Star's Keyblade4114: Twists and turns are coming.
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Toffee roamed the Forest of Certain Death with a puzzling look crossing his face as he hummed to himself, "What to do, what to do?"
"You want to rid the castle of those disgusting monsters, don't you?" he looked back and saw a figure standing in the shadows, "But you're concerned. You're worried you'll be facing death the very second you set foot on Butterfly soil, am I right?"
"I am, but who might you be?"
Toffee began walking forward when the figure spoke again as it stepped back, "It's best if you don't see my face. The less you know, the better," Toffee stopped and narrowed his eyes, "We both want the same thing, for those Vampires to be expunged from the castle, so I'm here to help you help me rid the castle of those bloodthirsty monsters,"
"Heh, you're speaking as if you know the castle walls inside out," Toffee chuckled and shook his head, "And how exactly can I trust you? That arrogant boy will kill me without a second hesitation, and that's if the Queen doesn't sink her claws into me first, and let's not forget the princess. I nearly killed her and would've succeeded if that boy hadn't had bitten her,"
"And now the royal family and that boy has a vendetta against you, but what if you manage to kill the two Vampires before they find you and erase you from existence? You will be feared, the obstacle of those Vampires will be a distant memory…provided you do not go after the king and queen," Toffee growled under his breath, "I understand you have a vendetta against the queen but going after her or the king will result in your untimely demise. Every guard in that castle will corner you, if those monsters don't get to you first.
You heard what that boy said, there is no such thing as an immortal, and that must've lit a fire in your stomach. You are known as the immortal warrior and he pointed out the one flaw in that title and you know it to be true now. He shattered your delusions of immortality because you dared to attack the princess, and he doesn't care. The main objective is to kill any threat that comes near the castle, rendering all of the help useless,"
"The way you speak I will return to my previous comment," Toffee scuffed and crossed his arms, "The way you speak makes me believe you work in the castle," the figure chuckled and Toffee arched a brow, "And how exactly am I to get passed the main gate? Ludo was a fool to try and attack in daylight and the boy didn't care if he were to die, he still stood his ground. Ludo doesn't seem to understand that he was outclassed then and there,"
"But therein lies the difference between you and Ludo, Ludo works on peoples' fear, where you obviously have some form of intelligence and can easily devise a plan to get into the castle and eliminate the two Vampires," Toffee glared at the figure with a cold look behind his eyes before slowly nodding, "Excellent," the figure chuckled.
Star and Marco moaned as they slowly opened their eyes and sat up and stretched. Marco looked down at his mate and slightly smiled, "Hey…second night of being part of the undead," Star slightly smiled and slowly nodded, "How are you feeling?"
"Like I can go for a glass of blood, and I think we interrogated Jackie long enough, so maybe we can take some from her," Marco chuckled before looking up, his eyes flashing bright red, "Um…honey? Are you okay? You're not going to planning on going out there, are you?"
"N-no," Marco choked out and shook his head, "I'm fine, just…I'm just thirsty, Estrella," he stood up and offered his hand to Star, "So let's go grab a couple of glasses and go down to the dungeons before anything can happen," concerned, Star slowly nodded before reaching for Marco's hand and Marco helped her up before the two of them walked towards the door.
The two approached the doors leading to the dungeons, each holding a wine glass and Marco holding the metal tap, when they felt someone tapping them on their shoulders. Looking back, they saw Lilacia, Melissa, Penelope, Christina and Jessica standing behind them, "What are you guys doing here?" Star asked.
"Well…since we can't go to the other kingdoms because of the incident," Lilacia cleared her throat and Marco narrowed his eyes, "We decided to come by and hang out again…and to thank Marco in person for doing what he did to make sure my best bestie didn't die,"
"I didn't do it for any of you," Marco sighed and shook his head, "I did it so her parents wouldn't have to bury their daughter and I'd go Rogue…I care a great deal for Star and I would never be able forgive myself if I just stood there and allowed her to bleed out and knew I could've done something to save her,"
The princesses around him stared at him as Marco inhaled slowly and shook his head again, "Sorry to sound rude, but I truly didn't do this for any of you except for Star," looking at his mate, Marco slightly smiled as he reached for the glass, "I'll get you that drink. Why don't you spend some time with your friends?" nodding, Marco turned and walked down to the dungeons as Star watched as he vanished from sight with a concerning look crossing her face.
Marco stood in front of the cell and Jackie looked up and moaned, "What? Are you dining alone tonight? Did that-"
"Be careful on what you say next, Jackie, because you are going to be our meal tonight," he opened the cell door and before Jackie could run past him, Marco pushed her back with glowing eyes, "Don't even think about it, Jackie. You're not going to die tonight, but I truly hope that the pain sticks with you for a while," before Jackie could argue, she felt the sting of the tap pierce her arm and looked down to see Marco turning the valve and began filling the two glasses.
Closing the valve, Marco pulled the tap out of Jackie's arm and Jackie watched as the wound closed instantly. She looked up at the undead teen as Marco stepped out of the cell and closed the cell door and locked it behind him. Looking over his shoulder, he narrowed his eyes, "I told you that you're not going to die tonight," without uttering another word, Marco turned and walked away from the cell, leaving Jackie on the floor, shaking in fear and pain.
Marco stepped into the room and saw the princesses sitting on the bed. Walking over to them, he handed one of the glasses to Star, who took it and slightly smiled, "Thanks Marco," Marco hummed and nodded before he turned and began walking away, "Wait, where are you going?"
"What? Your friends are here and I don't want to be rude," he looked over his shoulder and gave a small smile, "Spend some time with your friends. I'm just going to walk around for a bit," Star sighed and slowly nodded as Marco turned back around and rubbed the top of her head, "Spend some time with your friends. It'll be rude if they came over for nothing,"
"Yeah…I guess you're right," Star hugged him and Marco hugged her back, "Just…don't go looking for trouble and stay away from Odin." Marco hummed and nodded before he broke from the hug and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
Marco stood in the North Tower with a hardened look crossing his face as he stared out towards the Forest of Certain Death, "The last time I felt like this, Ludo met up with Toffee, but Star made it clear that she doesn't want me to go anywhere near the forest."
Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath before hearing screeches in front of him. Opening his eyes, he saw a bat flying in front of him, "I need you to go out there and look for a lizard monster named Toffee. Find out what he's doing," the bat screeched and Marco sighed, "She made it clear that she doesn't want me to go there, and I don't blame her.
You're one of my familiars, you can go into the forest and find out what Toffee is planning," pausing for a second, Marco inhaled slowly and shook his head, "I can't explain it, but I've had a strange feeling when Star and I woke up and I don't want her to worry. Just go out there, find out what Toffee is doing and report back to me,"
The bat screeched before flying away from Marco and Marco narrowed his eyes as he stared out towards the forest with glowing red eyes, "He could be playing a game with you, boy,"
"And that's what worries me," he looked back to see Star's parents stepping through the door, leading to the staircase, "He nearly killed Star, and from the look of him, I can tell he's battle-hardened. Yes, Ludo seems to be a delusional hell spawn who's only objective is to get the wand and kill the Butterfly family, but what's Toffee's game? What does he want?"
"He wants freedom for monsters and to eliminate all Mewmans," River answered and Marco growled before he looked out towards the forest once again, "Is something wrong, boy?"
Marco ignored him for a moment before he chuckled and shook his head. The chuckling soon turned into a fit of laughter, "This is priceless. He despises Mewmans, and from what I've gathered in the short time I've been living here, Mewmans hate monsters and having two Vampires not only live within the castle walls, but treating them well must really piss him off,"
He stopped laughing and the two rulers looked at him in confusion before he continued to speak, "And destroying his illusions of immortal beings must've pissed him off even more. Like I said, immortals aren't real. They're just mistakenly labeled as immortals before of their long lifespan, but everything that lives, dies. Beit eighty years, a hundred and fifty or a thousand, we all will die eventually,"
Taking a deep breath, he looked back at the two and shook his head, "Even old man time and lady earth will eventually die. They probably have the longest lifespan that I can think of, but-"
"What about Omnitraxus?" Moon question and Marco looked at her, a confused look crossing his face, "He's the being that created the universe. Shouldn't he be immortal?"
"I suppose he'll have the longest lifespan dead, but he'll eventually die as well. Just like everything else that lives and breathes. It doesn't matter how high of a being you are, we all have to eventually dance with death," he looked back towards the forest before taking a drink, "And I'm going to make sure Toffee gets his very soon,"
"But Toffee is able to regenerate his body and-"
"So can I," Marco looked back and narrowed his eyes, "Like I said, that doesn't make you immortal, it just means you're harder to kill. The question is, who's going to break first. Me, or the asshole who tried to kill Star? And I have a lot more to fight for than freedom for monsters, and I'm not one to break easily,"
The air between the three grew still before Marco sighed and shook his head, looking out towards the Forest of Certain Death once again and Star's parents took deep breaths before they turned and walked away from the undead teen, quietly closing the door behind them, "What are you planning this time, you goddamn bastard? You should know the very second you set foot through the main gate you'll be facing your death," swirling the blood around, he took another drink as he continued to stared out towards the forest in silence.
This was a fun chapter to write…I wanted to do a different approach, but like I said in the latest update to my story Call of the Wild, I get depressed during the holidays for various reasons. So I tend to get sloppy at times. Hopefully everything will go back to normal after the New Year.
But for now, as always enjoy everyone and please let me know what you all think.