Marco slowly opened his eyes, blood completely covered his vision. He probably stayed down for about two minutes after Jeremy left just to makes sure he didn't come back. Marco felt the blood dripping into his mouth. He didn't feel any pain, just blood pouring from his face.
He ran into the boys restroom and looked at himself in the mirror. His face was covered in blood, it was so bad that you couldn't even see the original color of his skin. He had a huge gash right next to his left eye that would cause anyone to throw up. He cringed at the sight. He grabbed napkins and whipped the blood of as hard as he could. He stayed in there for five minutes trying to clean all the blood off his face.
Suddenly the bell rang signaling that it was time for students to go to their next class. Marco looked at himself in the mirror and saw that he was still bleeding.
"Dammit it just won't stop!", Marco said getting worried. It's not because he didn't want people to see him like this, he didn't want Jackie Lynn Thomas to see him like this. She already saw him with that ugly scar, he didn't want her to see him with his face covered in blood.
The sound of students talking and walking filled the hallway. Marco quickly grabbed as much paper towels as he could and covered the gash on his head. He put his hood over his head and kept his head. He knew paper towels wouldn't stop the insane bleeding, he had to go to the nurse again.
He opened the restroom door and walked out not facing anyone. Like he expected, people passed right by him.
All I need to do is get to the nurses office and I'm in the clear Marco thought.
But once again, faith had other plans.
"Hey Marco!" Suddenly, beside Marco was Jackie's friend Janna. Marco, although panicking in the inside, played it cool. He made sure that the paper towels were completely covering his left eye and the gash.
"Hello Janna.", he said quitely.
Janna, for some reason, was getting as closely as possible to him. She smirked evilly, "I know your secret."
Marco's eyes went wide. What secret is she talking about? He had so many.
He coughed, "Um, what secret do you mean exactly?", he asked playing it cool.
Janna got even closer to him, "I know you love Jackie."
This caught Marco off guard. He was both relieved and clutched. He was relieved because it wasn't the worst secret he was hiding from everyone, but he was worried because Janna knew about his crush on Jackie.
"Janna, please don't tell Jackie, I just want us to be friends", Marco said.
Unfortunately, Janna wasn't very cooperative. "Oh come on you spoil sport. I'm sure Jackie would love to go out with you, you just gotta stop being shy and man up", she said.
Marco noticed that they were getting close to the nurses office. "Janna, I don't wan-" He didn't get to finish because Janna grabbed him by the whist. He was confused at first, but when he saw were Janna was taking him, he nearly had a heart attack.
He saw Jackie Lynn Thomas along with Hope and Leah talking about something. He immediately planted his feet on the ground making it so Janna couldn't move him anymore.
Janna pulled with all her might, but Marco wouldn't budge. "Oh come on Marco, you're not scared of Jackie are you?", she teased. "Janna, please just let me go. I don't wanna ask Jackie out.", Marco said, getting very irritated.
"But why not? You two would be the cute-Are you bleeding?", Janna asked letting go of his hand. Marco suddenly felt blood once again dripping from his eye.
Without even answering Janna, he ran to the nurses office. Janna watched him go, still completely stunned from what happened. So many thoughts were running threw her head, she had millions of questions, but the biggest one of them all, what was wrong with Marco.
It was obvious he was hiding much more than his feelings for Jackie, but what was it?
"Hey Janna", she heard Hope's voice.
She turned and waved at her friends, "Wassup guys?"
"We're have you been?", Leah asked, "You normally you meet us outside the classroom."
"Oh, well I ran into Marco.", Janna said.
"Really?", Jackie asked, "Did he actually talk to you first?"
Janna knew that she should tell her friends the truth, but at the same time, she wanted to protect Marco's privacy.
"I just said hi to him, he didn't say anything back though."
That answer satisfied her friends, but Janna was still thinking about Marco.
"You really need to be careful . That's two serious injuries in one day! Who is doing this to you?", the nurse asked.
Marco was looking at himself in the mirror. He was glaring at the stitches and the large bandage rapped around his head to cover the gash on his head. He looked even uglier than before.
"Marco Diaz, are you even listening to me?", the nurse asked, outraged that he wasn't even paying attention to her.
"Yes ma'am I'm listening.", he said, trying not to snap.
"Well I'm gonna have to call your parents again. They're not gonna be happy about this.", she said. She turned her back to go pick up the phone, but while her back was turned, Marco got up and left the room.
He slammed the door as he left and he ran out the doors. He sat on side walk and breathed in the cool air. He put his hood over his head to hide his face. He didn't want to meet his parents with his now even more hideous face. He wasn't much of a looker before, but thanks to Jeremy, his face was now the equivalent of a man's face after a bad bar fight. He already hated looking at his face, but now he wanted punch any mirror that he saw.
Not wanting to go back to school, he got up and started walking home. His parents would definitely want to have a word with him. Marco's parents were easy going people, never getting to angry with him if he ever got in trouble. He didn't feel any resentment against his parents, he loved them very much. Which is why he couldn't tell them his real secret. The one that would destroy his reputation, if he even had one.
He kept his head down as he walked home, avoiding the eyes of anyone that walked by. He noticed that he was almost home until he heard something that nearly made him pee himself. The sound of someone crying alerted him. There was no one behind him and no one behind him.
"I'm losing my mind", Marco thought to himself out loud.
He started to walk again, but the crying continued. He tried to ignore it and play it off as his brain was out of whack after being hit in the head so many times by Jeremy. But it still continued, it only faded as he walked on.
All of a sudden, it completely stopped. Marco sighed in relief, until he heard someone call out to him, "Excuse me, you dropped your keys!"
Marco stopped dead in his tracks. He dug into his pockets and saw that his house keys were gone. He breathed in deeply and turned around. He saw a girl holding his keys. Her blonde hair was covered in dirt. Her clothes were also covered in dirt and leaves. The weird part was that she still had her other foot in the bush as if she was hiding it.
Marco walked up to her, making sure half of his face was covered, "Um, thank you very much.", he said. He put his keys back in his pocket and began to walk away. He didn't get far as he heard the girl start crying again. He turned around and there was once again nothing behind him. It was obvious the girl was once again hiding in the bush.
He really wanted to walk away and just leave her there, but he knew he couldn't. If Marco's mother somehow found out that he just left a crying girl alone, she would have his head. A lecture from his mother is not something he wants after a day like this. He went over to the bush and peered inside. He saw the same blonde haired girl in the feetle position crying.
"Um, hello.", he said in his normal quiet voice. He wanted to speak a little louder, but it's like his own voice wouldn't let him. He had spoken in his quiet voice almost his whole life, so not speaking in it is damn near impossible.
The blonde hair looked up at him. She immediately stopped crying and smiled a little bit, "Hello."
It was kind of weird that she stopped crying that fast, but Marco decided to ignore it. "A-Are you okay? Why were you crying?"
"Oh silly, I wasn't crying", the girl said forcing a smile, "I was laughing."
Marco looked a bit skeptical, "You were laughing?", he asked in a 'are you serious' tone.
The blonde continued her charade, "Of course, I was laughing at…uh…Funny joke! Yeah a funny joke that's it!", she said. It sounded like she was came up with that on the spot. Probably because she did.
"And what was the joke?", Marco asked.
"I forgot it.", the girl deadpanned.
"You forgot it?", Marco repeated. The girl nodded, "It's a shame to, it was a really good one. The punchline still makes me laugh."
"I thought you said you forgot it?"
The girl became wide eyed at that. Marco knew he had got her.
"Okay, I was crying, what it", the girl said finally opening up. She started to tear up again.
Marco, not knowing what else to do, stepped into the bush as well. He put a hand on her shoulder in an effort to comfort her. The girl looked at him. For a few shorts seconds she just stared at him with a blank stare, but then she smiled warmly. Marco didn't react, he was too busy looking at the girl's leg. It was covered in blood"What happen to your leg?", he asked.
The girl looked down at her leg, "A snake bit me."
Marco turned to her with disturbance, "What color was it and how big was it?", he asked.
The girl looked taken aback by the odd question, but she still answered. "It was a green snake, very small but it still hurt.", her voice was incredibly shaky.
Marco inspected her leg, it was in really bad shape. "You're gonna bleed out if you don't cover that up.", Marco said, "I have a bunch of medical equipment at my house that can fix that right up."
The girl scooted away from him, "My mom says I'm not allowed to go anywhere with strangers."
Marco rolled his eyes and sighed, "Well do you want me to take you to your home?" He wanted this to be over as quickly as possible.
At the mention of her home the girl tensed up. Her eyes filled up with more tears. Marco started to feel a little guilty. Did he say something to make her cry?
"Actually no, I'd rather go to your house. You seem like a nice harmless boy.", the girl said with a smile. Marco was unfazed by her compliment. To him, this blonde girl was just another person who thought he was harmless. She didn't how wrong she really was.
He lifted the girl up in the bridal position. Before they left the girl asked, "Could you get my wand?"
Marco waised an eyebrow at the girl's weird request. A wand? He looked into a bush and saw a rattle looking thing with a big Star in the middle. The handle was purple and there were wings sticking out from the sides. He grabbed the wand and gave it to the girl who put it in her pocket.
Marco started to make his way to his house. "Thank you so much for doing this. My name is Star by the way", the girl said, her mood completely changing.
Marco looked at Star, she was obviously expecting him to tell her his name. "I'm Marco, and trust me it's no problem at all."
He tightened his grip on her to make sure he didn't drop her. Star started to hum an unfamiliar tune. Marco actually liked the tune, and after a while he started to him as well.
Star woke up feeling rejuvenated. She wasn't angry anymore, mostly because she knew that she would not have to stay in the palace any longer. She had find a way to bolt from the castle. She thanked the sun that she found those interdimensional scissors. Thanks to those she could finally leave behind her princess life and star anew.
She just needed to do one thing before she went. She had to take the one thing she's wanted her whole life.
Her mothers wand.
She understood the power that the wand held. Whoever held the wand had all the power in the universe. If it got in the wrong hands the universe and everyone in it would be in big trouble. So why would Star want it you ask. Everyone in the universe, good or bad, wanted that wand. There have actually been many wars over that wand. The army had to fight off other armies from other kingdoms who wanted the queen's wand. Millions of innocent people died in the process.
There were even times when soldiers from other armies were tortured by the guards of the castle for breaking in and trying to steal the wand. Star was exposed to it at a very young age and she hated it. She thought it was mean and uncalled for to hurt men that were just taking orders. Those men were just in the army to serve their kingdom and earn money to feed their families, but unfortunately, the orders from their power hungry leader caused their demise.
It was a lose lose situation either way. They either die because they didn't follow orders, or they die because they followed orders. It was a very currupted system to Star, and as she grew older, her hatred toward this system only grew as she grew older. She knew that taking that damn wand would put an end to the chaos that it caused.
She needed to take that wand for the good of the innocent people in her kingdom, and she knew exactly how to do it. Star's parents always left to do "very important things" every morning. The queen would always take her "wand". The thing is, a long time ago Star realized that the queen never actually brought her real Wand outside the castle. The risk was just too high. If you ever got close to it you'd realize that it was more dull than the real wand and it was much smaller. Since Star was to "irresponsible" and "easily distracted", she was often left at the castle.
When Star was a young girl, her mother taught her how to do the 'NARWHAL BLAST' spell to protect herself in case any intruders broke into the castle. After that she put the wand in a silver box and put it under the king and queen's bed. If Star was lucky it would still be in the same place. The only thing she had to think of now, was how to get William out the house.
She sat up in her bed and felt the sun shining threw her window. The sun in Mewni's sun was pretty dull compared to the sun on echo creek, she already missed the heat. She heard three knocks on the door, "Excuse me your highness, may I come in?" It was William.
"Come in Willam", Star said, her voice filled with joy.
William slowly entered the room, remembering how batshit insane Star had become the last time he saw her.
"How are you feeling today?", he asked.
Star skipped over to her drawer to get some clothes, "I'm feeling fine today William, I feel happy to be alive!"
She pulled out her favorite green dress and red horns that she usually wore during a party.
William gave a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness. I was worried about you when I left last night. Have you come to turns with your marriage?", he asked.
Star's smile didn't fade. She skipped up to William and stood in front of him. "Nope", she said dragging the syllable out.
William was confused now, "Then why are you so happy?", he asked.
"Oh you'll see, now wait outside I have to get changed.", she said, her tone becoming even cheerier (is that a word? Well it is now). William did as he was told and walked out the room, closing the door behind him. Star changed into her favorite dress and brushed her hair. She was happy that today was her last day on Mewnie, she wouldn't have to take pattern (orders) from anyone ever again. Never have to deal with her everyday responsibilities, and even make some new friends.
She made sure she was looking her absolute best, she still wanted to look good on her last day in Mewni. She exited the room and skipped down the hallway with William following at her heels. "William, will come with me to feed the horse? I want to see them.", Star asked.
"Of course your highness", William said.
"William please, we're friends, remember that you are free to call me Star.", the princess emphasized.
William nodded, "Yes Star."
The two walked outside to the barn. They each grabbed a bucket full of horse food and walked out to the horse pens.
"I must say, it's really refreshing to see you this happy. I haven't seen this side of you for a while now", William said following Star to the horse pens, "What's made you so happy?"
Star looked back at her friend with a smile, "Well let's just say I've found a new lease on life. I have found a way to completely change my life for the better."
The two got to the horse pens and started to feed the horse. Star did the right side while William did the left. The horse pens stunk off horse feces, but since they have both been in their before, they were used to the smell. As Star fed the horses she petted each one of them on the head.
When she got to the last pen she fed the last horse which was the biggest. She had to stand one knee to put the bucket up to the horses mouth. She petted it on the head and put the bucket on the stool.
"I'm gonna miss feeding the horse", Star said in a whisper.
"So, what are we doing now?", Willam asked.
"Well, I need you to head into town and buy some fruit. I'm planning to make a fruit salad for my parents tonight.", She asked with a smile.
William looked confused, "Why are you making dinner for your parents? Are you not still mad at them?", he asked green-eyed.
"Well even though I'm still cross at my parents, I still love them very much. I want to make them dinner to show that our relationship will not be tarnished because of the situation", Star said with sincerity in her voice.
William's suspicious look didn't fade, "Well why a fruit salad? You live in a royal family, surely you should fix them something more worthy for them instead of a measly fruit salad."
Star's smile didn't go away, "William, who's the royal here?", she asked.
William rolled his eyes and chuckled a bit, "You are Star."
Star smiled smugly, "That's right. Now could you please go get the fruit. I want my parents to be completely satisfied tonight."
"Of course Star", William said with a nod, and with that, he left.
Star watched him walk away into the distance. She was gonna miss William, sure he was only a servant, but Star felt like he was the only friend she had.
Star walked back into the castle and started to look around every inch of the house. She checked every room, every closet, every bathroom, and every attic in the castle (she didn't even understand why the castle had more than one attic). No one was in the palace, it was completely bare of human life. Star could now start her plan.
She went into her parents room. "Mom? Dad?", she called out. No one responded.
The princess smirked as she reach underneath the bed and grabbed a silver chest. She looked behind her one more time to make sure that no one was watching her cagey activity. With no one in sight, she rigorously opened the box. There layed the wand, the real one.
She grabbed it and watched as it turned from a long sized wand with a blue diamond on it to a small purple wand with winds on the side and a big golden Star in the middle.
"O…M…G. So cool!", she said. She closed the box and placed it back under the bed like nothing happened. She looked down at the wand in her hand. She realized that she now had all the power in the universe, but no one else knew, and it didn't really matter now. She was gonna leave Mewni, and never return.
Authors note: We all see the huge flaws in Star's plan right? Thanks for reading!
For anyone wondering: A day in earth time is two days in Mewni time.