Star's Keyblade4114: You think it's Odin, huh? Well keep reading to see if you're right.
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Marco stared out towards the Forest of Certain Death with narrowed, glowing eyes before he felt someone tap him on the shoulder. Looking back, he saw Star standing behind him, a confused look crossing her face, "Hey Estrella…is everything okay? Did your friends say something offensive or-"
"No…they went to sleep a few hours ago…Marco, you've been up here all night and I'm getting worried," Star stepped closer to him and Marco looked back out towards the forest, "What's wrong? Is it Toffee? Marco, you shattered his beliefs on immortality the day he attacked. After that he took off like a bat out of hell and-"
"I know Star," Marco took a deep breath and shook his head, "But something has been bugging me all day. I've been waking up throughout the day and all night I couldn't shake this feeling. I sent a bat out to the forest a few hours ago and it still hasn't returned. I'm worried, especially if Toffee is involved. That coldblooded bastard better-" before he could finish, the two of them heard rustling coming from the courtyard and they looked down, their eyes widened and flashed.
Seeing a familiar figure racing across the courtyard, Marco growled under his breath, "Toffee!"
"Where's the alarm?" Star looked back and frowned, "Whenever a monster approaches the castle, the alarm is sound, no matter how late it is." Marco ignored the princess and turned and ran away from the window before Star followed him.
The two stood at the top of the stairwell and stared at the doors with narrowed eyes. Marco moved in front of Star and growled under his breath as his eyes flashed red. The doors slowly opened and the two Vampires saw the reptilian monster casually walking into the castle, "Toffee!"
Looking up, Toffee smirked, "Ah, I see you two weren't sentenced to death,"
"My parents aren't going to have us executed, you worthless scum!" Star narrowed her eyes and Toffee chuckled, "What have you done with Milo? Why isn't the alarm going off?" Toffee continued to chuckle and ignored the undead princess, "Answer me!"
"Now, now, my dear princess," Toffee stopped chuckling and shook his head, "There's no need to shout. You wouldn't want to wake the entire castle up would you?" he slowly stepped further into the foyer and Marco growled as he narrowed his eyes, "But there is something that is bothering me. You see, the day we met, you," he pointed towards Marco and narrowed his eyes, "You dared to question the limits of a monster that is known as the Immortal Warrior and-"
"And that statement stands true…immortals are not real," Marco said coldly as he continued to glare at the intruding monster, "Everything has to die sooner or later. Just because you can heal from even the most fatal of injuries doesn't make you an immortal, it just makes you harder to kill," Marco stepped away from Star and began walking down the stairs, "So…Star asked you a question. What happened to this Milo person? Why isn't the alarm going off?"
Toffee smirked and Star's eyes widened, "What the hell did you do to-" before she could finish, the screech of a bat filled the air and Marco smirked as the bat flew through the window and began flying around the foyer.
Marco held his right hand out, pointing his index and middle fingers out before the bat flew towards him and rested on his fingers, "You're back," Star walked over to Marco and looked at the small winged creature as the bat screeched in a panic.
Star looked at Marco and shook her head, "Marco, how can I understand this-"
"You're a Vampire, Star…I probably should've told you that you'd be able to understand the language of the bats the moment I turned you, but I was more concerned about your safety over anything else," the two undead teens looked back at the bat and Marco took a deep breath, "So what happened? Who was this bastard meeting with?" the bat continued to screech as Marco's eyes narrowed and Star's eyes widened.
"Come now," Toffee laughed and shook his head, "Am I truly supposed to believe you two understand the rat with wings? First you tell me there is no such thing as an immortal and now you're telling me you can understand-"
"We can understand our familiars and what this little bat told us is very interesting," Marco looked up with glowing eyes, "But I'm in the mood to play a little game, Candy Man,"
"Toffee, you arrogant fool, Toffee!" Toffee hissed, "Are we really going to play this game again? Do you love annoying me to no end?"
"Truth, I love annoying anyone who dares to harm my family and people I see as such," Marco stood in front of Star, glaring daggers at the reptilian monster, "And you attacking and trying to kill Star, the most important person in my life, was a big mistake on your end, Coffee," Toffee growled and Marco chuckled, "What's the matter? You're the one who started this little game, and now you're telling me you don't want to play because I keep mocking your name?"
"You're the one who said you wanted to play a game,"
"I did, and what's a little game without a few extra players?" snapping his fingers, two Hellhounds stood beside the undead teens. Star looked down at the two demonic hounds and frowned as Marco looked down, "Go retrieve them," the Hellhounds growled before turning and running up the stairs.
"Marco?" Marco hummed, glaring at Toffee, "How are they-"
"One of them is going to get your parents…don't worry, they're not in any danger. And the other one is going to get the guest of honor…I can't say the same for their safety," Star frowned and Marco looked over his shoulder and slightly smiled, "Don't worry Star, your parents aren't in any type of danger. Like I said, I hate when people attack my family and people I see as such. You're my mate, so you're obviously family and even though they wanted to kill me when we first got here, they're still your parents and technically my in-laws…and they have been nicer lately," the sound of a hound growling caught their attention and they looked up to see one of the two Hellhounds walking down the stairs with Star's parents following close behind, "Your majesties, sorry to wake you at this ungodly hour, but we have an unwanted visitor,"
The two rulers looked down and glared at Toffee, "Toffee," Moon spat with venom crossing her lips, "And why hasn't the alarm been raised? Where is Milo?"
"Calm down, mom," Star narrowed her eyes and shook her head, "Everything will be answered soon." Before her parents could respond, the sound of someone shouting in pain could be heard and they looked up to see the second Hellhound dragging Odin down the stairs by the leg.
Running over to Toffee, the Hellhound released Odin and ran back to the four, "Your majesties!" Odin hissed in pain and looked up, holding his bleeding ankle, "Those vial creatures attacked me for-"
"Odin was talking with Toffee in the Forest of Certain Death earlier," Star narrowed her eyes, "Marco had sent a bat out earlier and it had returned and told us who Toffee was talking to. Odin had arranged it to where he traded shifts with Milo so Toffee could sneak into the castle without raising the alarm," the rulers stared at the guard with narrowed eyes, "He had talked to Toffee and-"
"You're lying you little bit-" before Odin could finish, he gasped and froze in place.
Sorry for a cliffhanger. I've got a few more chapters planned and then I'll be working on a third installment. As always enjoy everyone and please let me know what you all think.