corridors of the temple.
Comet... Cosmos thought sadly as he followed her. Deep inside, he was beginning to hope that what lied at the end of the corridor was anything but what they were seeking.
Earth
"One... two... three... GO!" Brittney shouted.
Six cheerleaders performed a short dance before throwing their pom-poms into the air and forming a single row. Megan and Andrea each ran up from the sides, did one-and-a-half somersaults and landed with their heads pointed at the ground. The two girls at the sides of the row caught them by their arms and made sure they wouldn't fall off.
"Good," exclaimed Brittney with a pleased smile on her face. So far, everything was going as intended, and all that remained was for Sabrina and Clara to balance themselves in the middle of the pyramid, then Brittney would jump up to the very top using the school's trampoline.
Star watched the events transpire with a look of awe. Maybe being a cheerleader wouldn't be so bad after all?
She banished the thought from her head. She needed to focus.
Whistling twice, she grabbed the attention of Justin and Shining, as well as the rest of the football players. She nodded briskly, and they understood the message.
Justin turned to the guys, and spoke, "Alright, dudes. Remember what we talked about. We have to make Star's bud look good in front of Brittney, so act like you're trying your hardest to stop him when he's running across the field with the ball, but make sure you don't actually stop him."
"Dude, you do realize that that happens pretty often, right? I don't see how that'll impress her..." one boy commented.
"Do you wanna have the chance to get rid of Brittney, or not?" Justin responded with an angry frown.
"Fair point..." the boy admitted.
Justin looked at Shining, and said, "Just make sure you catch the ball and then run to the end zone across the field like a starving hyena, alright?"
"Understood!" Shining exclaimed gallantly.
Justin turned to Star, who was waiting for confirmation from the players and gave her a thumbs up.
The Princess returned the gesture and watched as the boys set up formation for an attack. Shining would be acting as the quarterback, but instead of passing the ball backwards to the full-back or half-back, he would make an option run and sprint across the field while dodging and outrunning the opposing players. This was normally hard to execute and required lots of experience and the ability to not only read the defending team's formation but also make lightning-fast judgments. Fortunately for Shining, the defense would put all effort into letting him escape while only pretending that they're trying to stop him.
It was now a matter of timing. Once Brittney was atop of the girls' pyramid, Star would cast the attraction spell on her and Shining, thereby ensuring that her eyes would remain locked on him.
"-and once Brittney sees how good he is, she'll be so impressed that she'll wanna date him! Simple!" Star said to herself, finishing her thoughts. A sudden worry overcame her as she remembered the person she was supposed to be keeping an eye on. Star's worry became nought and she cued softly upon spotting Zora asleep on the stands.
"I completely forgot about her nap time," the princess said to herself, still smiling warmly. She then whipped her wand through the air and summoned a pillow underneath Zora's head.
"Better!" she said proudly and turned away from the sight before she became too intoxicated by the cute sight and wouldn't be able to take her eyes off.
While she'd been watching over Zora, Sabrina and Clara had already assumed their positions in the middle of the pyramid and were waiting for Brittney to do her part so they could catch and balance her. The said raven-haired girl looked confident as she eyed the small trampoline situated next to the girls' pyramid.
Before she took a run-up, she cried, "Alright, here I go! The two of you better catch me if you know what's good for you!" With that, she began springing towards the trampoline. She hopped onto it and was propelled into the air, where she did a front-flip before landing on her designated spot, where she was caught by her two fellow cheerleaders.
"Nice one, girls!" Brittney yelled happily.
From the other side of the field, Star heard Justin cry out to the rest of his players to begin the agreed-upon ploy.
"Alright, here we go. Prince, dude, you remember what I told you to say, right?"
Shining smiled confidently, and yelled, "686 Pump F-Stop on Two! Um, was that right...?"
"Just finish the call, dude!" Justin yelled angrily, sensing that the adrenaline was taking over.
"Right! Sorry!" Shining quickly apologised, and continued, "Purple 34, Purple 34! Hut-Hut!"
On the second 'Hut', the center snapped the ball back to Shining, who caught it and smiled. "I've got it! I've got it!" he yelled excitedly.
Justin's frustration was visible.
"Then run already!" He shouted. Shining was stunned for a moment before he remembered what he was supposed to do. He ran directly at two of the defense's football players, who tried 'stopping' him, only to collide with one another and let him slip right through them.
While the play was progressing, Star aimed her want at Shining, then at Brittney, then murmured into her wand, "Who seen is not by their heart's desire, its regard they shall acquire!"
Star's want beamed with magical energy. As the said energy was about to be released and the spell brought to life, something went amiss. Unawares to the sleeping Zora, the red lines on her cat-mask shone with a scarlet light. Star's wand, too, was consumed by the same light, which blinded the princess. Star dropped the wand, and the magic subsided.
Before she could question what had happened, Star, out of the corner of her eye, saw that all of the cheerleaders' eyes, apart from Brittney's, had a similar scarlet glow to them. The girls all began turning their heads ominously until their gazes locked onto the target they were seeking out; Prince Shining. Less than a moment later, the girls smiled oddly and disbanded the pyramid, which resulted in a startled Brittney hitting the ground with a panicked cry.
Just as Brittney was about to yell at her squad, the girls ran onto the football field, leaving her alone and confused.
Star followed their gazes and at the end of them she spotted Prince Shining, who'd just entered the end zone and made a touchdown, then stood there proudly. Star watched with curious eyes as not only the cheerleaders but also the entire football team approached the prince, their eyes glowing red and their lips curved upward into ominous smiles.
They encircled the Shining, who stood there with a smile, not sensing the ominous atmosphere.
"Well, how'd I do? Was Brittney impressed?" he asked the whole group. He got no response as the group kept staring straight at him unblinkingly. Shining arched an eyebrow at them. "Um, is there something wrong?"
"Get him!" Chantal suddenly exclaimed with a cheerful voice and leapt at him, only to have him sidestep her sudden attack and have her fall to the ground.
"What's going on!?" Shining exclaimed, a sudden unease settling in as the group of boys and girls began tightening the circle around him.
Shining swallow audibly, then screamed in terror and broke through the enclosure before it got any tighter, and ran at full speed away from the zombified group of teenagers, who gave chase to him.
"Wait! Come back, my darling!" One of the football players yelled in an attempt to make Shining stop. The result was the exact opposite as Shining began running even faster, covering the entire length of the football field in a ridiculously short amount of time.
"Uh-oh..." Star uttered with a worried frown. She watched calmly as the group chased Shining back and forth across the football field with him screaming his lungs out. Star then picked up her wand and scratched the top of her head while eying it.
"That... wasn't supposed to happen..." she said to herself.
"What's going on...?"
Star turned to look at the source of the tiny voice and saw Zora walking toward her, hugging the pillow with one hand while rubbing her left eye with the other. Zora yawned loudly and looked up to Star for an explanation as to why Shining was being chased around by a crazed mob of cheerleaders and football players.
"I dunno," said Star, genuinely unaware of what had gone wrong while casting the spell. "I think I fumbled something up. Dunno what, though..."
Their conversation was briefly interrupted as Shining ran past them, followed by the mob of teens.
"Um, should you, like, help him?" Zora asked, completely calm.
Star raised her wand into the sky and shouted, "Nullify!"
After a bright flash of light, the incantation was seemingly broken as the eyes of everyone in the group turned back to their natural colour. They stopped in their tracks and looked about themselves, utterly lost.
"Well, that was easy," Star commented. Just then, the Prince was finishing yet another lap, so she grabbed him by the arm and threw him to the ground with a light 'thud' to prevent him from continuing his panicked display.
"Dude, chill! I stopped it!" she assured him and helped him up.
Shining let out a long sigh, and asked, "I'm guessing this wasn't how the plan was supposed to go?"
"Ya think?" Star responded coldly.
The group of boys and girls approached the trio, all looking equally perplexed.
"Dude, what was that?" Justin asked. "And why did I have the sudden urge to get down with that guy?"
Star smiled sheepishly. "Well, I-"
"I'll tell you what happened!" cut in a familiar voice before Star could even begin to explain. Everyone turned towards the source and saw Brittney walking up to them with a calm but displeased look. She pushed her way through the group until she was standing right before Star, Zora, and Shining. With an irritated glare, she spoke, "Weirdo princess over here probably tried casting some of her voodoo on me to get me to notice that dork she came here with, and it backfired horribly. Or am I wrong?"
Star and Shining, as well as the rest of the group -aside from Zora- jumped upon hearing this statement. Shining, in particular, seemed very nervous. Brittney, however, was perfectly calm.
Star pointed a finger at her. "How do you-"
"Know?" Brittney finished for her. She looked at Zora flatly. "The kid told me everything earlier. I just wanted to see how desperate the guy was."
"Zora! You did what!?" Star exclaimed in disbelief.
"I was just making things easier," Zora stated calmly, earning several arched eyebrows. Before Star could question her any further, Brittney spoke up.
"You're that wimp from the mall, right? The one I placed a restraining order against?" Brittney asked, aiming her index finger at him. Shining nodded, ashamed. Brittney continued with her interrogation. "And, from what the kid told me, you did this entire pathetic display and followed Butterscotch's stupid ideas just to impress me, in hopes that I would actually consider dating you?"
Shining sighed and steeled himself.
"Indeed. My heart has been yearning for you ever since I first met you, and I refused to give up without a last, feeble attempt," he said, his tone calm and rich. If he was going down, it may as well be with dignity. Brittney stared at him judgingly, and he took it as a sign to continue. "I am truly sorry for pestering you. But I promise that, once you say the word, I shall depart from this dimension and never disturb you again."
Star frowned upon hearing that. Shining noticed this and smiled sadly as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"It's alright, Star. I suppose my quest was a folly one from the very start. You tried helping me, and I shall never forget that..." Shining said, his tone genuine, then turned back to Brittney as he awaited inevitable rejection.
Brittney stared at him in silence for a long while, then shrugged. "Alright. Practice is over for today, so just wait for me to change and we can go."
"Huh?" said Star as she and Shining, along with a majority of the group, looked at Brittney wide-eyed.
"What?" she asked the whole lot of them, generally confused.
"Y-you... accept my feelings...? Even after filing that restraining order against me when I approached you at the marketplace?" Shining asked, his face betraying his disbelief.
"What, do you need me to spell it out for you or something?" Brittney said with an irritated voice as she crossed her arms. "I would have said yes earlier if you'd asked normally instead of pulling that stupid stunt."
"Hold on! Hold on!" Star cut in. "You mean to tell me that all he had to do was just walk up and ask! Meaning that my entire plan was for absolutely nothing!?" she demanded. Brittney gave her a solemn nod. Star was, to say the least, emphatic upon hearing this.
"I really don't get why older people are always so dramatic about this kind of stuff... It doesn't seem that difficult to understand..." Zora commented from the side.
"How is it that the kid is the only one among you losers with any common sense?" Brittney asked rhetorically. Zora was about to comment that she wasn't a kid, but Brittney continued, facing Shining and Star. "Like, seriously. How hard is it to just walk up to me, apologize for freaking me out at the mall, and asking me out? It's not like I'll bite your head off! What do you guys think I am? A Viper?"
"Yes-" Justin swiftly placed a hand on his fellow footballer's mouth before the word could fully come out. He was too young to die.
Brittney kept tapping her foot as she waited for a response.
"So... this whole charade was unnecessary?" Shining asked, looking for confirmation. Brittney nodded, still angry. "But-" Shining continued. "-I was told you like your suitors to be part of this circle of so-called 'jocks' and-"
"Oh, I'm not into jocks," said Brittney flatly, cutting him off. Everyone stared at her dumbfoundedly.
"What are you talking about? Of course, you are! Everyone in school knows you're into jocks!" one of the football players cried. "Why do you think we live in constant fear and despair of you potentially asking one of us out!?" he added.
"Did I ever say I liked jocks?" Brittney asked rhetorically, and nobody replied. She shook her head, and spoke, "This is why I'm the head cheerleader and in charge of the stuff around this school. Who knows what would happen if I let any of you nincompoops take the lead..." She sighed and assumed a casual pose. "Anyway, like I told Diaz awhile ago when he was too pathetic to ask his own girlfriend out, I have a soft spot for wimpy dorks." She looked at shining. "So, are you a wimpy dork?"
"If by that you mean that I shall remain loyal to you and abide by your every word until the day death does us part, then I am indeed!"
"Good enough," Brittney said with a shrug and, to the surprise of everyone present, grabbed him by the hand and flashed him a smile. Shining swallowed nervously as his face burned red. "Hmm... wimpier than Diaz! I think this may actually work out!"
Shining exhaled heavily and cleared his throat. He spoke with a smile. "I truly am a lucky prince! Rest assured, you shall not regret this decision! And in 10-years time, you shall become my bride!"
"Wait-what?" Star asked from the side. She pointed her wand at him. "I thought you said that the wedding was tomorrow?
"What? Oh! Heavens, no! Ha-ha-ha!" Shining laughed, confusing Star. He wiped a tear from his cheek, smiled, and said cheerfully, "We have different terms for the passing of time in Alwaysland. You see, 'Tomorrow' would be the equivalent of '10-years from now' on Earth and Mewni."
"What!?" Star shrieked.
"I'm sorry for not explaining it, but I thought you knew! You have to admit that it does sound rather silly. What manner of fool would give their crown prince so little time to find a bride, right?" He finished with a chuckle. There was an awkward silence from Star's side as the princess stared at Shining irritably.
"Oh... right..." he said, remembering the events from not long ago and flashing her a sheepish grin. He then turned to Brittney and asked, "Shall we go then, my beloved?"
With that, the two departed from the rest of the group, hand in hand.
A brief silence followed until it was broken by one of the cheerleaders.
"OK!? What... the... *beep* just happened!?" she cried out, waving her arms through the air in an angry manner.
"Dude!" Justin exclaimed and pointed at her. "How did you just do that?"
"Do what?" she asked, confused.
"You know, that *beep* noise?"
"Hey! You did it, too!" Zoey exclaimed, pointing a finger at Justin.
Justin scratched his forehead in confusion, and said, "All I said was *beep*"
"Could you guys stop it with the *beep* already!? It's *beep* annoying!"
"OK! Everyone just stop!" Zoey exclaimed. "What is even going on right now?"
"Either we're crazy, or whoever is in charge of this has stopped caring about the quality of the story..." Star murmured. Everyone looked at her with baffled expressions. Star's eyes widened in realisation, and she spoke, "Oh, right. You guys don't know about the thing..."
"What thing?" Zoey asked, perplexed
"Good. Let's keep it that way."
FIN
Chapter End notes: I'm terribly sorry, but I just couldn't resist ending it like this xD. Well, maybe this wasn't 'extra long' but I did cut some stuff out to make sure it wouldn't turn out too messy (A courtesy of some advice given to me by my beta reader)
And I also apologise to any American readers for my atrocious portrayal of one of your most iconic and beloved sports. I literally just took whatever was written on Wikipedia and implemented it into my fanfic...
Anyway, feel free to leave a review and follow/favourite the story if you've enjoyed, and I hope to see you all again in 2 weeks!
Expected Update: In 2 weeks
