Like Father, Like Daughter
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Star vs the Forces of Evil
Chapter 17: My Best Friend's Wedding
Pony Head had ducked out to help a special guest get to Hekapoo. She left Kelly in charge of the line, while Tad walked guests to their seats.
"Oh, golly! I was so surprised to get a wedding invitation. I always say you just can't miss a wedding. They are joyous occasions, and if someone invites you, there is no distance too far."
Kelly nodded as one of the last guests spoke to her. He was a small hairy orange guy with a big green hat and a little bow tie.
He wasn't rude or anything. He'd just gotten into this whole long talk.
"Wander!" His companion stopped him. "The wedding is about to start, and we have to get to our seats."
"Oh, you're right Sylvia." He spoke to his blue… reptile horse… thing… Kelly had no idea what she was.
Tad smiled, "Here, let me show you the way to your seats. Oh, let's talk after this. I want to know more about that fruit salad you were talking about."
Sylvia took a second, "Yeah, sorry about him. He can get a little excited at weddings."
"Yeah, no worries." Kelly smiled at her.
She turned back to the line, only a few more people to get seated.
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"Milly!" Hekapoo greeted her friend as she rolled in.
"Hekapoo." Milly smiled.
"Well, I'll just leave you two." Pony Head excused herself; there was something she needed to do.
Neither paid her any attention.
"Look at you!" Milly smiled, "You're getting married. I never thought you'd settle down. Oh and you've got a kid! I met her when the Bounce Lounge closed down. She's such a sweet kid."
"Thanks." Hekapoo smiled, "Thanks for being here. It looks like retirement suits you."
"The party had to come to an end, and I just wanted a different life. Is that why you're getting married?"
Hekapoo scratched the back of her head and took a breath, "I love him, and we have Seraph and … there was this moment where everything just became so clear. We want to be together, that's the life I want."
There was a small smile on Milly's face, "Honey, I adore you, but are you sure you want this? Your immortal, and from what I've seen he's not."
Hekapoo frowned for a moment before it was replaced by a sad smiled, "I know I'll outlive him and my daughter … I'd rather make the most of the time we have together than regret not having them in my life."
Milly patted Hekapoo's cheek, "Don't be sad. It's supposed to be a happy day, for now enjoy it."
"I'm glad you agreed to be one of my bridesmaids."
"Well, I couldn't say no. You don't have that many friends."
"I'm just too much for most people to handle."
"I've noticed. The nights you came to the Bounce Lounge aged me this badly. I'm young for my species."
"Oh please, you're old for the universe."
Both old friends traded quips, just enjoying the moments before the wedding.
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Marco finished getting ready. He looked at himself in the mirror and smiled, "Perfect."
Marco's thoughts shifted to his family and all the help they had provided in making this possible. He felt lucky to have them in his life. Then he remembered a member of the family that couldn't be here for the wedding, his Abuelita. He would have loved to have his grandmother Linda here, but time didn't allow it. And now she was gone.
But she'd be back from her cruise in a few weeks, and they could share the good news with her then. She never did remember to charge her cell phone while on trips.
There was a knock on the door, "Come in."
Marco was confused; who would bother him right before the wedding?
"Hey." Pony Head let herself in.
Of course, Marco thought to himself.
"Hey Earth Tur-" She bit her tongue, "Marco." She should at least try and be nice on his wedding day. "Marco, look I know we were not really friends."
"Yeah, we're not, well, not good ones."
"Rivals?"
"Frenemies. I get along with you better than Tom. You've only tried to kill me once."
"That's setting the bar really low," She scoffed, "Comparing me with Tom?"
Marco chuckled, "Maybe a little."
"Well, I wanted to say something, and it's hard for me. So just don't stop me." She took a deep breath, "I hope your happy, and that whatever you're looking for, you find it with Hekapoo. That you can give your little girl the life she deserves. You guys deserve to be happy."
Marco was actually moved by her sudden kindness. "Thanks Pony Head, it really means-" He paused and cringed as Pony Head coughed up something.
"Yeah, I brought you that."
Marco picked it up to find out it was a picture.
"I kinda let it slip to the girls at St. O's that Princess Marco was getting married to Hekapoo, and well…"
Marco looked at the picture of the Princesses holding a large sign that read 'Congratulations on your Wedding!', all around the picture were scribbled on messages from the princess wish them luck.
"They all wanted to come, but I told them it was a small gathering. They understood and sent presents with me-"
Pony Head was silenced as she found Marco hugging her. "Thank you."
"O! Don't start. " Pony Head smiled, "You threatened me to do this. Don't make it any weirder. Besides, I kinda like this. I'm thinking of maybe going into event planning, and I love getting to tell everyone what to do."
"Ah, aren't you going to be a queen?"
She blinked, "Oh, yeah. Never mind, that is a much better job."
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"Am I an idiot?" Star asked her mother.
She'd told her everything, about the trial, about Seraph, about the wedding, and her suspicions that it was a spell. In the end, it just felt like she had done everything wrong.
Star didn't know the last time she talked with her mother for this long or was so honest with her. They sat on the couch. Star lowered her head, "Am I? Do I just want to ruin this wedding? Do I lo-"
"No." Moon told her, "Star, you are not an idiot. I think I understand."
Star looked up at her mother confused.
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Tom found himself sitting next to Mr Candle. He was surprised to find out Mr. Candle had been invited; it seemed that Marco felt some respect for the man for his help. Tom had been upset at the short notice of the event because he couldn't get a date on such short notice. He didn't want to seem dateless in front of Star. He thought about trying to flirt with her during the event, but thought it would be pointless as she'd be busy with her Best Person duties. Still, he was touched that Marco invited him, so he came in a suit and brought a nice gift.
What upset him now was his seating.
He was way in the middle and couldn't see anything because some giant bug sat in front of him. Now the bug was making some noise.
Something boiled up in Tom, "Hey mind moving it you bi-"
Tom stopped as the bug and those seated next to him turned to look at him. Tom suddenly felt chilled to the core.
"What was that?"
Tom suddenly felt small and weak.
"You're Styx!" Mr. Candle spoke up.
The bug man answered, "Yes, I am."
"And your Dia, Noire, Princess Puri Puri Pearl, Maximus, and-"
"What?" Tom asked his servant.
"Oh, sorry. Master Tom these are some of the best warriors in the universe. They made it to the finals at the Battle Nexus Tournament. I've been watching the tape non-stop. You were all amazing."
"Thank you very much," Styx gratefully accepted the complement.
"Ah, and you're friends with Hekapoo," Tom gulped. He knew he was powerful, but he wasn't willing to fight off several powerful warriors.
The woman in black, the one that gave Tom the most feeling of dread spoke, "Actually we're associates with Marco."
"We're friends," A woman with brown pigtails smiled, "We actually met him during the tournament."
"He was a noble fighter," The gladiator dinosaur explained.
"Yes," The pearl themed princes smiled, "he is. We all sort of stayed in touch after the tournament, and he invited us."
Nearby Wukong sat and smiled contently. The tournament was meant to bring people together, and he was happy to hear that these fighters had become friends.
"So, yeah. Marco is all about martial arts and stuff; he must be a big fan of yours." Tom wagered.
They all turned to him giving him an odd look. Mr. Candle being the first to speak up, "Master Tom, Mister Diaz won the tournament."
"What?!" Tom yelled out earning him some looks from all around him.
Suddenly a quiet voice was heard behind him, "Young man, I suggest you quiet down."
Tom found a man wrapped in chains working on a small puzzle box.
"Yeah, sorry." Tom wondered to himself how many dangerous people did Marco know.
Marco walked passed them as he moved towards the aisle with Alfonzo and Ferguson close by.
Everyone started to settle into their seats; it seemed like it was about to start.
Styx sobbed, and Dia patted his shoulder, "Come on little guy. Don't cry."
The large bug man sniffled, "I can't help it, weddings always make me cry."
Noire simply smirked, "You had time to prepare. I think it's very obvious that this is how things would have turned out."
Nearby, Angie cracked her fingers as she sat by the keyboard to play the wedding march to signal Hekapoo to start walking. They just waited for everyone to be in their spots.
"Are you ready?" Rhombulus stood in the middle of Seraph and Milly.
Seraph smiled, "Yeah."
Marco winked at his daughter and gave her a big smile.
Seraph smiled holding onto the flowers she had been given. Her mother made her the Maid of Honor, and she'd been working hard for this wedding. Doing everything she could to help. She stayed up writing her speech and re-writing it until she was happy with it.
Her parents were getting married. Her heart was beating in such a weird way; she wanted to cry in a happy way.
Marco took a deep breath as he got ready and looked over to his side where Alfonzo and Ferguson stood.
"Wait, a minute." Marco spoke up, "Where's Star?"
Those gathered looked around and didn't see the princess. Eyes fell onto River who sat by an empty chair. The King shrugged, not sure where Moon or Star were.
"Maybe an emergency thing popped up on Mewni." Seraph offered up.
"Bah?" Lekmet offered up as he stood ready for the ceremony.
"That so true," Rhombulus said, "so, should we just wait until we find Star?"
Marco looked around, and his eyes fell where Star should have been standing. Marco felt a pain in his chest; he wanted Star to be here by his side. What should have been a happy day suddenly had a cloud of darkness looming over it. For the first time in a while, Marco frowned.
Then he saw the face of his daughter and smiled again.
Marco scratched the back of his neck, "No, I think we've waited too long." Marco turned to those seated. "I need a new best person, and there is one person I can think of that should be here. We kinda started off rough, but he's someone I do consider a friend. He's got a bit of an odd temperament for a demon, but still."
Tom's eyes glimmered, "… Marco … It's an honor …"
"Solusod Corruptor of Souls, come up here."
"It would be my absolute pleasure." The ever stoic demon quickly floated up and towards Marco.
"What the-" Tom let out.
"Silence!" Noire yelled. "The ceremony is about to start."
"Just pet the bunny, Master Tom." Mr. Candle told him.
The gray skinned demon hovered to Marco as he took his rightful spot.
Things would have proceeded different in normal wedding with the groomsmen walking down the aisle with the bridesmaids, but that wasn't advisable with the wedding being planned so quickly. That and Hekapoo wanted to make an entrance.
As Angie started to play the keyboard, the wedding March began.
The yelping of the laser puppies was heard as they raced down the aisle, each dressed with bow ties or little red bows. The pups tossed flower petals around as they reached the front of the aisle and settled down by the chairs. Followed behind was Nachos, who was carefully balancing a pillow with a pair of rings. As the dragon reached the front, she moved to Marco's side ready to deliver the treasure she cared for.
After a moment, Hekapoo walked out of the house ready for what was to come.
Marco's heart pounded in his chest. He felt as if time was standing still as his eyes fell on Hekapoo looking beautiful in her wedding dress.
She smiled, and her cheeks quickly reddened as her eyes locked with his.
Hekapoo felt all the eyes around focus on her, but she didn't care. She couldn't help but focus on Marco, thinking how wonderful he looked in his suit.
Hekapoo held her bouquet of celosias tightly, careful not to crush them. The train of her wedding dress wafting behind her as she walked.
"Ready?" Omnitraxus manifested next to her and above everyone else, and he stretched out his hand to the Forger.
"I am." Hekapoo said confidently.
Somehow the giant skull almost seemed like it was smiling despite not having lips.
Marco was stunned as he watched Hekapoo walk closer, he couldn't force himself to turn away.
As Hekapoo reached the altar she smirked, "You like what you see?"
"Ah, yeah," Marco whispered, "you look beautiful."
Hekapoo whispered, "You don't look bad yourself."
Omnitraxus chuckled and moved Hekapoo's hand towards Marco. "Take good care of each other."
"I promise I will." Marco smiled at the giant.
Hekapoo gave Marco's hand a good squeeze enjoying feeling his warmth, even through the silk gloves she ended up borrowing from Milly.
They were doing it. They were going to marry, and as impossible as it all seemed, it was right to them.
"Bah!" Lekmet cleared his throat and spoke to everyone gathered, "Baw bah wah baah ah wah."
Rhombulus sniffled, "That was beautiful, equal parts touching and funny."
Marco and Hekapoo glanced at each other. Those watching them were just as confused as they were.
Hekapoo finally spoke up, "Yeah, I think I noticed a flaw in my plan. Huh, let's just skip to the end."
"Yeah, maybe we should just skip to the vows."
Hekapoo cleared her throat, "Marco, my champion, the father of my daughter, my friend, my soulmate, my rival, and my lover, you have no clue how much you mean to me. I have existed for a very long time, and I have known a lot of people. You stand above them all. Your very presence in my life has made a difference that I didn't imagine was possible. For so very long I felt alone, even amongst others. It felt like that loneliness would sometimes crush me, but since I met you, that weight has lightened, and now standing here with you amongst our friends and family I don't even notice it. I love you in a way that I never imagined was possible," she glanced at their daughter "you've brought so much joy and many wonders into my life that I can't put into words how grateful I am. All I can do is spend the rest of our lives to try to give you a fraction of the joy you've given me. I love you Marco Diaz, and I always will."
Lekmet turned to Marco as if to say it was his turn.
Marco smiled. He wasn't sure about what he was going to say, but now standing in front of everyone he knew, "My H-poo. When I met you, I didn't think I'd spend the next 16 years chasing you for some scissors, but I'm glad I did. Because I wasn't spending those years looking for some piece metal, I was looking for this wonderful woman that would steal my heart. Well, I'm here to tell you that you didn't have to steal it. I'm giving it to you. You showed me who I could be and everything I could do. I'm not sure when I fell in love with you, but I did. And I think deep down I've known it for a long time. Now we're here together and are going to start our lives with our daughter, and I couldn't be happier. You've made me so happy, and I don't want it to end." He gave her hand a squeeze, "Hekapoo, I give you everything I am and everything I could ever be. I love you, and I can't wait to make a life with you and our daughter."
There was a general "Aww" from the well wishers.
Jackie took a deep breath and did everything she could to smile, but paused when she heard a something from her side. Janna stifling a sob, as tears threaten to escape her eyes. Jackie reached over and took her hand, "They're happy, and that is good, you know."
Janna wiped away a tear, "Yeah, I guess. Doesn't really make this easier."
"Baw!" Lekmet let out.
Nachos moved over holding out the pillow on her head, and the two rings made by Rhombulus glimmered.
The pair took hold of them and looked at each other.
Marco took her hand a pulled off the glove and slowly placed the ring on her finger, "With this ring I, Marco Ubaldo Diaz, take Hekapoo, Forger of the Dimensional Scissors, as my wedded wife to hold, to cherish, and to love as long as long we both shall live."
"Are you sure?" Hekapoo whispered.
"I-"
"I OBJECT!"
Everyone looked not at the couple but the source of the objection.
Star was standing there with her wand in hand, a firm grasp on it.
"Star, don't." Jackie tried to call her off.
"I think you missed the objection part," Janna added, "but I'm not sure what the old goat was saying."
"You just lost the bet, Sabrina." Brittney snickered.
The crowd of well wishers started to murmur amongst themselves.
"Star? What?" Marco tried talk to his friend, but he was cut off.
"Parasitis revelo!" Star let out.
A magical blast shot out from the wand striking both of them; they quickly tumbled to the ground.
"Mom! Dad!" Seraph yelled out running to their side; her grandparents following her lead.
"Star!" River yelled out, as did many others who were outraged and shocked by her actions.
"Star, that is really too much." Tom yelled, "Why kill both of them? And you should really do something like that in private with less witnesses. Plus, in front of their kid?" Tom just shook his head.
That actually caused Star to do a double take. "Wait, let me explain."
She didn't get a chance as both Marco and Hekapoo bolted up to their feet like puppets being yanked up by their strings.
Both of them started to scratch at the back of their necks in a fervent panic. Then they just stopped, their arms falling to their sides limply with their eyes in a daze, and then dropped to the ground again.
Then two glowing specks popped off. The specs then grew wildly until they were the size of elephants, and now it was clear they weren't mere specs but bugs. They were large with hissing mandibles, a dark red color with strange black heart shaped marks all over their bodies. The two giant insects growled enraged and ravenous.
Seraph jumped in front of her family with her hands on fire ready to fight them off. Many of the other guests were ready to fight these now giant creatures as well.
ZAP. ZAP.
They were suddenly encased in crystals.
"Okay," Rhombulus stepped forward, "what's going on?"
"Get off my hand, block head."
Rhombulus realizing he stepped on Hekapoo's hand quickly stepped off.
"Sorry."
"Bah?" Lekmet looked over.
"Yeah, are you two going to get up?"
"Not anytime soon." Marco said face down on the ground.
Omni watched as Rafael and Angie helped them up and noted how many of the other guests were looking confused and dazed.
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A few moments later they had Marco and Hekapoo on the couch. They both looked like they hadn't slept in weeks, and it didn't help that they could barely move.
Star used the wand to shrink the crystallized bugs, and Moon held them out. "Love Bugs."
Moon told the commission, her husband, Marco's family, her daughter, Jackie, and Janna.
"It's a parasitic species. They infect their hosts in pairs. Each one picks one person and they start to manipulate their emotions and hearts making them act like they are in love. Mature love bugs use positive emotions, namely love, to make it easier for them to drain their hosts of their life force. Eventually into the zenith of their romance, the Love Bugs would lay their eggs, and they would hatch and eat their way out of their hosts. I'm assuming after the wedding they would lay the eggs which would then proceed to hatch and infect the guests."
Those in the room looked on in horror as they all realized they had gotten close to seeing Marco and Hekapoo eaten alive before them.
"Tell them the other thing," Star nudged her mother.
"Yes, well, I noticed it when River started acting strangely. He'd been upset all morning about something, and then he suddenly started to act like he'd never been happier."
River shifted uncomfortably.
"By the way," Moon began, "what upset you?"
"Ah, well," River's eyes shifted around those around the room, "well, I'm not sure right now."
"Yes, from what I've read that can be a side effect." The queen cleared her throat, "I remembered a strange ability the Love Bugs have when they have hosts and begin to manipulate them. They begin to emit a magical pheromone. It makes people giddy, more accepting, and encouraging of any courtship rituals a pair of hosts might take, even if they become erratic or act out of character."
"Yeah, but that doesn't really work on magic users." Star pointed at herself.
"Which reminds me," Moon turned to the commission, "why did you all fall for it? Omni you weren't even in the room; you have to be in the general vicinity to have it take effect."
Omni had phased his head into the room and now wished he hadn't, "Well … we just sort of got carried away … I mean Hekapoo was getting married. She was so happy. She was glowing … It was just so exciting."
"Okay." Moon said deadpanned. She wasn't going to get into how the group that dealt with magical threats failed to see one of their own was bewitched. "Rhombulus please take the crystals." she handed them over to him, "The odd thing is this creature was supposed to have gone extinct ages ago. I just barely remembered them because they were mentioned in a passage in the spell book my Mother once showed me."
Moon paused for a moment, glancing over to River, and remembered when she asked her mother to help her find spell to help her decide which boy she liked. Her mother had calmly showed her some love spells and what troubles they could cause. She had promised her mother that she'd find her love on her own. She smiled.
Rhombulus fiddled as he used the new crystals to replace the twins.
"Are they going to be okay?" Angie asked the Queen.
Moon reassured her, "Yes, they just need some food and time to recover."
"Are you alright?" Moon questioned her hosts.
Rafael nodded, "Just very confused"
"That will pass. The pheromones are gone, and you can reclaim your faculties. Some memory loss, confusion, and twitching are all expected."
Seraph look at her parent, "Do you guys remember anything?"
They shook their heads meekly, and Marco said, "Everything after the hydra is a blur."
Angie smiled weakly, "We'll leave you to rest, and I'll bring over some food soon."
Hekapoo tried to move, but found she lacked the strength to, "We'll be right here."
They all began to leave. Soon the room was empty except for those two.
After a moment, Hekapoo broke the silence, "So how much do you really remember?"
"All of it"
"Me too"
A very awkward silence filled the room.
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"Well, things are wrapping up," Star surmised, "I wanna get out of this dress."
"Yeah, I'm not exactly feeling this." Jackie added.
"I'm sure I've got something in my room that you can borrow if you want to change now."
"Before you go," Moon began, "I wanted to say I'm very proud of you girls."
"Thank you Queen Butterfly." Jackie wasn't sure why, but it was nice to get a compliment from a queen.
"We totally deserve it but what for?" Janna asked.
"Well, the Love Bug's pheromone magic hasn't affected the three of you. Even with Star's magic protecting her, she's been around Marco this whole time. That kind of exposure should have affected her as well, and she'd be like everyone else."
"Huh?" Janna asked, "Then why weren't we affected?" She's just barely realized they never bothered to ask.
"Isn't it obvious?" Moon smiled at the three teens, "You are level headed. While everyone else had their minds clouded by false emotions, you kept calm and rational, saw your friend was in trouble, and tried to help. I'm very proud that you'd manage to stay so clear minded."
"Ah, thanks Mom." Star smiled truly for the first time in days.
"The only other people who could fight off the effects are people consumed with negative emotions."
The girls blinked; Jackie asking, "What do you mean?"
"Oh, people who are filled with nothing but negative emotions. Hatred, greed, jealousy, envy, doubt, anger, the very emotions that make it difficult for people to recognize love in the first place." Moon waved her hand, "Look at me talking your ears off like this. You should go ahead and change."
Moon walked off leaving the girls alone.
They all recalled a fourth person who was unaffected by the pheromones: Brittney.
The cheerleader was mean spirited, angry, and jealous of anyone who took away her attention. Even Marco had pointed out she might have a negative outlook on herself.
And for the last few days, their own emotions put them on her level.
It was a sobering thought.
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In the backyard, most of the guests were very confused. Many found their memories were somewhat blurred. Other guests, who had magic and not all that much exposure to Hekapoo or Marco, explained things to some extent. But no one really cared; a party was breaking out. After all, there was food and DJ Jump-Jump, who didn't do refunds.
At the moment, Pony Head was having a dance battle against Solusod Corruptor of Souls and was loosing. That demon knew how to break dance and damn if he couldn't do the worm. While the dance battle continued, most of the guests watched. In the meantime, Angie and Rafael were gathering food on some plates.
"You know," Angie smiled, "it's really a shame. I think Hekapoo would have made a wonderful daughter in law."
"Yes," Rafael as he took his wife's hand, "I agree, maybe when they come to terms with everything."
The breeze picked up, and the hydra cloaks they had been wearing wafted a bit behind them.
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Star, Jackie, and Janna walked down the hall to Star's room.
They didn't much speak of their shared revelation.
Star broke the silence, "We-we helped them. They were going into a marriage forced by bugs."
"Yeah, and they were going to be eaten by bugs." Janna added.
"Yeah, I mean this is for the best. Everyone is fine, everyone is safe, no one got hurt." Jackie announced.
They continued on until they heard sobbing, and it was coming from Seraph's room. The girls looked at each other before they pushed open the door. They found Seraph sitting on the floor crying. She wasn't crying to get attention because she was hurt. She was just crying because she couldn't stop.
Janna asked, "Seraph? You okay."
Seraph sobbed as she tried to restrain herself enough to talk, "Mom." Sob, "Dad."
The three girls looked at their crying friend and sat beside her.
"What's wrong?" Jackie said, worry entering her voice, "They're fine."
"But" Seraph sobbed, "They said after the wedding we'd be together; that we'd move in together," she sobbed, "that we'd get to be a family together."
"You wanted to move?" Star wondered out loud.
"… No…" Seraph let out, "I love it here. I love that I got to meet you all. I love that I got to be friends with you," Seraph let out another sob, "but I wanted to have my family."
The girls looked at their friend as tears streaked her cheeks, unable to speak.
"I wanted wake up every morning knowing my parents would be there. I wanted to have breakfast and lunches and dinners with them. All my life I've had one or the other. I just wanted to live with both of them."
As she cried out, they realized another thing together. Seraph was just a kid. Yes, she was a teenager, but she only had months of life. And like any small child, she just wanted to have parents there with her. They at least had years of family memories to draw on, but Seraph had a scant few moments with her parents, a fleeting few moments of feeling like she had a family.
All she wanted was that, to have her parent with her.
She got close to that, but now that pleasant illusion was ripped from her hands.
"I'm just so stupid." Seraph tried to wipe the tears away, "What's wrong with me?"
"Nothing!" Janna shouted, "Don't you ever say that."
Seraph raised her head and to her shock found Janna wrapping her arms around her.
"But–"
"But nothing," Jackie joining in, hugging her, "your parents love you. No matter where they are, and even if they can't be with you all the time, they still love you and are your family."
Star felt guilty making her cry like this. She didn't mean to, and she didn't do so directly. Star also knew that in the end stopping everything was the right choice, but she couldn't stand to see her cry.
Since Seraph had arrived, Star had felt some darkness in the pit of her stomach, but seeing Seraph like this that melted away. She didn't deserve that kind of pain.
Star hugged her extra tight, "Seraph," she spoke softly.
The others turned to see Star. As far as they could remember that was the first time she managed to say Seraph's name correctly.
"Seraph, it's not your fault. It's just the way things are; sometimes things don't happen the way we'd want them to. But you still have family, there are plenty of people that love you. You don't have to cry."
"I can't stop." Seraph said actually trying to will herself to stop crying.
"That's fine," Star told her, "if you feel like crying, that's fine. We'll be right here for you."
"… Okay," Seraph let out meekly.
Seraph kept on crying, but they stayed with her until she felt like she could stop.
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Some time later, Seraph placed a painting on the wall. It was the portrait her grandparents had made of them only a short time ago. Seraph claimed it and now hung it in her room.
She sighed before she let herself fall into her bed. She positioned herself so she could look at the new addition to her room. She sat quietly alone with her thoughts, her thoughts of the what if.
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Hekapoo hung a portrait on her bedroom wall. She didn't think that they would mind since Angie and Rafael each made one.
She'd ask... but at the moment couldn't really find the courage to stand in front of any of them. She couldn't recall the last time she'd talk to Marco. They used to have regular calls even if just to check up on Seraph. Now she couldn't will herself to call.
Hekapoo laid down in bed as a glimmer on her nightstand caught her attention. She picked the item up; it was a ring. It was the ring that she was supposed to place on Marco's finger.
She raised the ring letting her thumb trace the outline of the ring. She merely whispers, "It could have been nice."
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Marco finished polishing his sword, content with his work he swung the blade, and it shrunk back into a pair of scissors. With weary movements, Marco placed the scissors on the nightstand by his head, right next to the picture of Hekapoo and baby Seraph. He paused for a moment looking at the picture. His eyes pulled away as he found the small ring.
He could still remember starting to place the ring on Hekapoo's finger.
He sighed as he fumbled with his hoodie. He yanked out from around his neck a small golden chain. He undid its clasp and slid the ring onto it, it made a small clink as it bumped into the fusions rings that Hekapoo gave him.
He fixed it up, placed it around his neck once more, and tucked it back into his shirt.
He got up, deciding to take Nachos for a ride.
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Angie entered her bed room. It was Rafael's turn to make dinner today, so she thought about taking a small nap before dinner, maybe read a good book, and just try and relax a little. She'd been terrified when she heard that a magical insect had spent days draining her son's life, but she was glad he was safe and everything seem to be going back to normal.
She stopped mid step as she found a small box on top her dresser. She quickly opened it up finding a pair of familiar earrings in it.
She frowned a little, "I guess you'll just have to wait a little longer."
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Ludo was waving his makeshift wand as he practiced the Levitato spell. Nearby Glossaryck ate some pudding as he watched him move stones.
Glossaryck paused; for the last few days he had been worried about the Commission or at the very least concerned. He had the strange feeling that they had gotten in some sort of trouble; he'd pushed the thought away though. After all they are ancient beings, they should be able to take care of things by themselves without him.
At the moment, he felt a chill creep down his spine.
He shrugged. They could handle anything that came their way; it's not like he could help even if he wanted to. He had a new student to teach.
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In the darkest corner of the multiverse, a yawn echoed.
"Nope. Nope. I thought another one had popped up. Doesn't seem to be the case though. And after sending those Love Bug infested Hydras to her dimension turned out to be a bust, I was hoping to find out something interesting."
While this dark figure poked around and searched, he'd hoped to hear of stories about the forger being eaten from the inside out. When it checked back in, he didn't hear any such rumors, just about some failed wedding.
"Hm, I should probably go back to sleep," But they paused, "Though since I'm up, I might as well check in on her and whichever idiot she almost married. Might be fun."
The dark figure stretched taking a step into the universe.
Author's Notes: So yeah, that the end of the arc. Feel free to yell or whatever in the reviews. I do love hearing what you all think of my chapters. I'm working on the next chapter so hopefully I'll have it out soon.
Now onto other business, I'm going to work on making the first two chapters of this fiction into an audio format. Anyone interested in auditioning for a role please go to my tumblr account addude and search for the post. If you cant find it send me a PM and I'll send you a link for all the information. I can't put it this because address to work here. Put at least try searching! I'm lazy and I will forget to reply back with the link if it happens a lot.
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