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Star moaned as she slowly opened her eyes and sat up. Looking around the room, she spotted Marco staring out the window, "Marco?" Marco hummed and looked back in confusion, "Were you standing there all night? You should step away before the sun peers into the room."
Marco opened his mouth, ready to respond when the bat from the night before flew through the window and landed on Marco's shoulder. Marco sighed and closed the shutters before looking at the bat, "Well? What did you find out?" Star hummed and tilted her head to the side in confusion as the bat began to screech, "Hmm…I suppose I should've sent you out earlier than that. It's okay,"
"Marco," Marco looked at his mate as Star stood up and walked towards him, "Um…where did this little guy from?"
"Oh, as a Vampire, I have a colony of bats and two hellhounds as familiars. Last night, shortly after you went to bed, I sent him to the forest to find out who Ludo was talking to. Unfortunately, I sent him out too late and Ludo was leaving, but he couldn't find a trace of any other monster around," Marco grabbed a spider off the wall and held it up to the bat, "Here you go, little buddy. You've earned it,"
Star watched as the bat snatched the spider from Marco's hand and flew towards the darkest corner of the room. Star looked at Marco in confusion and arched a brow, "So…why didn't you send the entire colony, or even one of your hellhounds to find-"
"If I had sent a hellhound, it would've been spotted easily. And if I had sent the entire colony, they would've been spotted and while I have faith in my familiars, I know Ludo is strong and I have no idea who he was talking with…and I wasn't going to risk my familiars like that."
Star watched as Marco walked past her and towards the bed, "I sent one bat out because I doubt they'll find one bat flying around suspicious. I was slightly worried when he didn't come back last night, and I was relieved when he flew through the window just now. And while I'm still concerned about Ludo and whoever he was talking to, I think you should spend time with your parents,"
"Right…and you should get some sleep,"
"Hmm…come get me if something happens." Star looked at him and frowned as Marco laid down and closed his eyes, "If the alarm goes off come get me."
"Marco-"
"I'm serious Star. I'm not going to rest if Ludo, or whoever he was talking to tries to invade the castle." Star frowned and looked down, "Now you should go and spend some time with your parents." Star sighed and nodded before walking over to him and kissed his cheek before walking out of the room.
Star walked down the stairs to the main foyer, a deep frown crossing her lips, "Star?" she looked up and saw her parents staring at her, "Is everything okay, dear?"
"I…I don't know, mom. Marco sent a bat out to the Forest of Certain Death last night and…he said that the bat didn't find anything out about Ludo and…he seems to be getting more and more focused on that. Like he's certain that a monster is talking to Ludo and he won't rest until-"
"Sweetheart, while don't we worry about that later?" River suggested, "For now, while don't you join your mother and I for breakfast?" Star sighed and slightly nodded before the royal family headed towards the dining hall.
The family sat down at the table before a loud alarm filled the air and the three looked up with narrowed eyes before standing up and ran out of the dining hall. The family stood in the main foyer, Moon and River staring at the doors intently while Star looked up at the staircase with a worried look crossing her face.
The doors soon opened and Ludo and a tall lizard monster standing next to him enter the castle. Moon's eyes widened as the two monsters stepped into the main foyer, "Ah, Queen Moon," the lizard spoke, "It's been some time, hasn't it? The last time we spoke, you-"
"And here I was hoping for a quiet morning," the monsters and Star's parents looked up to see the undead teen standing at the top of the stairs, "But from the way they spoke of you, Ludo, I knew it was a matter of time before you decided to show up again, but who's your friend?"
"Ah, Vampire boy, I see you're still a service dog to the Butterfly-"
"Silence!" Marco looked at the lizard monster and narrowed his red eyes, "You, who the hell are you supposed to be? Ludo's lawyer or something?" the lizard looked at the Vampire in confusion and Marco hissed, baring his fangs, "Answer me!"
"Temper, my monster brothering, temper, my name is-"
"I am not your brother! Unlike the rest of the monsters here, I actually care for Mewmans!" Marco walked down the stairs, glaring at the two monsters, "Now…lizard, what is your name?"
"Hmm…a monster caring for Mewmans? Unheard of…you may call me Toffee, my good boy, and I am here to-"
"So…you're the one I sensed last night…you've been talking to this birdbrained idiot,"
"Hey!"
"Why are you here?"
"Dear boy," everyone looked at Moon and Marco arched a brow, "You shouldn't tangle with Toffee…he…he isn't like Ludo, not in the slightest and-"
"And nothing, your majesty," Marco looked back at the monsters and glared at Toffee, "So…Coffee, was it?"
"Toffee,"
"Candy Man?"
"Toffee!"
"Banana Split?"
"Toffee, you foolish child, Toffee!" the lizard growled, "Why is it so hard to understand my name and-" Marco chuckled and shook his head, "And what is so amusing? I fail to see the humor in-"
"You fail to see why I'm laughing? I was worried about you causing trouble to the kingdom and here you're named after a caramel candy. Your name is sad compared to Ludo, and while Ludo does seem to cheat his way into victory, at least he's not named after a candy and-" before Marco finished, Toffee crouched down and ran towards Star.
Her parents and Marco stared with wide eyes as Star fall to the ground and a puddle of blood formed beside her. Her parents knelt down next to her and began shaking her as Marco narrowed his eyes and his body began shaking uncontrollably. Moon bit her lower lip and shook her head, "No…he…he killed her and-"
"Isn't there a spell that can save her?" Moon sighed and shook her head, "Then…hate me until hell freezes over and fire rains from the sky, but I'm not losing m mate any time soon," the two rulers of Mewni looked up as the undead teen walked past them and knelt beside Star and quickly sank his fangs into the side of her neck as her parents stared in shock.
Marco sat up and the three watched as the wounds in Star's side began to close and Star opened her eyes slowly, "What? What happened?"
"Don't speak," Star looked up as Marco reached in his pocket and took out three frozen mice, "Here. I froze these last night for a little snack later, but you're going to need them more right now," Star looked down and her eyes widened as she saw her skin grow pale, "I…I am sorry, Star, but I'm not going to lose you this soon, and I wasn't going to force your parents to bury you,"
Star looked up as Marco and her parents stared at her, "Eat the mice Star, I know you're hungry." Star slowly reached up and hesitantly took the mice from Marco, "I know it's going to take some getting used to, but after seeing that reptile try and kill you…I did the only thing I can think of to save you,"
"T-thank you, Marco,"
"Yes, thank you, boy," River breathed a sigh of relief.
Marco ignored the short man as he stood up and glared at the two monsters with narrowed eyes, "You're not going to get away with this," Ludo glared at the Vampire as Toffee chuckled and shook his head, "I don't see what's so funny, Toffee,"
"You of all beings should know an immortal when you-"
"Heh…I figured a monster like yourself would know that there is no such thing as an-" Toffee held up his left hand and ripped it off and the four watched as it regenerated, "And you believe that your kind if the only ones that can heal severe injuries like that? You saw the wound you inflicted on Star, and shortly after I bit her the wound healed. That doesn't make you an immortal, it just means you're harder to kill,"
Marco began walking slowly towards the two intruders as his eyes flashed red, "Everything in life has a breaking point, the ones that are harder to kill just means their breaking point is more difficult to reach. But once you find it, you push past it, ending your opponent once and for all," he gave a slight smirk, revealing his fangs, "And I have a lot of pent up aggression I like to get out, and since I refuse to harm a single Mewman for whatever reason, I guess I'll have to take my aggression out on you two,"
"Hmm…be that as it may, we have more pressing matters to attend to," Toffee quickly picked Ludo up and chuckled before shaking his head, "Goodbye for now, my undead brother. We shall meet again," he turned and jumped out the window while Ludo complained to the reptilian monster as they ran from the castle.
Marco sighed and looked back as Star's parents hugged their daughter, "Queen Moon," Moon looked up and slightly frowned as she narrowed her eyes, "Like I said, you and your husband can hate me until hell freezes over and fire rains from the sky, I wasn't going to let Star die and-"
"I…I know…boy, and thank you for saving my daughter,"
"Of course," Marco walked over to the family of three and helped Star up before he took a deep breath and shook his head, "But I do have a question before Star and I retire for the day…how do you know Toffee? Star never mentioned a Toffee and-"
"I don't know who Toffee is either," Star looked at Marco and shook her head before looking at her parents in confusion, "Mom? How do you know Toffee? Did you fight him before or something?"
Moon frowned and lowered her head, "I…I see we hit an unwanted nerve…sorry, your majesty," Marco took hold of Star's hand and led her towards the stairs, "We're going to bed…we'll see you two this evening," Star's parents nodded as Star and Marco walked up the stairs.
Star and Marco walked into the bedroom and over to the bed before lying down. Star looked at her pale arms as a frown formed across her lips, "I'm sorry," she looked at Marco in confusion and Marco took a deep breath and shook his head, "I wasn't going to let you die like that, and your mom said that there wasn't a spell to stop the bleeding, so I did what I did to keep you alive…and I know a lot of the help around the castle will be terrified of you now that-"
"Marco, you did what you had to do to save me, and my parents are grateful you did…and so am I," Star wrapped an arm around him and rested her head on his shoulder, "Thank you for saving me, Marco,"
Marco hummed as he wrapped an arm around Star and rubbed her back, "Of course, Estrella, like I said, I wasn't going to let you die like that," Marco kissed her forehead and yawned, "We better get some sleep. Like you said, Vampires and sunlight don't mix," Star hummed and nodded before the two of them slowly drifted off to sleep.
So Toffee made himself known and a few other things happened. As always enjoy everyone and please let me know what you all think.