Chapter 11: Lobster Claws

It was normal morning in Echo Creek. Ludo of course attacked Star to get the wand but by this point Star, Marco and an invited Luffy of course. After all by this point it would feel weird that Luffy didn't join them.

Marco kicked the giraffe like monster in the throat with him calling out "My weak stop!"

Luffy then called out "Gum Gum Bazooka!" launching two of them away.

However during this one of the smothers managed to get the drop on Star, grabbed her. Others dog piled Luffy and Marco preventing them from helping.

"Someone get the wand!" ordered Ludo then noticed a lobster like monster, "Lobster Claws! Get the wand!"

"All right! I got it!" yelled Lobster Claws going to grab the wand, "Go red boy! Go red boy!"

"Will you just get the wand!" yelled Ludo.

"Oh right boss!" said Lobster Claws.

He grabbed some and cheered that he got the wand.

However it wasn't the wand.

Turns out on of the monster holding Star hostage was a monster that was part deer. The thing that Lobster Claws got was the antler of the monster.

An awkward silence filled the air as they realized what he was holding.

Star quickly busted out of the hold.

"Poison Crystal Cupcake Kiss!"

She sent out crystal cupcakes, which were extremely hard and hurt anyone they hit.

Ludo laid on the ground after being hit by some.

"Well that was fun! But we have to go to school." Said Star, "You're laying on my backpack."

"Hey! I'm going to Quest Buy? You want anything?" asked Luffy.

"No thanks." Said Marco.

"Can you get a refill for caramel for my caramel corn maker?" asked Star.

"Got it!" said Luffy.

They heard over the portal one of the sloth like workers call out "Hey Luffy!"

They all left…

However none of them would know what happened to Lobster Claws until they got back.

That afternoon Star was telling Luffy all abut her history class.

"Ben Franklin blew up a kite monster with his electric lighting powers." Said Star.

"Awesome!" said Luffy.

Marco just face palmed, "That's not what happened." He sighed.

That was when they saw Lobster Claws in the backyard. They all went outside to confront him.

"You want seconds on those cupcake!" yelled Star pointing the wand at him.

However they were concerned that he didn't fight back.

"Uh… this is the part where you fight back." Said Star.

"Go ahead!" Cried Lobster Claws, "Blast me!"

Star was surprised.

"Hey you okay?" asked Luffy.

"Well the thing is…" said Lobster Claws who began to cry some more "Ludo fired me! I can never show my face in Mewni again!"

Marco pulled the siblings aside.

"He's taking it really hard." Said Marco.

"It's probably a monster trick." Said Star.

"I don't think he's faking it, we should do something." Said Marco.

"Like what?" asked Star.

The two of them looked at Luffy who just shrugged.

"See if Luffy doesn't know then that's a sign we shouldn't help him! He's a monster." Said Star.

"Yeah from what I heard monsters are bad." Said Luffy.

"From what you heard? You fight monsters all the time." Said Star.

"Yeah… but sometimes it feels kind of off." Said Luffy with a shrug.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Said Star.

Luffy shrugged as it was hard to describe.

They all watched as Lobster Claws was doing something with a squirrel.

"Look! Monsters are the bad guys." Said Star.

"I don't have to be bad, in fact I always secretly wanted to be good." Said Lobster Claws.

"Maybe we can show him how." Said Marco.

"Seriously?" asked Star.

"Maybe it can work." Said Luffy.

"Luffy you're supposed to be on my side" said Star face palming.

"Hey… I can be on Marco's side if I want." Said Luffy.

"Look he's a monster! They're pure evil and there's no way to make him good!" aid Star.

They watched as he ate the Squirrel.

"Should we save the squirrel?" asked Luffy.

"Yeah." Said Marco.

They saved the squirrel and it now had little bandages and a cone of shame. But it was alive… so there's that.

"Okay! The key to being a hero is if you have a piece of meat you share it." Said Luffy.

"Okay… I guess…" said Lobster Claws.

"What?" asked Marco.

"You know… when if there's a big piece of a meat a hero will share it." Said Luffy, "That's what a hero does…"

Lobster Claws looked at Star and Marco. Star just sighed in exasperation while Marco was just as confused as Lobster Claws.

"All right you don't have to be a hero… or at least Luffy's definition of a hero… but you can be a good guy." Said Marco, "Just "Do on to other as they would do onto you"."

"Got it!" said Lobster Claws.

Then he punched a nearby bicyclist.

"Actually that's 100 percent wrong and the opposite of what I trying to tell you." Said Marco.

"It's okay I landed on a sprinkler." Said the bicyclist

"This is hard!" said Lobster Claws.

Luffy began to think of an idea.

"Luffy don't strain yourself." Said Star, "It's clearly something that's too hard for him…"

"I have a new idea, next time you get the urge to punch, think about how it feel if it happened to you." Said Marco.

"I got the urge." Said Lobster Claws then realized, "Wow that would have hurt.."

"See there you go!" said Marco.

That was when they heard a little girl crying.

"Help! My kitty is in a tree!" she cried.

"You got this Lobster Claws!" said Marco.

"I got this!" yelled Lobster Claws going to save the kitty.

"Careful with Mr. Mittens!" cried the little girl.

And thankfully Lobster Claws got the kitty out of the tree.

"Ta-da"! cheered Lobster Claws.

"See I told you there's some good in him." said Marco.

That was when they noticed Lobster Claws trying to eat the kitty.

The three fished out the cat form his mouth.

"See what we're dealing with!" said Star.

"The cat's fine." Said Luffy.

That was when they noticed Lobster Claws trying to eat the little girl.

After saving the little girl Marco explained that he shouldn't eat children.

"No even the annoying ones?" asked Lobster Claws.

Before they could answer, a house with piano music strangely coming form it was on fire.

"My baby! My baby is in there!" cried a woman.

"Do it!" said Luffy.

"Red Boy got this!" said Lobster Claws.

"Wait!" called out Marco.

"Don't worry I'm not going to eat it!" yelled Lobster claws as he went inside.

Star knew it wasn't a good idea to let a lobster going into a burning house without putting out the flames however.

"Cotton Candy Fire Extinguish!" called out Star putting out the flames.

They ran inside with the woman calling out "My Baby! My baby grand piano!" she said.

They all stared at the baby grand piano especially since she cooed at it as if it was a real baby. Then she hit it and it began to play camp town races.

"So that's where the music was coming from." Said Marco.

"Where's Lobster guy…" said Luffy.

They found a hole in the shape of Lobster Claws they looked through it and found he was eating all of the ice cream from a cart.

"Well he' not eating humans." Pointed out Marco.

"That's good." Said Luffy.

They continued to figure out ways to make Lobster Claws good. They found a little old lady who needed to help across the street.

"Okay here's the easy one! Help that old lady across the street." Said Marco.

"I'll help you miss!" said Lobster Claws.

"I'd say he's got this." Said Marco.

"IT should be easy." Laughed Luffy.

"Well I'm not taking my eyes off…" said Star.

She finish her sentence as Lobster Claws was already rampaging through the city with fire everywhere.

Later they were watching the new about his rampage, which consumed four city blocks.

"This is really bad." Said Luffy.

"Eh… the new always sensationalizes things." Said Marco with a shrug, "Any was I still believe in you… but first I'm going to find some rubber band for your claws. Come on!"

Luffy was confused why he wanted him to help but joined in looking for rubber bands.

And thankfully it was him asking Luffy for help in getting rubber bands from his body (Somehow…)

"Thanks for helping." Said Marco, "With Lobster Claws I mean."

"He seems like a good guy." Said Luffy.

"Yeah." Said Marco, "I know your going to be a pirate and all."

"Hey I just want to have adventures." Said Luffy.

"Yeah… I figured that." Said Marco, "Also I wanted to ask you something…"

"What?" asked Luffy.

"What's the deal with that whole sharing meat thing?" asked Marco.

"Let's say you have a piece of meat, a hero will share the meat, while the pirate will take it and have a feast with it." Said Luffy.

Marco could almost hear Luffy say "I want all the meat!"

"Uh… I don't think there's anyone else who thinks that way about heroes." Said Marco.

In the Blue Dimension a green haired teenager with three swords sneezed.

Back on Earth…

"Come on let's look for the rubber bands" said Luffy ignoring Marco's comment.

After a while they couldn't find them.

"Okay! So you do think the Teddy Mittens are a good idea?" asked Marco.

Luffy shrugged.

Marco decided it was for the best. They went downstairs.

"No rubber bands! But how about some Teddy Bear Mittens!" called out Marco.

That was when Three Eyed Paotow Baby crashed into the room.

Luffy and Marco looked at each other then went into the backyard. They found Star once again fighting Ludo's minions. Star landed next to the two of them.

"They're attacking again?" asked Marco.

"I led them here to convince them to get Lobster Claws his old Job back. I'm going to pretend that he's beating me up." Star whispered to the two of them, "Play along you two!"

"That's crazy!" said Marco.

They watched as Star fought off the monsters. Then said her rehearsed line for Lobster Claws to arrive… and like any of actor of his caliber he flubbed it, but did eventually make it.

Watching the two fake the fight was like watching a slow motion car crash. Both of them weren't very good actors. Yet somehow Ludo and his henchmen were impress.

"You know I would be more impressed if you grabbed the wand!" yelled Ludo.

"Whoa! I am defeated…" said Star over dramatically.

That was when Lobster Claws grabbed the wand.

"Hey!" yelled Star.

"Yes!" cheered Ludo.

However that was when something strange happened. The wand changed shape to a terrifying thing with an eye, not only that but Lobster Claws began to warp.

"What is happening!" said Lobster Claws as the lighter things in the area began to float as the sky darkened, "Being bad feels so good!"

"How could you do this! I was trying to help you!" yelled Star.

Lobster Claws turned around and suddenly turned back to normal with the wand turning to a cute lobster themed wand and everything returned to normal.

"Whoa!" said Star surprised.

"Don't listen to her! She's the enemy!" yelled Ludo.

He suddenly switched back to his corrupted form.

"No! I saw the good in you!" cried Star.

He returned back to normal.

"Act like a monster and give it to me." Said Ludo.

Everything turned dark and corrupted again.

"Lobster Claws! Please!" cried Star.

Lobster Claws was struggling with his good and evil.

Thankfully during this time Luffy and Marco quickly played Rock Paper Scissors with Luffy winning.

"Gum Gum Whip!" he called out kicking the wand out Lobster Claws' claw.

Star caught the wand.

"Stardust Daisy Devastation!" called out Star using her wand on the monsters, creating a ton of pollen.

"Retreat!" yelled Ludo.

They all retreated… but when Lobster Claws got to the portal he stopped him.

"You! You… had the wand in the palm of his claw." He said Angrily then turned curious and a bit happy, "What was it like?"

"A little tingly." Said Lobster Claws.

"I knew it!" cheered Ludo, "After you!"

Lobster Claws went through the portal.

"Wait! What about wanting to be good!" yelled Marco.

Lobster Claws punched Marco through the portal.

"That's my monster!" cheered Ludo.

Luffy helped him up.

"You were right Marco… there was good in him." said Star.

"Not enough." Wheezed Marco.

"Come on let's go get some meat in you." Laughed Luffy.

"That only helps you." Muttered Marco.

With that Star got her first hint that monsters could be good after all. This was indeed a very important moment in her life… as she would slowly learn the truth about monsters…

Next Time: Star, Luffy and Marco deicide to go on an adventure in the North Blue. They encounter a crew of pirates trying to kill someone for their Devil Fruit... which is a very powerful one. Will they be able to help him fight them off? Find out next time!

A/N: Yeah... I'm unsure if anyone noticed that this episode was a turning point in Star's character, most people seem to notice her change in Mewnipendence Day, but this one came before then...