Marco began packing his things as the class bell signaled it was time to leave. All the students eagerly began charging for the door and Ms. Skullnick handed out the evening's homework assignments.
She still eyed the students with disdain, though she treated them better as the recent weeks had passed. Star had unfortunately turned her into a troll and wasn't able to reverse the transformation. She tried her luck with dating some more than desirable monsters, but that ship sailed, and burned, and sank.
Marco took his homework assignment and walked out into the hallway, trying to read over what the paper had in store for him, as he heard the faint sound of a skateboard rolling towards him. He turned around, not surprisingly seeing Jackie skate down the hall. She flashed one of her signature nods to him, but he paid it no mind. "What's up, Jackie? Learn any cool tricks on that board?" he called out, smiling at his collected demeanor.
She immediately wheeled around and performed a gazelle flip right in front of him, before stopping a few lockers down. "How's that for a cool trick Marco?" she asked sarcastically, beaming him a cool smile.
He let his mouth fall open some and shook his head. "Wow. I knew you were good, but not that good! I can't wait to see what other tricks you learn." She smiled sweetly and began continuing down the hallway on her board before looking back. "I'll see you on the 'flip side' Marco!"
Marco stood smiling, thinking about how much fun the two had together when they hung out. Then he thought about how he pushed her away with his obsession to be on mewni. He was so overcome with his own idea that he was a warrior, a knight, and a hero, that he pushed everyone away. Only to be reminded of his true place when he returned to star.
He never minded being her royal squire, but he knew he was meant for more than just errands and bookwork. He looked back at Jackie as she skated away. "I'm sorry I hurt you. This time, I'll make the most of our friendship. I promise." He thought to himself before turning the other way and walking down the hall.
He didn't make it very far before Star ran up to him, smiling from ear to ear. "Jackie talked to you!" She beamed. Marco looked at her puzzled. He had told her he had a thing for Jackie a week prior, to ease her off of asking more about him and her in the future, but this was still a bit much.
"Yeah, she did a cool trick and skated off. It was uh. Pretty neat," he said. She bit her wand and eyed him closely. "I have got to set the two of you up," she stated smugly. Though marco had prepared for this, knowing that was just one step of many that led to problems.
"Star you don't have to do that. I want my future relationships to happen naturally. I don't like the idea of coaxing anyone into liking me." He spoke softly and sincerely, as his words were nothing but the truth. She frowned and shrugged it off. "Whatever you say, Marco. I for one don't mind coaxing guys a little."
"You say that now," he muttered under his breath. Star didn't hear him and continued to skip happily next to him. "Besides. why do you even have to worry about a relationship with Jackie? Don't you already know how it turns out?" Marco felt his cheeks turn a shade of red that matched his hoodie before looking away.
"I'm doing things differently this time, so I'm not sure what could happen. As I said, I won't use my knowledge of events as a crutch to get Jackie to date me," he fibbed as he stared at the ground. Star stopped skipping and looked at him with an angry but curious expression.
"How come YOU get to do things differently but I don't? Maybe I like to have things turn out better too, Marco," She huffed. Marco felt trapped. She was right. "Its because YOU don't know how things work out. I'm not the master of your fate, Star. You just have to do what feels right, and focus less on the consequences. Like last time. Youll be just peachy," He spat back.
Star glared at him and was about to retort his idea of her decisions when a sudden *Pwop* sounded between them. She looked down at her wrist and saw a single, paper thin, purple heart form on her skin. Her eyes went wide before she started hyperventilating.
"Marco... We need to leave. NOW," She said in a tone that almost defied her usual conduct. Marco got wide-eyed before taking off his hoodie and wrapping it around her head. "What?! Marco I said we have to leave, not try on your hoodie," she said in a muffled voice. Though she clung to it and pulled it lower on her head as Marco pushed her quickly through the hallway, ducking into a currently unused classroom.
"Sorry, Star. But if its anything like last time, we won't make it home and you'll just wind up terrorizing the school." He closed the door behind them and closed the blinds to the room. "Maybe if you don't see any boys this time, it'll pass and you'll be fine until we get home." He looked at her and sat on the far side of the room.
Star hugged her knees, opposite Marco and slowly peeked out of the hoodie. "Marco, no offense, but I don't think this is a good idea." *Pwop* *Pwop pwop pwop* Marco looked at her nervously before asking "why?"
She looked at him with dilated pupils as small heart-shaped pedals fell from her arms and face. "Because you're a boyyyyyy".
Marco felt the color drain from his face as he stood slowly, inching for the door. " Well, Ill find Glossaryk and ask him if there's anything that can delay the process. Just sit tight and try not to go chasing guys around the school okay?"
Her cheeks flushed as she huddled in the center of the room, picking hearts from her face and arms. *Pwop Pwop* *Pwop Pwop Pwop Pwop* "Please hurry," She whispered with wide eyes as more pedals fell from seemingly everywhere. He looked at her, concerned, before ducking out of the room to find Janna.
Marco found her looming over the spellbook, trying to decipher its cryptic language. "Janna I need to borrow Stars spellbook right now," he said in a voice capped with an edge of unease. She noticed he had several pudding cups in his hands. "Um, sure Marco. You do you," she said teasingly. Though she turned it down a notch due to his sense of urgency.
Marco knelt over the spellbook and spoke in a demanding tone. "Glossaryk. I need your help." A small, blue-skinned elf creature dressed in a tan robe and sporting a beard that split down the middle appeared from the suddenly turning pages.
"I am the- wait. How do you know my name? Have we met before? You don't even loosely resemble a princess." He spoke in a voice that seemed far too smug for such a small creature but Marco saw past it. "I'll explain another time. Stars in trouble. She's about to go through mewberty again and I need to know how to slow it down so I can get her home without destroying the school."
Marco heaved a short breath, hoping the blue creature would comply but found another roadblock in his way. "Hmmm. You said again. And I know Mewmans only go through this once. Are you from the future, my boy?" Glossaryk spoke in a continually smug tone as if he knew the answer to every question before it was asked.
Marco furrowed his brow before placing three cups of pudding before the book elf. "I'll explain later. Less asking, more helping star." Glossaryk hungrily looked at the pudding cups before sighing. "Sorry young man. It can't be stopped or slowed down. As I'm guessing you've experienced, it must run its course. Something I almost certainly told you last time."
Star sat in the center of the unused classroom, picking off small purple heart pedals, as more 'Pwopped' onto her skin. A large pile was forming and she began to grow frustrated. There was less commotion outside the classroom, however, so she figured another class must have started.
She peeked out from the small window on the door to just barely catch a glimpse of a pack of muscular and toned boys in swimsuits. She gasped and ran back to the center of the room before grabbing Marcos hoodie and wrapping it around her head. "I'll be okay, I just can't... look at... any...boys." She paused, holding the red hoodie tighter against her face, inhaling sharply from the nose.
Pwop Pwop Pwop PwopPwopPwopPwop* Hundreds of purple hearts fell from behind the hoodie and popped off of her skin as a smile crept from underneath the red fabric. "MARCOS A BOYYYYYY," she spoke in a voice that wavered, almost as if it wasn't her own. Thousands of hearts had appeared and begun filling the room, piling around her and the hoodie, covering her beneath them.
Marco ran as fast as he could back to the empty classroom he left Star in. "Why do I keep wasting my time with that guy?? I never get a straight answer out of him," he muttered angrily. He stopped every now and again to tell students to leave immediately or face a wrath like no other at the hands of his best friend.
He stopped just outside the door to the classroom as he almost couldn't believe his eyes. There, just inside the room that now gave off a deep purple vibe and was covered in vines of hearts, was a large heart shaped mass of them.
He stepped back, knowing that if he set foot in there, it would unleash a fury he had no chance of stopping. He peered through the window of the door to see his hoodie nestled around the base of the heart. That's-!" he whispered loudly before clapping his hands to his mouth.
At that moment, six handprints formed on the heart. Like they were coming from within. Marcos' eyes grew wide and he turned around to run as fast as he could. He didn't see the heart slowly split in two, leaving a purple and lavender mass at its base. Star had completed her transformation.
She had grown four extra arms, and her skin had turned a deep shade of purple. Her hair, a light lavender color, formed two long buns on either side of her head. She had grown a large pair of beating purple wings that flapped quickly, propelling her through the air, and her eyes now glowed white hot in the shape of hearts.
Marco could hear her wings fluttering down the hall after him. She was gaining, and fast. He turned around a corner and hugged the wall as she fluttered past him. He furrowed his brow and glared in the direction she went. "Shes going wreck the school again if I don't find a way to stop her. Maybe this time I can portal her to her room. Or maybe..."
Marco silenced himself as he saw a single purple heart flutter harmlessly to the ground in front of him. His eyes went wide as he looked up slowly. "Ohhh noooo," he whispered, before darting forward with a very determined princess in mewberty, chasing his heals.
"Marcooooo," it breathed, her voice ringing in his ears. He looked back and glared at her. "This is so not what happened last time and you know it!" He shouted back at her as he ran faster down the halls. She could almost reach him now. Marco ran down a long hallway and whizzed by Janna and Glossaryk.
"Never mind running it course! Don't let her catch you! There's no telling what she'd do to you!" Glossaryk called after him, seemingly more occupied with the cup of pudding in front of him. Marco kept running but shouted over his shoulder, "What do you think I'm doing?!"
Star, who had been smiling this whole time, suddenly frowned and stopped. Marco ducked around a corner and peered back before he too began frowning. There was an awful music in the air, like two rusty nails being driven down a chalkboard, with a beat.
The two both looked in the direction of the harrowing music, noticing it was coming from Oskar and his keytar. He was sitting on his car jamming out and didn't notice Star looming over him. He didn't even look up before chuckling to himself. "Hey Star, you like the music? It's really deep." He said while continuing to play.
Star kept glaring at him but suddenly opened her mouth wide to reveal rows of fangs, glistening with saliva. She roared at him before picking up his entire car and throwing it across the school grounds, the terrible music never stopping.
"Star! Stop right now!" Marco shouted from down a hallway adjacent to the lot. "This didn't work last time but at least now I have her attention," he thought to himself. She looked at him silently before smiling wide, her fangs retracting. Before he could react, she fluttered over to him and grabbed his wrists, pinning him to a wall and coating his hands in a solid layer of hearts.
"Neveeerrr...Lleeeeaaaave." She huffed cheerfully. Or as cheerfully as you could, being a mutant butterfly monster from space. Marco glared at her and looked around. "Star you need to focus on my voice," he spat, though her attention was looking increasingly ominous. "Focus. You're scaring people. You're scaring me. I need you to calm down."
She stared at him, a smile never leaving her face as she reached a hand out and touched his cheek. "Marcoooo. Staaaaaaay." She whispered. He blushed as she touched his face and looked at her. "I'm not going anywhere Star, trust me. I cant. Focus and fight it." She frowned slightly and retracted her hand quickly, blinking a few times. "Marcoooo..fight."
He was about to protest when there was a loud, sickening, slicing noise from two hallways down. A green light radiating from the opening, and heavy footsteps were all marco needed to hear.
"Star!" he whispered as loudly as he could. "Star! You need to let me go! Hes back!" he seethed, his voice never leaving a whisper. But Star continued to stare at him, before suddenly fluttering away.
Marco felt his heart stop as the footsteps drew closer. Realizing he had no way out and the assassin was just around the corner. He fought against his bindings but they wouldn't budge. They felt as strong as concrete.
His eyes widened as he saw the mysterious figure from the bounce lounge around the corner, casually walking up to him as if mocking his predicament. "Well. Well. Well" His voice was deep and soft, but it dangerously walked the edge of insanity. Like a bomb about to go off in a quiet library.
"How nice of you make things easy for me. I hope you don't mind me bragging, but I'm going to enjoy slicing you in half. And then ripping the wings off of that Butterfly." He pulled down the wraps on his face to reveal a mouth of jagged teeth, and skin that seemed to have been burned all over.
Marco glared at the man and threw a kick straight into his jaw. The assassin backed away, clutching his face and pulled out a scimitar. "Bad move kid. Its gonna be your la-," His words were halted by a set of lockers being hurled into his side, shooting him down the hallway, rolling into a heap.
Marco barely had time to react before a fluttering Star flew right up to him and pulled him off the wall with ease. She had a determined look on her face as she flew down one hallway before veering left into another. She deposited marco in front of a classroom and looked him over, touching his shoulders, hands, and face. "Marco, Okay?" she asked softly.
"Marco is okay, Star. Thank you." He looked at her and wondered why she seemed to be able to speak this time. Maybe last time she just didn't have much to say. He didn't allow himself to think about it too long, as there was a dangerous man lurking the hallways of his school.
He pulled out his scissor daggers and began running towards where the man had been thrown. But star glued one of his feet to the ground. "Marco...Staaay." She started to hover closer to him when a wave of green magic rolled through the hall, sending lockers and the two teenagers flying.
They landed a few lockers down and readied themselves for the next attack. Marco held his scissors in an X and Star hovered menacingly in front of him. The assassin charged around the corner at Marco, dragging his blades against the tiled floor.
"You're really gonna regret that. And I'm going to take my time killing you," he muttered, glaring at them. Star glared right back at him and shot six lines of sticky hearts towards the lockers behind her. She pulled on each of them one at a time, sending them flying towards their assailant.
He used his swords to slice through the lockers with ease, stepping closer as the debris flew past him. After the last locker was thrown, Marco charged from behind the locker, catching him off guard. He slashed across the man's chest, but found his blades meeting the assassins. Sparks flew as they exchanged attacks.
Star saw the two struggling and flew straight for Marco. She grabbed his hoodie and threw him back down the hallway before sending a kick to the man's ribs. He doubled over by the sheer force of her strike before catching a solid punch to the jaw by three sets of fists. He stood back and eyed Star carefully, wiping the purple blood from his jaw. "You got moves huh, bitch? Alright then. Let's go."
He brought up his swords and caught her next punch against the flat side, surprised by the force that pushed him back. He pulled his right sword back and drove a powerful jab towards Stars midsection, but she shot a string of purple heart glue at it and yanked him around her and into a locker. Before he could retaliate, he dodged and punch that dented the locker behind him, leaving three fist indents where his head was. Star spun and was about to deliver a kick to his neck when he grabbed her leg and threw her down the hallway.
She skidded to a stop and looked up at him glaring. She shot four strings of glue at the tile beneath her, slingshotting them at the assassin. He dodged the first three tiles that came whizzing at him but the fourth one found its mark against his chest, shattering against him and causing him to stumble. Before Star could rush into an attack, he thrust his palm forward and shot another wave of bright green energy. She had no to time to react before being thrown far down the hallway and slammed into the lockers at the end. "I'm using way more than I should be." He muttered.
Marco ran up to Star and grabbed her, pulling her down from the dent and running down the hallway. "Star I don't know if you can hear me but we have to work together. I need you to focus." She looked at him with a blank face and very slowly nodded. "Alright then. I need you to launch me at him as hard as you can, and then distract him with lockers. Can you do that?"
She very slowly nodded again, a smile forming on her face. "Bad boyyyyyy" She breathed heavily. Marco gulped and gripped his knives. "We seriously need to talk about your interests in guys when this is over."
She readied a string of glue against Marcos back and waited for the man to approach them. He strolled down the hallway, hacking anything that wasn't nailed down to pieces. "I hope you two have made your peace with each other. Because I'm gonna make pieces out of you!" He yelled, his voice booming down the hallway.
"Now," Marco whispered. Star nodded and swung him around several times before releasing him in the direction of their attacker. He held a scissor blade in front of him and the man braced for a heavy attack. Right before Marco connected their blades, he opened a portal and shot through like a bullet. The man stood waiting but was caught off guard by several lockers whizzing at him.
He dodged to the side and sliced the next locker right down the middle, sending both halves to his sides. another locker came flying at him but he jutted his fist out and shot a beam of green energy through its center, narrowly missing Star. He held up his blades and was about to rush star when he heard a tearing sound behind him.
Before he could react, Marco shot out of a new portal and drove a solid kick to the back of his right leg. The man winced and fell to one knee and threw both swords up to avoid catching a scissor blade with his teeth. Marco spun around to deliver a kick to his chest and sent the assassin flying right into a locker Star had hurled at him.
He was slammed down the hallway and corrected himself midair to deliver an attack to Marcos' chest, but it was easily parried. "I WILL NOT BE BEATEN BY TWO CHILDREN!" He bellowed. He thrust his hand into the ground, cracking it as waves of energy shot out in every direction. Marco Leaned into the wave and found that it was weaker this time.
He was about to send another strike at the man's ribs when a leather-clad fist jutted out. It struck right in the center of Marcos' chest, and the world stopped for Star and her friend for a fraction of a second. Green magic shot into marco like a million volt sledgehammer against his chest. It sent him rocketing back and into a wall, crumbling it under the force of his landing. He slumped down and groaned, clutching his chest.
"MARCO!" Star shrieked. She was about to fly after him when a blade swung out and barely missed her, slicing an inch off the top of her wing. She skid on the tile and faced the man in one fluid motion, Her glowing white eyes and blank expression somehow radiated hate. She dove forward and grabbed the mans leg, throwing him into the air before shooting a string of glue at him and pulling him back down to earth like a rocket.
He slammed to the ground, cracking more than just the tiles. Before he had even stopped moving, a blur of purple and lavender shot at him and grabbed his wrist. He was pulled by an unstoppable force and sent headfirst through a wall and into a classroom. He stood slowly, clutching his ribs and readied for another strike.
Star shot through the hole and delivered a powerful kick to his chin, sending him flying through the ceiling. In the air, he looked down just in time to see Star stop next to him. She brought up all six fists and balled them before cracking a smile and driving them into the assassin's chest. In the span of one second, he was sent back down to the hallway and crashed through a set of lockers. He stood slowly, watching star approach, mockingly slow. He grits his teeth and squeezed both blades in his hands.
"Not this time, Butterfly. But very soon I'm gonna cut you to ribbons and kill your little boyfriend." He brought both swords down and dove through the new portal he created, disappearing. For now.
Star looked at the spot he had landed with a blank expression, before turning quickly to Marco and zipping over to him. She looked at him and touched the side of his face, eying the bit of blood the dripped over his left brow. "Marcoooo. Huuuurrrrrt." she shuddered, as if the words were poison in her mouth.
He looked up and grabbed her hand, pulling her into a tight hug. "That was amazing Star. I'm so glad you're okay. I don't know what Id do if I lost you."
He pressed his face into her shoulder and didn't notice the hearts falling from her skin. Star slowly returned to normal, her wings shrinking down and her extra limbs morphing back into her body. Her eyes returned to normal and she gently floated down to Marcos level as a torrent of thin purple hearts fell around her.
Marco released her from the hug and looked at her, smiling, seeing her back to normal. She looked at him sheepishly and eyed their surroundings. "Oh boy, I guess I really destroyed the school huh?" This happen last time?" Marco looked around and smiled. "No, last time we werent attacked and you also didn't try to kidnap me."
Star blushed like a beet before a sudden small flapping nouse broke the silence. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!" she shrieked. "I got my mewberty wings!" Marco stood up and looked around. "Well be careful, that doesn't mean you can-" But he was cut off by Star as she dove through the air and landed face first against the tile. Her small purple wings showed on her back, though the left one was missing a small piece at the top.
Marco helped her up and rubbed his chest. "We should start cleaning the school. They'll kill us when they see this mess."
After an hour or so of Stars magic cleaning and Marcos almost magical organization skills, the school looked as good as new. Aside from a few missing lockers. The two began walking home after assessing their injuries.
"So you don't remember anything?" Marco asked with a puzzled look on his face. "No, just bits and pieces of fighting that guy. And some of me chasing you down the hall. Sorry about that by the way." Star looked down but marco patted her on the back. "Are you kidding? That was awesome. you fought him like a flying storm of punches and lockers."
Star smiled at him and looked down the street. "Well, I'm sure that Mewberty Star won't be returning, but what if that guy comes back? He seems to really have it out for us." Marco frowned and squinted his eyes at her in a serious way. "Then we'll just have to make sure our next fight is the last."
Star blew a raspberry and burst into a fit of laughter. "Yeah, hahaha I think we'll be okay. As long as I've got you, nothings gonna stop us." Marco smiled but deep down he felt his heart lump to his throat. "Yeah, haha, ill always be here for you. When you need me."
She started skipping ahead of him but turned back to look in his direction for a moment. "Maybe if we hurry home, we can enjoy some nachos, MAARRRRCOOOOOO."
He frowned but then broke out into laughter as he began chasing star. "Not cool, Purple Mothwoman! My nachos aren't just some booty call you can make whenever you get hungry!" The two ran home after a weird, and very wild day at school. One of many, surely.
AUTHORS NOTE
Alright, first Wednesday update, looking good. This is a really long one to hopefully hold you over till Sunday. Enjoy the read and please, leave a comment and I'll reply as soon as I can. Hope yall like this one, because the next one, its got a lot of..blood.
lmao anyways enjoy and Ill ttyl!!!!!