Chapter 2: Making Friends
2 year later…
In Mewni, everyone has heard of the legend of the red hooded man. They all know that he is real but very little have even gotten a glimpse at his appearance and all state that they say a man in a red hoodie. There are lots of different beliefs of who this man is and some believe that he is the child of a god as no one was capable of his strength. People have started worshipping for his noble acts from saving countless kingdoms from monster invasions without acknowledgement.
In a village on the outcrops of mewni, a dragon had been pillaging through a village, taking any food that it could find and looting houses for gold. The entire village had gone into lockdown, some hiding in their houses but most in a secure hideout. Huddled behind dozens of adults laid the kids in a state of fear as the parents reassured the children they would be alright but one child didn't need cheering up. As a matter of fact he was oddly excited for an attack on his village but he knew he had nothing to fear.
He turned to his friends who huddled in a corner. "Don't worry guys! I bet ya that the red hooded man will save us anytime soon!" The kid whispered as to make little sound. The kids looked at him with disbelief.
"You actually think that guy is real? No one could be that strong," One replied.
"I swear he's real. My dad said he saw him when he lived in the spiderbite kingdom!" He counted.
"Come on, you know that's just a children's story!" Another child chirped in.
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Is t-"
Their argument was abrupted by the thuds of the large dragons tearing down a wall of the building most of the people resided in, including the kids.
The dragon was about to attack, he was slugged hard in the back which managed to know the dragon down. Swiftly turning around the dragon saw nothing behind it only to feel a sharp slice at one of its feat, making it roar in pain, having a limp. This got the dragon furious, spraying fire all around him and for a brief moment he had believed that he had done but saw someone standing in front of him.
To the onlookers, they saw a man wearing a red hood and grey jeans which was a rather odd set of clothes for a Mewman but were too distracted by the man in front of him. He was the red hooded man.
"I knew he was real!" The original kid rejoiced, pumping his fist in the air.
Marco was getting ready to finish off the dragon, he unsheathed his sword which sent great strength of him as it shined as bright as the morning sun. he dashed forward at incredible speeds and jumped high onto the dragon, starting to run up its body while dodging the claws being swung at him in a desperate attempt. He neared the top of the dragon but before he could give the finishing blow, he was swatted into the air by the dragon as he proceeded to fire his remaining flames that he could muster.
Marco felt the burning of his skin as he spun multiple times going down fast into a finishing blow. His sword was behind his head in optimal stabbing condition and as he got close enough, he delivered the finishing blow, cleanly removing the head off the dragon, causing it to slowly bobble until it finally came to a halt and fell down onto the ground. This process had managed to practically destroy his hoodie leaving him with a white shirt on. He picked himself up and began to walk away as to not get too much attention but that was too late.
He could hear the loud applause of all the village people as they saw him walk away, knowing he wouldn't acknowledge anyone but noticed one of the kids begin to walk up to him. His parents tried to hold him back but failed as he squirmed through their hands.
As Marco had almost left the village, he felt a kid touch him in the back but didn't turn around as to not reveal his face.
"Thank you for saving my village," came a sweet voice of a child which made his heart melt.
"No problem kiddo," he replied while chucking the remains of his hoodie behind him to the kid. Hearing the kid squeal, he plastered a smile on his face as he ran back home to show his friends what he got.
Later that day…
Marco had been on a long trip back to the forest that he usually resided in, the forest of certain death. The place almost never had any visitors besides the occasional knight on his scouting mission but sometimes he would hear the loud sounds of explosions in the back.
After that battle he was left drained and in a bad condition. He was still very buff considering the amount of food that he would receive but didn't have any energy left in him. It had been a while since he had eaten and was coming low on food since autumn had just arrived meaning very little food. At this pace he would freeze to death in winter and knew he couldn't waste time.
Marco prepared to go on an expedition to look for any food that he could find. As he was walking in the forest he spotted a small fox scurrying a small distance away from him. He knew that foxes didn't have the best meat but it would have to do. He grabbed his bow and got ready to pull it back and waited until the fox had stood still for a second. He took this time to his advantage as he shot his arrow at the fox. The arrow wizzed fast in the air until it struck the head of the fox, rendering it immobilized. He heard it land on the ground with a thump and mentally congratulated himself for his achievement.
He had collected the fox and removed the arrow out of it's head and began to walk back home. While he was walking back he reflected back on his day at the village and thought about how he could have improved. He knew that he should have been more attentive while climbing the dragon as he could have avoided being burnt in the process and knew that the slice to the foot was rather weak. He must have been quite famished to pull of that. He realised that he could have gotten some of the meat from the dragon and groaned mentally at his stupidity.
Once he had arrived back at his place. He placed the fox down and prepared the rotisarary that he had made last year. It was surprising how sturdy the wood from the trees in this forest is since it is trying to kill you most of the time. His place had been in a small clearing with a cave in the hill next to his place. He would seek shelter in the cave while cooking and doing other basics outside. As he got the fox on the rotisarary, he came back to the same thought as he always had.
He was always really lonely and was surprised that he was yet to go insane. One day he wanted to make a friend or have a family. He hated how he had to hide from the monsters even though he was stronger than them but his caretakers were always the smarter ones. He had really missed them all and always wondered if any of them are still alive.
It was getting dark and Marco had feasted on the fox, eating all of it in one go. He was absolutely full after the large meal and started to work on fishing his burns. He had made a natural solution which helped with the effects of the burns but as he did that he noticed the he had some large cuts on his legs that he had never noticed before. He grabbed a needle and thread and painfully stitched up the large cut in his leg. Once he had finished and done it to the other smaller wounds. He mentally noted that he had now 40 scars all over his body.
He had gotten severely hurt in the past two years of surviving in the woods. He had learned a lot about survival and how to craft essentials out of the items in his environment.
Marco had started to become rather tired and had gone back into the cave and lit a small fire to keep him warm. Since he had lost his last hoodie that he had hand crafted, he would need to make a new one later on. He laid on basically rocks but with a small layer of sheets of leaves to comfort him slightly but he had gotten used to the rough bed. He began to close his eyes and drifted into his sleep where he got yet another nightmare like he always had.
In the butterfly castle…
Inside of the lavish castle named the butterfly castle, layed a young girl in her bed fast asleep. A castle servant had arrived in her room and slowly made his way up to the girl to wake her up as he was certain that he would get blasted with rainbows and warnicorns the moment he awoke her.
He had slowly opened the curtains to her window which made the girl groan at all of the sunlight beaming through her window.
"Wake up princess Star. You need to prepare breakfast with your parents." The servant reported as he took a couple steps back.
"Uugh, but it's too eaaarlyyy," the princess grumbled as she pointed her want out from under the covers and shot a rainbow that bounced in every direction until it hit the servant in the back causing him to scream and dash out of the room. Star chuckled at the sound and moaned as she got out of bed and prepared breakfast. Star was never a morning person never will be.
She had a quick and warm back and proceeded to dry her hard, combing it all down until it was… presentable. She put on her blue royal dress and walked down the halls and into the royal dining hall and opened the doors to see a large dining table with her parents both taking the complete opposite sides of the table. She always found it weird how it was meant to be like this. What is the point of being married if you are not even going to talk to each other?
"Good morning sweetie, I noticed you're late again for the 5th time in a row." The queen stated as she took a sip from her cup. "Did you break your alarm again?" she continued as she slowly nodded and took a seat. She was too tired today to be receiving a lecture from her mother so she had decided to think about what she would be doing today. All the queen's words became unidentified grumbling as she began daydreaming of the perfect day. She would start it off by going dimension hopping with Pony Head, trying out ice cream from the new place the opened up in Mewni, then party it out in the Bounce Lounge! She would then go monster hunting in the forest and finally go to the corn carnivale. She already knew she would eat the most corn in the contest. She could already hear them chanting her name. Star… Star…
"STAR!" Queen Moon shouted which made Star go out of her dreamy state, biting on her wand.
"Have you been listening to what I've been saying?" She questioned.
"Yeah totally, totally" Star unconvincingly replied, earning her a dead glare from her.
"Alright, what was I just talking about?"
"Uhhhhh, throne posture?" She sheepishly replied rubbing her back.
"No, that was the first thing I said. You know I do this for your own good." This annoyed Star.
"Ugh. I don't want to be the perfect princess that sings to the birds. I want to have real fun like partying!" She grumbled. Queen Moon rolled her eyes.
"Star, you're going to become a queen so you have to start acting like one." She remarked before dismissing herself from the table living River and Star. There was a brief moment of silence.
"Don't worry pumpkin. She's just really grumpy today because she had to be in a boring meeting later today." River commented while eating a piece of chicken.
"I know but she can be so demanding sometimes," Star confessed giving River a confused look.
"Sweetie, she's the queen of Mewni, of course she will be demanding but don't worry. You can have fun today." River chuckled as he dismissed himself leaving Star and the servants cleaning the table.
Star got up and prepared to have a good time. She got to her room until she reached the mirror.
"Call Pony Head" Star said. 'Calling Pony Head' the mirror replied. It took a couple of seconds until the call was finally answered.
"Yo waddup B-fly! You ready to have the bestest day ever?" Pony Head exclaimed as she flung her mane around in circles.
"You but I am! I've been thinking that we could go to the sweet tooth splatoon and chow down on all the candy!" Star replied basically jumping up and down with excitement.
"That's gonna be so much fun and then after we can go to the Bounce Lounge and party it out!" Pony Head cheered. "I'll pick you up in a minute with these. Blurgh!" Pony Head showed the dimensional scissors plastered on her tongue.
"Where'd you get those?! You have to beat Hekapoo's trial to get those and I doubt you could beat her with makeup and rainbows." Star noted as she glared at her suspiciously, seeing a drop of sweat bead from her face.
"What, no! Ididthetrialallbymyselfandtotallydidn'tstealthemfromheroranythinghehe," she blurted out. Star decided not to push the subject any further.
"Anyways… just give me 5 minutes and i'll be ready. Okay bye!" Star rejoiced as she turned off the mirror and jumped onto her bed until she fell lying down.
She then got back up and grabbed her wand from the counter and brushed her hair again noting that it was an absolute mess now. She waited a couple more seconds until she heard the sound of rapping coming from behind her and turned around to see Pony Head fly out from the portal and into a wall, getting her horn stuck in the process.
"Hey Sta-" Once she hit the wall she tried to pull herself out before giving up.
"Man I need to get a hold of these things. Gurl can you help a sister out?" Pony Head asked, face to the wall. Star rolled her eyes as she walked up to her and began to pull. She was really stuck in there and took a couple seconds of intense tug of war until they both fell onto the ground. Shaking it off, they both got up and Pony Head began to tear another hole. "Come on let's get a move on or else we're gonna miss the candy shower!"
They both walked into the portal and feasted their eyes on the view in front of them. Everywhere that they looked they saw piles upon piles of candy in every colour of the rainbow. They sprinted for the biggest pile staggering as high as a mounting.
"Race you to the top!" Star exclaimed as she began her ascent to the top of the tower. On their way they faced lots of fairy floss boulders heading their way but simply grabbed them and started eating away at them. They knew that the best candy was always at the top of the tallest mountains and also had the most sugar.
Star was in the lead but was being closely trailed by Pony Head until she got a face full of marshmallows, dropping her to the ground. It was a mellowlanch! She struggled to eat her way back up back once at the top, she saw Pony Head had gained a strong lead on her. She was not going to lose so she used her wand to bunny blast over her, making her huff in anger.
The battle to get to the top had continued for long, never getting tired with the constant supply of candy on their path to the top. They were almost at the top when they heard a loud screech coming from the top only to reveal the candy corn cavalry, guarders of the sweetest treats.
They had decided to team up on them as they got charged by the horses. Star used a large wind spell to dismantle the candy corn and managed to get two of them with it. Pony Head had used a more hands on approach and started to flirt with the horses. Typical Pony Head.
Once Star had passed she was almost there until behind her she saw a horse with Pony Head mounted on top as they crashed into each other at the top of the mountain.
"So I guess we can call a draw?" Pony Head panted as she fell onto the floor.
"Fine but I so had that one in the bag!" Star mumbled.
They had continued to run around the candy dimension until they had gone to the Bounce Lounge. They had been partying hard with all of the sugar that they had eaten and seemed that they would never stop. They eventually went into the photobooth and took a long photo session to treasure their day. It was nearing the afternoon as they had decided that they had finally had enough partying and prepared to go their own ways. They both went back to their kingdoms and Star flopped back onto the bed.
That was a great party session. Now all I've got to do is eat lunch, then I have time to go warnicorn riding! She laid down for awhile longer as the sugar wore down and was now aching all over her body. She ate lunch in relative quietness as her parents had some important business to attend but on the bright side, she didn't have to have a lecture on proper princess manners.
She exited the dining hall and went back into her room to get prepared to go hunting. She put on her clothes, which was basically clothing that increased her agility compared to her princess clothes which would slow her down drastically. One she was prepared, she made her way out of the castle waving to the guards who posted themselves outside the castle.
Star was an avid hunter and had been hunting for years now. Since his dad was very into hunting, she would constantly join him on his hunting trips and seen became fond of the memories she made. More specifically she liked to tame the wild warnicorns in the forest of certain death and take them on a joyride across the lands.
She strolled down the streets of the commoners, waving to everyone she would see with all of them grinning at her. They loved to see that the princess was in a good mood which meant that everything was fine in the kingdom. After a 10 minute walk which seemed to go by very fast, she had made it to a sign that states 'Forest of certain death. Do not enter unless you want to die' and had a little skull in the corner which she had drawn years ago.
Once she stepped into the forest, she knew it was game time. She was very good at staying quiet as she walked through the forest to spot any creatures. On her way, she saw plenty of carnivorous plants that had tried to lure her in but she knew butter then that. She also saw talking trees, explosive berries, quick sand and squirrels the size of bears but not what she was looking for.
She had begun to become impatient as she picked up the pace to go to a nearby lake that she knew would have a warnicorn drinking and she was right. She saw a rather large warnicorn drinking from the river, noticing it was on high alert. She sneaked onto a tree that was on top of the warnicorn and had prepared to jump onto its back. 1… 2… 3!
She plummeted from the tree and directly onto the back of the warnicorn making it leap into the air, jumping side to side, up and down and all over the place in a desperate attempt to get rid of the sudden guest. This was Star's favourite part, loving the exhilaration of desperately holding on for her life.
She was moving at incredible speeds through the forest but eventually, it had slowed down and was a gentle speed, finally giving up on getting her off. She mentally applauded herself as she continued to stroll through the forest until she came to a small patch of land.
She had noted that there was lots of equipment for survival from a rotisserie, a large pot, many weapons laid around and many other utilities laying on the floor. This had got her intrigued. Almost nobody would ever go to the forest of certain death unless they hunted but from the looks of all the equipment here, noticing some of them had rust forming, she would have to guess that this equipment is years old. The first thing that she had thought of was that this place had been abandoned but after further inspection, she had seen the remains of what looked to be a fox laying on the ground, covered in all kinds of bugs which made her feel sick, but she held it in.
She thought that it would be a good idea to leave but then she smelt what would be the remains of a campfire. She decided to sneak to the location of the smell and came across a small cave, filled with clothes and a burnt out campfire. Besides that she didn't see much but then she saw something move slightly in the corner, making her raise her wand, expecting to be jumped but nothing ever came.
She slowly made her way to the sight of the movement and saw something quite disturbing. There was a kid laying down sleeping. She thought that he had looked the same age as her and knew that this wasn't a safe place for a kid to live. After inspecting further she noticed what looked like several scars, some being recent and still having stitches on them. She also saw severe burn marks all over her body.
She knew that she had to take him back home so with her making, she slowly lifted the kid in an attempt to not wake her up and began to leave until she noticed that she should also bring his backpack along with him.
She had started to head back home and would help this poor boy out.
Several hours later in the butterfly castle...
Marco had been in deep sleep after being exhausted from his last mission. He had started to wake up and felt the nice cushioning of his bed.
"Uuuuugh, I can't be bothered training today Boris," he groaned waiting for a reaction to come back none ever came. It took him a while to register that it had been years since he had left and lifted himself up to look at his surroundings.
He saw that he had been in a lavishly decorated room with soft silk covers on his bed. He was confused at the start as to his location but became anxious of what was happening. Where am I? Did the monsters find me? Is this their secret hideout and why is it so lavish? Wait. Where is my stuff? He looked around to see that next to his bed laid his backpack and immediately opened it to see if they had taken anything from it. It looked to be untouched still containing all of his weapons old and new that he had been collecting from his caretaker's legendary weapons to basic utilities and some cash that he had collected.
Once he knew that all of his items were safe, he got out of bed and decided that now was the time to leave. He had prepared to fight any monsters that would be guarding his door and swiftly opened it to see nothing. This had left him confused but still continued to wander through the long halls that had been decorated with amazing painting and long tapestries going on forever.
He was walking forward until he heard the sound of a guard walking up to the intersection he was at so he decided to hide behind a vase until he thought it would be safe and so he continued to walk down the halls. He was looking for an exit to the castle and on his way came across many other rooms. There was the servants quarters, the 'Knight of the laundry' quarters and as he walked more he contemplated his location.
Lavish rooms, servants quarters, a literal knight for the laundry. Everything started to add up until he came to a conclusion. He was inside of a kingdom's castle. This made him more desperate to leave, thinking that they may have known his identity and brought him here to do his bidding.
He had finally come across a door that was labeled 'emergency exit'. He had begun to open the door until he heard a voice behind him.
2 hours ago…
Star had finally brought the boy to the castle and greeted the guards at the entrance. She had noticed the curious faces that they had as she walked in but shrugged it off. She had started to walk to the medics area and placed him in one of the more comfortable medic rooms. She was about to go and get a medic until he decided to get a better look at the boy.
He was definitely around the same as her and had brown hair with brown eyes the colour of chocolate and a small mole under one of his eyes. She then was stuck gazing at his body. He looked to be very well built and could see the shape of a six pack under his shirt. He had broad muscles all over his body but stopped after seeing the amount of scars. She knew that he had scars but now that she took another look. He had many more than she observed before. Some of them were very long while others were very small.
Before she noticed it, her hands were instinctively leaning to touch his six pack but pulled away at the last second, blushing profusely. She decided to leave and call a nurse to do a checkup on him and take care of him.
She decided that she had enough adventure for the day and went back into her room and started reading some magazines that she had found scattered all over her desk. Most of them had to do with fun things to do, some being about different dimensions to visit to have a fun time while some other ones were to do with the news but they always showed over exaggerated news. She looked about one of her on her typical rampage. They make it seem like I destroyed all of Mewni when all I did was let some warnicorns loose in the castle.
She had continued to read on for a while until she had gotten bored and threw the magazines on the floor. She remembered about the boy that he had brought in a while ago and decided to check up on him.
She had made her way to the medics quarters and opened the door to see that he was already gone. She knew that he was scared and probably wondering around the castle looking for a way to escape so started looking around the castle for any signs of the boy.
She had started going in the complete opposite direction but had no clue of this. If I was trying to escape a massive castle with guards at the entrance, what would I do? She immediately thought of looking for either an open window or an emergency exit that he could use to escape.
It had taken a while of looking around until he saw at the end of a hall the boy who looked to be walking to one of the emergency exits. He was about to leave so she decided to start a conversation with the boy.
Present time…
"Leaving so early?" Marco heard from behind him and stiffened up. He slowly started to turn around and hoped that there wouldn't be any guards as to not blow his cover but the voice sounded femanine. Once he had finally turned all the way around she noticed a girl about the same age as him looking directly at him.
She looked very elegant in her dress with her hair neatly combed by her sides reaching very low and blue eyes that shined like the sky. He saw her as no threat so decided to ask some questions.
"Where am I?" He began, feeling that he had a saw through.
"Why you are in the Mewni castle. I would have thought you would have known by the large painting on the walls." She casually replied making his eyes widen in shock.
"That makes sense. Well I'm off now." He started to pull on the door before hearing her speak again.
"You know that you are in no condition to be out there. I found you in the forest of certain death lying in a cave. I noticed you had some recent injuries."
She did have a point but he also found it disturbing that she had basically kidnapped him.
"I guess I could stay a little longer," Marco replied seeing no reason not to stay slightly longer.
"I'm Marco by the way," he continued as he walked up to her reaching an arm out.
"Nice to meet you. I'm princess Star Butterfly." She replied which made him bow down.
"Oh, it's a pleasure to meet you," he said in a kind voice but made her cringe. She hated all the formality she received when people talked to her.
"Oh no need for formalities. Just call me Star." She smiled at him and he returned it. Something about his smile made her day.
As Marco started to walk back to where he came from, he realised that he had no idea where he was and stopped in his tracks.
"Uhh. Do you by any chance know where that room I was in before was?" He asked as he looked back to see nothing but seeing her right next to him.
"Don't worry, I'll bring you back."
They started to walk back in silence until they finally arrived back at the room he was at before. He sat down on his bed looking at the princess, waiting for her to go but she didn't move. It started to become awkward until he broke the silence.
"Thank you by the way for helping me out," he said quietly. She could see the gratitude in his eyes.
"No problem. You just seemed to be exhausted. By the way why were you in the forest?"
It took him a while to respond. Should he be telling her about his life? I guess I could tell her without mentioning the whole red hooded man stuff
"That was my home," he said casually which surprised her. How could he live in the forest. I would probably only last a couple days there.
"That's not good. At least you have your parents to protect you right? Oh wait! They must be worried sick for you!" She gasped thinking of what to do but saw Marco looking down at his shoes.
"You do have parents… right?" she stammered feeling a little uncomfortable. Marco just sighed and began to speak. "I never really had parents. I was abandoned in the woods but was saved by some… people in the forest and they raised me. I enjoyed my time with them and considered them parents since I never met my others," he started to clench his fists. "It was then two years ago when a group of monsters attacked my village and I barely escaped by my parents didn't." He suddenly felt his body being brought into a hug and made him stiffen. He looked to see Star holding him tightly.
"I'm sorry," she whispered which left him confused.
"For what..." Marco replied. It took her a while to answer but she sat back up.
"I'm sorry for what you had to go through."
This made Marco slightly smile. He realised that this was the most he had interacted with someone in years, usually only having it be a couple of words from thankful citizens.
There was another brief silence until Star spoke up. "You know, if you want you could live in the castle. I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind." Marco thought about it. It would be nice to be somewhere that wasn't a cave but then it would be harder to go undercover saving other villages. I took him a couple seconds to respond and put on a warm smile.
"I'd like that." He noticed that Star's face had beamed with happiness the second he said that.
"Yay! I'll get to show you how to have fun!" Star exclaimed as she grabbed Marco's hand and took him to the location of a vacant room.
Marco noted how energetic she was and she knew that this was going to be a long day. He was being dragged behind by Star as they slowly made their way to his new room. They took several turns, almost hitting every servant that they saw until she stopped, making Marco collide with Star into the floor. It took Star a little to notice but she was inches away from Marco, making her beet red.
"Sorry about that," making apologised as he got up, reaching a hand up for Star. She took the hand but looked away until her blush started to go away. "I-it's alright," she slightly stuttered as she opened the door to his new room.
"Anyways, this can be your new room!" She sang as Marco observed the room. This room looked similar to the one in the infirmary but had a king sized bed and a closet. The room was fairly big. As Marco stared in amazement, Star was excited to see Marco liked the room.
"I knew you would like it. It's almost dinner time so get ready. I'll get a servant to guide you to the dining hall when you're ready," Star replied as she started walking out of the room.
Marco walked up to the bed and fell onto it, feeling that this one was much more comfortable than the other one which was hard for him to believe. It had been years since he had been in an actual bed and cherished the feeling. It took him awhile but he eventually got up remembering that Star said dinner would be ready in a little so he had to get ready. He looked to the side to see that he had his own bathroom.
He walked inside to see that there was a large bathtub so he decided that he would have a bath. He turned on the tap and felt the warm water coming out. He had never had a warm bath since he usually washed up in the river near his base. After a while, he dipped into the tub and felt instantly relaxed. It felt so nice to be comfortable for once in his lifetime but cut the experience short after a while to get out and prepare to have dinner. Once he put on his clothes again, he opened the door to see a small pile of clothes with a note on top. It was from Star.
Here is a suit you can wear for dinner. My parents are very royal.
-Star
He noticed the small doodles on the bottom of the paper and smiled. He thought it was kind of cute. He grabbed the pile of clothes from the ground and replaced his old, broken clothes with a much more clean suit. It was a little tight but nothing too bad and since her parents were more royal, he decided to comb his hair with the brush in the toilet. He finally was ready and got out to see a servant waiting for him.
They silently walked around the castle until they came upon a large wooden door. He felt a little nervous that he had to have dinner with a royal family since he never stayed long enough to be rewarded by any other kingdoms. He took a deep breath in and out and opened the door to see a large room bigger than a normal sized house and lavishly decorated all over. There was a glass roof on top that was a colourful mosaic and a large table that could seat over 50 people. He saw that on one side sat the king who was quite short and had a long blonde beard that split into two at the bottom and a crown with a pink gem adorned in the middle. He wore a blue vest with gold tassels and a cape that was engraved with the letter M which he thought would be for Mewni. On the complete opposite side of the table sat the queen which he knew was queen Moon. He knew most of the royalty in Mewni but had never had any business with the Butterfly kingdom so he had never personally seen her. She was much taller than the king and had a smaller crown which surprised him since it was the queen who was in charge. She had her hair raised high to form the shape of a heart and had pink diamond checkmarks compared to Star's hearts. She wore a poofy dress that was roughly the same colour as the kings. In the middle was Star sitting down with what looked to be cake for dinner which didn't really surprise him. He saw that there was another plate next to hers which he was guessing he would sit.
As he walked in he noticed the king and queen observing him while Star was waving at him. He slowly walked forward before realising that he should be formal. He bowed his head down.
"Greetings your majesties." he said as he raised himself up. The king smiled at the jester but the queen stayed neutral.
"Why hello there m'boy. No need for the formalities around me. On the other hand with moonpi-" he stopped after seeing the death glare from queen Moon which made him stop. The queen took a deep breath out as she spoke. "It's nice to meet you Marco. I see that Star said you would be living in the castle for a little." He was going to answer before Star got there first.
"Yeah he's going to stay. I found him in the forest of certain death today and looked like he could use a rest." She said as she took another bite of the cake.
Moon glared suspiciously at Star which got her attention. "So why were you in the forest Star?" Star gulped as she knew what was coming before Marco came up with a response. "I was on the outskirts of the forest after getting lost in the forest. I came across some fierce plants on my way out but was too tired to continue so passed out on the floor and then I woke up in the infirmary." The queen seemed to take the bait which made Star release the breath she didn't know she was holding.
"Well it's nice to know that you're safe now." She replied. Marco finally reached the chair next to Star's as he sat down. He saw a large amount of different foods which could feed over 10 people which surprised him. They consisted of meats, corn and a full pink sprinkled cake for Star. "Thanks for the save," Star whispered to Marco as she nudged him in the ribs. "No problem. Just trying to repay you." He responded with a warm smile.
"Pardon by I don't think I got your name," The queen commented as she sliced her meat. "My apologies. My name is Marco Diaz. It's a pleasure to meet you," he stated. "Nice to meet you Marco. If you didn't know I am queen Moon and on the other side is my husband River." She finally gave off a small smile to him so they continued to eat. Star and Marco had been chatting for a while with River and Moon tuning in on some occasions. 30 minutes had gone by and everyone was starting to wrap things up with the servants cleaning the table and the Moon leaving with River by her side.
Star and Marco started walking down as Marco followed her so he would know where her room would be. They finally made it to her room to see the door had 'Star Butterfly' engraved in a cursive font while having doodles all around with some more text saying 'no boys allowed'.
"This is my room. Get ready to feast your eyes on the coolest room you'll ever see." Star exclaimed as she opened her door to reveal a massive bedroom. It had a large bed in the middle and went up to 3 stories, having many toys scattered on the floor and even an aquarium. "Your room is huge," Marco remarked earning a smug smile from Star. She started walking in and noticed that Marco wasn't following. "You can come in," she said. "No can do. Says no boys allowed," Marco chuckled as Star pulled him in. She was slightly chuckled trying not to laugh at the bad joke. "Ok, here's the game plan for tomorrow. We're going to go to some of the coolest places that I know like the Bounce Lounge. It's like the coolest place ever." While she was saying all of this, her mirror started making a sound showing some text saying 'In coming call from poop head'. That made Marco chuckle getting her attention. "What's so funny?" She asked, thinking it was something she said. "You got a cool from poop head," he replied which made her swing around to see the mirror ringing. "Ugh not him. Just give me a second." Marco sat on her bed, curious to who poop head could be.
He watched Star answer to see a demon with a look pinkish tone and horns poking out of his head. He had an extra eye on his forehead and looked to be wearing ripped clothes. Star looked very angry at the caller. "Hey Starship," he replied trying to act cool. Star groaned at his attitude finding it cringey. "What do you want Tom?" Star groaned as she was ready to hang up the call at any second. "Nothing much. I just called to ask- wait, who's that behind you?" Tom snared as Star looked behind to see Marco laying on her bed looking at the conversation. "Oh that's Marco." she shrugged as Tom's eyes glowed white. He took a deep breath in and out to calm himself down. "Cool, cool… Anyways I was just wondering if you would like to hang out sometime, ya know maybe go out and get a cornsh- '' He didn't finish his sentence as Star had hung up on him. "What was that about?" Marco questioned as Star turned back around to him. "That was just my crazy demon ex boyfriend Tom," she casually replied which shocked Marco. "You dated a demon? They're known for their severe anger issues." Marco commented which earned a sheepish smile from Star. "Yeah I don't know why I dated him in the first place. Anyways it's starting to get dark so you wanna watch a movie?" Star questioned as she pulled a remote which made the mirror show a variety of movies to watch. "That sounds nice. I can make some nachos to eat," he began as he looked through the movies. "What are nachos?" Star asked which earned a grin from Marco. "Oh, they're these triangles with cheese. You're going to love them but I don't know where the kitchen is."
They started to go to the kitchen and Star returned back to her room to pick out a movie since Marco didn't mind. After a while, she had settled on a movie as Marco came in holding a bowl full of nachos. "Feast your eyes on this!" He exclaimed as Star practically drooled over them. "Wow! Triangle food!" She shouted as she picked up one and ate it. She immediately fell in love with them. "These are so good! I have to get the royal chef's to make these," she added as she jumped onto a bean bag that she set up for the movies. "Anyways I found a movie to watch. It's about puppies that fight kittens. It's called kittens & dogs," she rejoiced as Marco joined her on the bean bags. He already knew that he wasn't going to enjoy the movie but didn't mind.
They had sat down for the entire 1 and a half hour movie as Marco critiqued a lot of the logic in the movie while Star adored the little puppies and kittens. By the end of the movie, Star had fallen asleep while Marco got up. He picked up Star and put her onto her bed and tucked her in. "Goodnight Star," he said as he exited the room and went back to his. For the first time in years, Marco had actually been happy. He made it to his room and changed into his bedtime clothes that Star had given to him before. He got into the large bed and stretched himself onto the bed. He finally fell asleep, excited to see what the next day will hold.
A/N: And that's a wrap. I wrote this chapter surprisingly in 2 days. This chapter had roughly 7.5k words.
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