Hey everyone! Day 2 of starcoweek3 is here! And today's prompt is Mewberty Part 2.

You should really see the stuff they're posting on tumblr in this week. It's pretty cool!

"Star, hurry up! We're gonna be late for school!" Marco anxiously said, knocking on her door. "Staarrrrrr?" As he continued to knock, the door slowly creaked open. He pushed the door open, feeling some sort of resistance from the other side. "Star? You okaa….aaaaaayyyy…."

His eyes widened when he saw piles of familiar purple hearts lying on the floor. A sense of concern, fear, and dread washed over him as he remembered the kind of damage the princess had done the last time this happened. Fortunately no one was hurt, but still.

"S… Star?"

He slowly entered the large, desolate room with the only source of light coming from her balcony.

"Star? You in here?" he nervously asked. He looked around for the princess, wondering if she was still in the room. Maybe she was fine and this was just another part of the Mewman life cycle… like shedding… or maybe she turned into her Mewberty form and flew out the balcony and is cocooning every male she's seeing at this very moment, in which case, Marco needed to find Star immediately.

"This is so not good…"

"What's not good?"

Marco jumped, quickly turning around to see… a rather normal looking Star. "...Uh… Star?"

"Hi Marco!"

He looked cautiously at the girl, still feeling uneasy about the situation. "...You… You feeling alright?"

"Of course! Why?"

Marco tilted his head, keeping his distance from his friend. She noticed this and took a step closer. "Oh... just… you know… you have all these hearts lying around again. The last time this happened, you were going through Mewberty, remember?"

Star took another step forward, slowly closing the distance. "Hmm? Mewberty… Mewberty… why does that sound familiar…"

Marco continued to back away until he hit the wall. She still continued to walk towards him. "You… seriously don't remember? It's how you got your wings… you... Took Oskar up into the sky? Remember? U-uh…. Star?"

The princess made her way up to Marco, now only inches from him. She placed a finger on his chest, tracing circles on his shirt as she slowly leaned in, causing a blush to appear on his face. "I don't remember…"

"Well, m-maybe you just need to clear your head and think about it!"

"Sorry, Marco…" She leaned in even closer. "There's only one thing on my mind right now…"

Marco could feel her breath tickling against his skin. It was a mystery to him how his heart stayed inside his chest at the rate it was pumping.

Their lips were mere centimeters apart. She gazed into his eyes with lust as she whispered, "and… that thing… is..."

"Haaahahaha! Look at the time! We're gonna be late for school!" The boy quickly escaped through her arms, backing away towards the door, his face red as a tomato. "I'll just go on ahead and meet you there, don't take too long, 'kay? Okay! See you in class!" He quickly exited the room with the soft pitter patter of feet echoing in the distance.

Star stared at the doorway, letting out a low growl before her frown changed into a smile. She giggled as her cheeks lit up and purple hearts appearing over her finger.

"What the heck was that…" Marco muttered as he entered the building, nervously looking behind him to see if Star was approaching. He couldn't help but blush the entire way to school, thinking about what had almost happened. "Star and I almost… I-I'm sure that wasn't what she wanted to do! Heh… y-yeah…"

He sighed as he opened his locker, placing the necessary books in his bag. "Something is definitely going on with Star though…" He shut the locker and- "GAH!"

"Hey Marco…" The princess mumbled, her eyes dazed at the very sight of her friend.

"H-heyyyy! Star! Um… what's up?"

"You know…" She mindlessly brought a hand up to his cheek. "It's not nice to leave while I'm still talking…"

"S-Star?"

The princess giggled and tightly wrapped her arms around the boy. "It's okay though. I guess I was keeping us late for school."

Marco nervously laughed, hugging the princess as well, though not as enthusiastically. "Heh… um… sorry about that." The bell rang, signaling the students to enter their classrooms. He tried to pull away from the hug, but found himself trapped in her arms. "Er… Star?"

"Mmm…?"

"You… really like this hug, don't you?"

She giggled again, refusing to let go. "Yeah… I do..."

The boy blushed again as he slowly squirmed out of her grip. "Well, we should probably get to class, right? Wouldn't want to get a detention or anything, right Star?"

"Huuuuuugs."

"Star, c'mon, we should- ergh- really… get to class" he struggled to say as he finally broke free from the princess's grip. "I'm all for hugs, but don't you think that- WOAH!"

Star was undergoing some sort of metamorphosis right in front of him as her entire body was covered in more purple hearts. The material spread across her body, turning her skin purple, just like the last time. She took a step forward, leaving a trail of sticky hearts on the ground. "Maaarrrrrcooooooo….."

"S-Star, wait, you're not yourself!"

She let out a giggle which only managed to make the boy panic more than anything. "Maaaarrrrcooooo…."

Marco took a step back, unsure what to do. On the bright side, no one was around to get her attention. The bad news being all her attention was now on Marco. "Star, let's… let's think about this, okay?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

She lifted her arms, revealing four others behind her. She smiled as she extended her fully grown wings once more, completing her metamorphosis into her Mewberty form. "Huuuuuuuuugs…"

"Star? I just want to say… WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!?" he yelled, pointing behind the girl.

The princess looked behind her to find nothing of interest, only to turn back and see the boy gone from her sight. She scanned the area before fluttering her wings, lifting herself off the ground. "Maarrrcoooooooo…" She flew off down the hallway in search for her target.

A pair of eyes could be seen inside one of the lockers, peering through to see if new Star had left. Marco sighed in relief, quietly letting himself out and listening for the buzzing sound to indicate whether Star was flying towards him. It didn't make sense… Glossaryck said she would be back to normal after her first Mewberty, right? She got her wings and everything. Why is she going through it again? Marco sighed. "Guess it's time to find Glossaryck again…"

The boy stuck his head around the corner, hearing the sound of fluttering wings approaching. A flash of a purple went by, the sound slowly fading away. Perfect. That meant she was headed someplace else. He quickly ran down the hall, stopping at the intersection and listening for Star. After a few seconds, he headed towards the princess's locker and opened the door, finding the large spellbook inside.

"Yes!" He pulled out the book. It landed with a loud thud, making Marco jump and quickly turn his head to see if anyone heard. "Glossaryck!" he whispered. "Glossaryck, where are you?" He flipped through the pages, searching for the little blue man for an explanation. "Glossaryck I know you're in here!"

As predicted, the blue man appeared from under the pages. He looked around confused. "...This… isn't Star's room…"

"Hey, look, I need some help."

"I'm pretty sure Star put me under her bed the other night… this is weird."

"Yeah, okay. Listen, Star's-"

"Maybe she left her… her dimensional scissors down there, you know? Wouldn't be the first time. She's pretty messy."

"Glossaryck!"

"What? I'm just saying."

"Star's going through Mewberty again. I thought you said this was a one time thing!"

"I never said that. I just said she could either turn back to normal or stay in her Mewberty form forever. The butterfly family go through this every year, see. At least until they grow out of their teens."

"Every year!?"

"Yeah, it's best to let them get what they want. It ends their transformation quicker."

Marco paled, thinking about the remaining five years of Mewberty he'll have to deal with. "Isn't there some sort of way you can prevent this?"

"I don't know, kid. Like I said before, this is a natural process. You can't stop life from happening. What, you don't have stuff like this in your human biology?"

"Not like this!"

"Oh… huh… weird."

"You're another being from another dimension that can do all the magic in the universe and you think human biology is weird?"

"...Yes."

Marco groaned. "Whatever… so what do I have to do?"

"The heart wants what it wants, kid. And you better do something quick, or she might not change back to normal. It's just like last time… Oh, wow she does look kind of scary."

The boy turned around to find his purple friend floating right behind him. Marco jumped, slowly backing away from Star until his back was against the wall. Star smiled, her glowing heart shaped eyes fixated on him. "Marcoooo….."

"Remember, Marco. The heart wants what it wants," Glossaryck called out before closing the book on himself.

"What the heck does that even me-" His eyes widened. "Wait… me?"

Star approached him, her hearts glowing even brighter. "..."

"..."

"..."

"Uh…" Star shot her sticky web of purple hearts but the boy dodged and rolled out of the way, running down the hall from his friend. "C'mon, Star, this isn't funny!"

He ran through the hall, turning at every corner but the princess wasn't far behind. After several turns and flights of stairs, Marco found himself cornered at the end of corridor. He looked behind him and saw Star flying towards him. He panicked, looking around for an exit. The princess stopped in front of him and slowly floated closer.

She frowned and mumbled his name. "Marco…"

He could detect a hint of sadness behind her voice. "Uh… Star?"

"...Marco..."

"W-wha…" Once again, he found himself against the wall with his best friend only centimeters from his lips. Marco tried to back away from her as much as he could, blushing like mad all the while. She lifted one of her hands to his cheek.

"...Will you..."

He tried to come up with a plan to escape from this situation when Glossaryck's words came to mind. If he wanted to get Star back to normal, he'd have to… have to... The boy closed his eyes, too shy to look into Star's eyes.

"...be mine…?"

A pair of lips met Marco's. He felt his heart beat like drums and his face heat up intensely as he felt Star grasping onto his shirt with the rest of her arms. The princess continued to press her lips against his for several seconds breaking the kiss. She staggered back, her eyes slowly closing from exhaustion. She fell back onto the ground, sleeping soundly as if nothing had happened. Her skin began to shed off the outer layer of purple hearts, returning the princess back to her normal appearance.

Marco opened his eyes. His legs gave out and he slid down the wall, sitting with his hands covering his mouth, staring at the sleeping princess with wide eyes. He looked away as he muttered to himself, "You just fall asleep after all that...?" He touched his lips, still feeling the warmth of her lips lingering. A small smile appeared on his mouth. "...Guess I'll have to do this again next year…"

A yearly tradition is born!

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RobLebron: Ah, gotcha. Hopefully you'll enjoy these prompts!

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xXPokeFictionXx: lol I'm glad you liked it! I enjoyed writing the two characters in that dynamic. I think I'll write more Bad Boy AU's later if I feel like it :P