Sol-Reaper: Keep reading.
Star's Keyblade4114: Good to hear. Keep reading.
Brody Putnum: Thanks.
Enjoy the second chapter.
Star poked her head into her room and saw Marco sleeping with the shutters closed. A small smile crossed her lips before she turned and began walking down the corridor, her expression hardening. Turning the corner, she met up with her parents, who looked at her in confusion, "Star? Where are you-"
"I'm going to talk to an inmate down in the dungeons before my friends get here," before her parents could continue the conversation, Star pushed past them and walked down the stairs.
Star stood in front of a cell and glare at the familiar platinum blonde with narrowed eyes, "So…Jackie, is it?" Jackie groaned and looked up as Star crossed her arms, "Did you honestly believe that that troubled person-"
"He's not a person…he's a monster," Jackie hissed and shook her head, "You've seen what he's capable of. I heard him threaten his own mother last night and-"
"Magical Grab!" Jackie was pulled with a force, hitting the bars of the cell before grunting in pain, "He's not a monster, he saved you that night and you thank him by turning on him and wanting to kill him, along with the rest of those idiots in that city…I admitted that I wanted to kill when we first met, and part of me still wanted to kill him after he explained everything to me, but I couldn't do it…and then that night…when you and your friends approached us and splashed him…I felt the urge leave and the urge to help him took hold.
I brought him here after that, I told him that my parents, the guards, the help…pretty much all of Mewni will want to kill him, but as long as he stayed close to me, they wouldn't get the chance. A few days ago a monster attacked the castle, and Marco offered to take care of the threat, even though the sun was out and he obviously was still in a weakened state, but he didn't care, he was going to take care of the threat because he was a threat to me.
Yes, what he said about my parents and being a pain in his ass almost got him killed but saying that they were important to me and so they're important to him won them over. They've backed down and welcomed Marco to the Butterfly family, hesitantly I might add, but they allowed him to stay and they've backed down.
Marco has told me a few times this past week that he could smell my parents' fear whenever we passed them by and I told him to ignore it and that'll take time for them to be completely use to having a Vampire live with us and-"
"Is this going anywhere? I feel like I'm slowly aging and-"
"The point is how you, along with everyone else in that damned town turned on him, and he was a kind spirit, is disgusting, and how he didn't break down and start hunting those who turned on him is a miracle and-"
"Are you joking!" Jackie hissed and narrowed her eyes, "He has us in these cells, waiting to pick us off! He's already killed Brittney! Who's to say he won't turn on you and your family when there are no more humans? What makes you think you're safe from the bloodthirsty monster?"
"Because he and I are mates!" Star snapped, dropping Jackie to the stone floor, "And in case you're wondering, it basically means we're married and he refuses to harm a Mewman because he said it'll be like him attacking me and he can't bring himself to do that."
Star turned and began walking away, "You'll see!" Star stopped and looked over her shoulder with narrowed eyes as Jackie stood up and glared back at the blonde princess, "He'll kill you when he's given the chance! Monsters like him are incapable of love! They're born from grief and raised in hate! They don't care about anyone or anything! Talk to my friend Janna! She knows better than anyone here how Vampires, zombies, Werewolves and-"
"And what?" Star turned and walked back to the cell, "The worst things he did were yell at my parents, making demands and telling them to leave us alone, and calling them a pain in his ass, other than that, he hasn't harmed a single Mewman, no matter what they did. They come at him with swords and he'd freeze them in place. My own mother threatened him with magic and he shrugged it off."
Star reached through the bars and pulled Jackie closer and hissed through her teeth, "Marco won't kill all of you at once. I'll talk to him about that…you're right, if his blood source rans out quickly, he'll go out hunting and the guards will try to kill him," she dropped Jackie again before turning around and walked away once more, "Why he didn't kill you instead of that Brittney girl is beyond me. You should wake up every day, grateful to be alive because he allowed himself to get bitten and not have every turn on him and want to kill him," Jackie narrowed her eyes as Star walked away from the cell that held her.
Star walked up to the stairs leading out of the dungeons and was greeted by a floating unicorn head, "Boom, what's up girl?"
"Pony Head!" Star smiled before hugging the disembodied unicorn head. Looking past her, she smiled at the other guests, a princess with a large spire bite on the side of her head, a princess with four arms, an anthropomorphic sheep princess and a minotaur princess standing behind them, "What is everyone doing here this early?"
"It's never too early to party, B-fly," Pony Head smirked before looking at Star with a confused look crossing her face, "So uh…why were you down there? Isn't that the dungeons?" Star frowned and looked down towards the dungeons, "What happened?"
She looked up at the other princesses and sighed as she shook her head, "I…I have a…guest that has been staying with me and my parents for the past week and he's…had it rough for the past couple of months and…I invited him to stay and we really hit it off…he's a nice guy and-"
"That's what you thought about Tom," the four-armed princess rolled her eyes and shook her head, "And we all know what happened there,"
"Yeah…but Marco's not like Tom…he's actually nice and-"
"And that still doesn't explain why you were down in the dungeons," the princess with the spider bite voiced and the five princesses looked at her.
Star sighed and shook her head, "Like I said, Marco had it rough for a few months before we met…we had the people who he called friends and his parents put in the dungeons for what they've done and…well…follow me," she pushed past her guests and walked up the stairs and the five looked at each other in confusion before following Star.
The six stepped into Star's room and saw Marco sleeping on the bed. The five princesses looked at Star and Pony Head arched a brow, "Uh…B-fly, who is that and why is he in your-"
"This is my good friend, Marco Diaz," she walked over to the undead teen and lightly shook him awake.
Marco looked up with red eyes and Star smiled as she shook her head, "No, it's not nighttime yet…my friends are here and I wanted to introduce you them," Marco groaned as he sat up and the two looked at the five, "Everyone, this is Marco Diaz," she looked down at Marco an smiled, "Marco, these are my friends Melissa Arms,"
"Hey," the princess with four arms waved and Marco nodded.
"Jessica Ram," the two locked eyes and slightly nodded, "Penelope Spiderbite,"
"Hello,"
"Hi,"
"Christina Minotaur,"
Marco looked at the minotaur princess and waved, "And my best bestie, Lilacia Pony Head,"
"Yo, what's up boy?" Pony Head smirked before narrowing her eyes slightly, "So…what are you doing in B-fly's room? Don't you know where the guest chamber is? And why are you sleeping in the middle of the day?"
Marco looked at Star and Star slightly frowned and shook her head, "I just told them you had a rough few months and that you're staying with us…I didn't tell them what you are or that we're mates and…I don't think it's my place to tell them what happened to you, and the mates thing…we should tell them together." Marco sighed and shook his head, "I'm sorry Marco, but-"
"It's fine, Estrella," Marco looked up at the guests and took a deep breath, "Star has informed you that I am staying here and that I've had a rough few months…the reason for that is…well," he opened his mouth, revealing his fangs and surprising the princesses.
Marco closed his mouth as the princesses slowly backed away and Star sat down next to him and wrapped an arm around him, "He was bitten a few months back on earth protecting his now ex-girlfriend. She, their friends, his parents and the entire city wanted to kill him and he has done nothing to deserve it,"
"He's a monster," Penelope spoke and Marco frowned, "Monsters are evil to their core and-"
"Marco and I…we're mates," Star sighed and shook her head, "I went to earth after I received the wand and met Marco, and while I did want to kill him when we first met, I heard what he had to say and…well, the urge to want to kill him was still there until we went to the park and some of his former friends approached us, holding vials of Holy Water.
After seeing Marco fall back when one of them splashed him, I felt the urge to want to kill him die and the urge to keep him safe took over. We got away from there and I brought him back here. My parents and the guars wanted to have him killed, but I wouldn't let him, I even attacked several guards and my own parents when they tried to kill Marco. We later found out it was because we're mates…which uh…which means we're married."
The five princesses stared at them in disbelief as Star continued, "He won't attack another Mewman because of our relation, and…he won't attack any friends of mine."
"And no…she and I didn't have a say in the mate thing. It was the venom that flows through me that chose her." Marco took a deep breath and shook his head before looking up with red eyes, "And please calm down. Your heartrates are going through the roof and it's driving me insane. None of you are in any type of danger," the princesses breathe sighs of relief, "You're still panicking, but you did calm down a bit,"
"And how can we trust you? Monsters are evil," Marco looked away as the ram princess continued to speak, "Monsters are manipulative and-"
"I am not…like Star said, I have had it rough after my accident, and everyone in Echo Creek turned on me, I refused to harm humans or their pets once I fled the city and a few months later, I met Star," Star softly smiled as she took hold of his cold hand, "I explained everything to her and we eventually ended up back here at the Butterfly castle…the rest is history,"
"O…kay, but what does that have to do with Star being down in the dungeons?" Melissa questioned.
"Oh…I was talking to a certain inmate in there," Star looked away and narrowed her eyes.
Marco begin sniffing the air around her and the princesses looked at him in confusion, "Marco? You're not a dog, you're a Vampire and-"
"And we do have a good sense of smell too," Marco sighed and shook his head, "You were talking to Jackie, right?" Star took a deep breath and nodded, "Well…I hope she didn't threaten you,"
"Marco, I have the wand," Star rolled her eyes before standing up and pushed Marco back down, "Now you should go back to sleep…we'll see you tonight,"
"Yeah, alright, Estrel-"
"I have one more question," the minotaur princess chimed and everyone looked at her, "Everyone knows that the Butterfly family hates monsters more than anyone and-"
"Like we said, we're mates and Marco explained everything to my parents. They might only be tolerating him so I wouldn't fall into depression, or they might actually genuinely care about him," Star looked down and slightly smiled, "Get some sleep. We'll see you tonight…and don't worry, no one will try to come in and kill you,"
"Thanks Estrella, see you tonight," Marco yawned and closed his eyes as the princesses turned and walked out of the room and Star closed the door behind her.
Okay, I was going to get Instincts out, or Monstar, but I'm still working on them. One of them should be out either tomorrow or Wednesday. For now as always enjoy everyone and please let me know what you all think.