A/N: Well, this should wrap up chapter 9! Just 3 more Chapters to go! WOO!
Replies to the latest reviews:
Sugar: I did highlight the issue of them being too young with good reason, but the three will make a wonderful family!
archivewriter3: *laughs evilly* I am deaf to your pleas, infidel! Muahahahaha! Btw I'll explain the situation with Janna, give it time.
Rock Raider: The next one? Not so much. The final two after that? Yessir! And you can bet that I'll do something unexpected and creative, mainly because I've been winging this whole story since chapter 1. Even I don't know what'll happen in the next chapter xD!
Bedrock Armor: Fun fact: My mother had me at the age of 37. Infertility is not the problem; the issues are that with a greater age, the risk of your child having birth defects increase exponentially.
Damunyo: Oh, thank you very much! I hope I'll keep you entertained until the end! And you bet I watch that show; I am obligated to watch it since I'm a metalhead :)!
Disclaimer: I do not claim the right to Star vs. the Forces of Evil or any of the characters that appear in the show. They belong to Disney and the show's creator, Daron Nefcy. I do, however, claim the right to the plot as well as any original characters that may appear in this fic, and would kindly ask you to inform me should you want to use anything from this fic in your own story. -jolleIQ
Beta read by ElleFreak.
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Star vs. The Forces of Evil: Staring it up!
Chapter 9
Family
Final Part
"Marco *pant* slow down! I need to *pant* catch my *pant* breath!" Star pleaded, desperately trying to catch her breath, but Marco ignored her pleas and instead kept running at a full pace with Zora on his shoulders, dragging the exhausted princess by the hand.
"Nope! Not until we're at my house!" he frantically replied and would not allow a word of protest.
For all that Star's Mewman strength and endurance were worth, when Marco's mind was in a state of panic, not even the swiftest of Mewni's scouts could hope to match his feverish pace, let alone the laid-back princess. Not that his frantic state of mind wasn't reasonable. His mind was still lingering on the gruesome sight that had played out before his eyes mere minutes ago in the very familiar Echo Creek park.
Shortly after the police had arrived as backup for the cps agent and the latter had told Star and Marco that he would have them arrested for their misdoings, he tried to forcefully drag Zora away, only to have Star claw at him and tear three clean cuts across his face, then hiss madly at both him and his reinforcements. As she began transforming into the same malicious form Marco's has witnessed earlier, the police opened fire on her.
But it wasn't the shooting of the guns or Star's monstrous transformation that left Marco in a daze, it was the event that happened not a moment later.
Using his newfound magical abilities, Marco swiftly performed a few karate moves and spawned a protective barrier around himself, Star and Zora. However, no sooner than he'd cast the spell that something he could only describe as bizarre occurred.
He heard Zora cry in agony and turned to face her, only to be blinded by a red light so intense that he thought for a moment that a meteor had landed on the spot next to him. The light that had been radiating from her mask soon devoured the small girl and not long after, no trace of her remained, only a shadowy feline-like figure, wearing her cat beautiful cat mask.
What had followed her transformation could only be described as terrifying.
The two creatures made quick work of the terrified police officers, leaving Marco to watch the slaughter helplessly and pray that none were fatally wounded. To his relief, whenever Star was ready to literally tear one apart, the shadowy feline jumped before her and enclosed the officer in a dark, shadowy cloak, evidently putting him into a deep, deep slumber that caused 'Star' to no longer see him as a threat. This process was repeated until none but Marco and the two monstrosities were left. As if knowing that the fight was over, both girls returned to their normal forms and only looked around themselves with perplexed looks. When Marco had asked them about it, neither could recall their transformations.
Amnesia, Marco had concluded, then put Zora on his shoulders and grabbed Star's hand and made a run for it, aiming to get as far away from the park as possible and figure out what to do about the situation before the officers awoke and came looking for them with much more lethal forces. As far as he was concerned, Star and Zora would be classified as public threats, and he would also find himself on the wanted list, no doubt. And talking them out of it was hardly an option anymore.
We need to figure out what's going on.
His decision was final.
As soon as they reached the house, Marco kicked the door open and flung his girlfriend inside, then slammed it shut again and slumped over, panting as though he'd run a marathon and sweating accordingly. Zora carefully climbed down his back and thanked him for the piggy-back ride with a gleeful smile.
"Don't... *pant*... mention it..." Marco replied breathlessly. He took a minute to fully catch his breath as Star got up from the floor and glared angrily at him. "Hehe, sorry about that..."
"You threw me inside. Like, literally threw me inside!" Star said the word 'threw' with special emphasis and crossed her arms at Marco, giving him a 'we will talk about this later, mister' look. Upon seeing it, he decided to address a much bigger issue, one involving their soon-to-be newly-appointed daughter.
"Star, when we were in the park, Zora turned into some cat or something. You wouldn't know anything about that, would you?"
"Uhm..." Star stammered awkwardly and Marco shot her a deadpan look.
Marco sighed a prolonged sigh.
Of course...
"Star, why didn't you tell me if you knew about it?"
"Because I didn't think it was anything serious!" she said in her own defence, but Marco was swift to counter.
"Nothing seri- Star! She turned into a giant shadowy cat! How exactly is that nothing to be concerned about!?" Even after knowing her for so long, the princess' logic never ceased to amaze Marco in both meanings of the word.
"I did what?" Zora asked and scratched her head in confusion.
"Marco, what even happened that you just dragged us back here?" asked Star.
"Why am I suddenly the one being interrogated!?"
Because they don't remember anything, he recalled and took a deep breath to calm his nerves. The stuff he had to deal with on a daily basis...
"Long story short, you-" he pointed a finger at Star, "-turned into that giant mewbery-like thingy and began attacking the police officers, and Zora turned into some giant cat-like demon thing and stopped you from brutally murdering them."
"I repeat- I did what!?" Zora practically shrieked the last part. Surely she would remember something so inexplicably cool!
"Look, I'm not sure what the heck that was, and seeing as neither of you have a clue, I think we should get a, erm, professional opinion from someone who might know instead of breaking our heads around it."
This was the only rational course of action, decided Marco. The situation was downright weird and the three certainly lacked the time to sit around and figure it out by themselves, provided they could even figure it out at all.
"My mom might know what to do," Star suggested.
Marco smiled.
"Well, that's convenient since we're headed there anyway."
"We are?" asked Star.
"Well, we can't really stay around here with the situation so, what's the word, heated. It's just too dangerous, especially after what happened in the park. Plus we can tell your parents that we've decided to adopt Zora into the family straight away. The sooner the better, after all."
Star didn't need to think about Marco's words in order to know that he was right. She loved Earth and her friends dearly, but at the moment, things just weren't safe for neither them nor, more importantly, for Zora.
"Alright," she said, reluctantly agreeing to Marco's on-the-spot plan. "But we can't exactly just barge to the castle and tell them we're staying there. I'm exiled, remember?"
"Oh, right, darn..." Marco kicked his floor, brushing the floor with his heel. He'd completely forgotten about that dumb law that prevented Star from returning to Mewni so long as she was - officially - unwed. As much as he knew what the simplest solution to their dilemma was, he just wasn't quite ready to officially seal the deal with Star, especially after reading the mandatory wedding night ritual the royal couple had to *ahem* perform in order to ensure a new offspring as soon as possible.
Marco looked at Zora with a deep frown, causing the girl to arch a perplexed eyebrow at him.
I am so having that law rewritten before she turns 15...
"Ok, so that's our problem now," said Marco. "I've already checked the entire thing through, but I didn't find a loophole we could exploit. Any ideas?"
Star made an expression of deep thought, rubbing her chin and staring at the floor. "Hmm... maybe, just maybe..."
"What?" Marco and Zora asked.
"You found something?" said Marco, pressing Star for an answer. He did receive one, albeit not the one he was expecting to hear.
"Hmm? Oh, pfff, don't mind me. I was just thinking that maybe we should pack some nachos and cheese before we leave. We don't really have either on Mewni and you know darn well that I can't live without ma nachos!"
Marco facepalmed and shook his head. Only Star was capable of thinking about food in a situation like this.
"Thanks, Star. Very helpful of you."
"No problem!" Star replied gleefully, evidently having missed the obvious sarcasm in his voice.
"They don't really have to know the truth, do they?" spoke the youngest of the three voices. "You could just tell them you changed your mind, then set the wedding date in advance and tell everyone you need to be on Mewni for courting, preparations and other stuff. That would work, right?"
Star and Marco could only stare at her in an awkward silence.
"... you are way too smart for your age..." said Marco, unsure whether that was a good or a bad thing.
"I know!" Zora declared with a proud smile.
Leave it to a little kid to not overthink a come up with a simple solution to a complex problem. Marco and Star felt both impressed at Zora's thinking and ashamed of themselves. Children truly worked wonders at times.
"Well, it's worth at least a shot. Good thinking, Zora," declared Marco happily and patted Zora on the head. The small girl grumbled in ire but did not complain, still unsure whether she hater or liked this gesture of affection from the boy. "Now that that's settled," Marco continued, "I don't wanna stay around here for too long. Who knows when those guys will come looking for us, and we've just gotta find my parents and tell them to come with us, so-"
"Oh, you don't have to look far."
Marco could feel his heart stop momentarily upon hearing his mother's voice. He turned his head towards the source and saw his mother and father standing in the doorway of the kitchen, smiling at them with half-lidded eyes.
"How long have you two been standing there!?"
"Oh, for a while," Angie replied, smirking suggestively at her son.
"Well," continued Rafael, "at least, long enough to hear about everything important." As Rafael spoke those words, both he and his wife looked at the small girl, then at Marco and Star, the latter two blushed violently and avoided his parents' gazes. They both chuckled upon seeing the two flustered teens.
Well, they definitely aren't mad...
Angie walked over to the Zora and knelt down beside her. The woman brushed her right cheek tenderly with a loving smile.
"So, you're going to be my little nieta, hmm?"
"Um, your what?"
Angie chuckled and hugged the small girl, startling her.
"Welcome to the family, darling."
Zora blushed violently as she felt an odd warmth inside, very pleasant and kind, like that of a kindling fire. She returned the hug with a smile.
"Thank you- ahh!" Angie swooped her up from the ground and walked over to Rafael, who ruffled her hair and proudly smiled at his son.
"This could not get more awkward..." Marco murmured, wishing he could disappear into thin air. Star was in a similar situation, although she still had her parents to confront. The mere thought of it made her head feel a light.
Marco took a deep breath and decided to confront the elephant in the room.
"So, not that you haven't overheard already, but we're going to Mewni until things cool off, which may take a few... years... Uh, yeah, so we kinda need you two to come live with us at the castle."
A compelling offer, one they would surely take.
"And miss out on all the fun? I think not, young man!"
Or not...
"What?"
Angie set Zora onto the floor carefully and spoke with a smile, "Marco, your father and I appreciate the offer, we really do, but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity that we just can't allow to slip by."
Needless to say, Marco had no clue what his mother was talking about. What once in a lifetime opportunity? Wasn't going to another dimension precisely such an opportunity?
"Your mother's right, son," Rafael continued. "It's been a while since your mother and I have had some action in our lives! Si, mi amor?" His question was aimed at Angie, who nodded affirmingly. Marco still didn't know what they were talking about until his father briefly exited the room only to come back moments later holding two sets of clothes, two wiggs, two pairs of shoes and some makeup.
The two parents put on the change of clothes (which forced Marco to avert both his gaze, Star's and Zora's) and when they were done, Marco concluded that they truly had lost their minds.
"What do you think? Does it look convincing enough?" asked Angie and spun around in place to show off her disguise, one that resembled Star's usual outfit almost too well; she even had two hearts painted on her cheeks and was wearing a blond wig with Star's trademark red devil horns, while Rafael was wearing a brown wig and a large, red hoodie.
Marco knew that he'd regret asking, but it was too compelling not to.
"I'd hate to ask, but convincing enough for what purpose?"
Rafael's immediate response had him question for how long the two of them had been planning this out.
"Why to lead the police into believing we're you two, of course! What else?"
Yep, they were officially insane. Before Marco could try to talk some sense into them, he overheard something that he wasn't sure made the situation better or worse.
"Honey, are the bikes ready?"
Rafael gave his wife a thumbs up.
"All oiled up and ready to roll!"
"Bikes?" Marco inquired, growing more troubled with each passing second.
"Oh, the two Harleys your father's been restored in the garage for the past 5 years or so."
Rafael nodded eagerly.
You have got to be...
"Give me a moment to process this," Marco rubbed his temples that were aching at this point. "So if I understand this correctly, your idea of fun is running from the cops on two motorcycles!?" Marco could feel the stupidity of his question, but once he received an eager nod of affirmation from Angie and Rafael, he felt as though he were stuck in a cartoon or something. "What is this!? A crossover episode!?"
Needless to say, Marco was just done.
"Oh, honey," Angie walked over to him and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "You know your father and I need a little action every now and then. We'll be fine. The three of you should go on ahead and we'll give you a call when we're ready to pay you a visit."
"What about the house?"
Angie brushed it off casually. "All taken care of."
Meanwhile (yes, these 2 still exist.)
"Uh, Ferguson?"
"Hmm?"
"Are you sure mr. and mrs. Diaz will be alright will us throwing all those parties? Didn't they tell us to just look after the house while they're gone?"
Ferguson put down the party calendar he was making and shook his head at Alfonzo.
"Tsk, tsk... Alfonzo, the more people we have over all the time, the more eyes will be watching over the house."
Alfonzo rubbed his chin and contemplated Ferguson's words, then shrugged.
"Makes sense to me!" Alfonzo agreed eagerly.
Diaz household
The group had moved to the garage. The three youngest members of the family were watching Angie and Rafael as they strapped on two biker helmets and matching glasses.
"Are the two of you really sure that you wanna do this?" Marco asked, although he already knew the answer.
Angie walked over to her son and gave him a quick hug.
"Marco, I've told you not to worry. Your father and I know what we're doing."
Somehow, I doubt that...
Marco sighed and nodded. He knew very well that there way no talking sense into his parents. When they decided on something, they were gonna go through with it, no matter how terrible the idea. He couldn't deny that he was a bit worried for them, but then again, they were his parents, so there was probably no real reason to be concerned.
Angie gave all thee a quick peck on the forehead and whispered something into Star's ear that made her snicker and blush lightly. "Don't worry, I will," Marco heard the princess say whilst looking at him. It was safe to assume that Angie's words had something to do with him, but it was best not to ask. Angie then walked over to her bike and mounted it.
"Take care, you three! Remember to call!" Rafael reminded them, and Marco gave him a thumbs up. Upon pressing a button on the wall, the garage door opened and after another round of goodbyes, Rafael and Angie began their reckless journey and rode out on their thunderous machines.
As they were waving the two adults farewell, Star paused to look at Marco as something crossed her mind.
"Wait, what about the laser puppies? And those hellhounds your dad keeps in the backyard?"
"Uh..."
Right on cue, the two heard a chorus of dogs barking and looked towards the street to see the three hellhounds running after Angie and Rafael with the laser puppies riding on their backs, each step of the demonic dogs left a fiery footprint in the pavement.
"...well, there's my answer..." Star muttered. Hey, at least they would get some exercise and fresh air, right?
"My new family's really weird..." Zora muttered to herself. Star and Marco didn't argue her claim and only nodded in agreement.
The trio left the garage and after packing some essentials into a single suitcase Marco was tasked to carry, deciding they could always just sneak back in case they forgot something, Star took out her dimensional scissors and cut open a portal to Mewni, more specifically, the castle.
"Ready?" asked the princess.
In response, Zora walked in between her and Marco and nodded. Both teens smiled at the girl and each grabbed one of her free hands.
"Well, see ya later, Earth," said Marco and took the first step into the portal. His two girls promptly followed suit, and thus the three went to Mewni together, as a family.
Yet, as the trio walked through, an ominous, evil laughter accompanied the closing of the portal.
End of Chapter 9!
A/N: What am I even writing at this point...
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