A/N: Hey guys! Sorry for my absence, but you know, various stuff happens... Huge thanks to SonicELITE, Author Smimph, Guest Sorta, King of France, Godlegend, Anonymims, Minthia, KrissDomm, jolleIQ, another Guest (twice), Unknown readr 17 and WolfG1rl for the reviews! You left me speechless, guys, I've never received that many reviews for one chapter! And while we're at it, I feel like I shoud start replying to guest reviews, as there are so many of them.
Guest Sorta: Thank you! That's what I intended to do!
King of France: Your Majesty. *bows* Um, I'd say Marco would at first try to explain basic rules to Star before adding their own. But first, he would have to convince her to play again!
Anonymims: I'm super glad to hear that it sounds believable!
Minthia: Thank you so much, that's the best thing a fanfiction author can hear.
Guest (twice): Thank you, I'm so glad you took your time to read all the chapters and enjoyed them!
Unknown readr 17: Thank you! About the kiss, I don't know... I'm trying to stick to the canon, but if it becomes canon, then... who knows?
Seriously, I love all of you. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
I don't own Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
Marco was sitting in his room, trying to decide whether it was better to start a conversation with Jackie with "Hey, what's up?" or "Hey, how are you?", when he heard a loud rumble coming from the living room. With weird suspicions, he headed downstairs, only to stop halfway. The living room was arranged like a battlefield.
"Star, what are you doing?!" Marco exclaimed in horror as he saw the blonde princess roll across the living room and hide behind the sofa with a conspiratorial expression. She had painted two straight green lines diagonally on both cheeks and had a bandanna tied around her forehead.
"What? I can't hear you!" replied the girl, leaning out from behind the sofa. "Clear!" she yelled, then sprinted across the room and hopped on the stairs, panting. "So, what did you want?" she asked jauntily.
"What... what is THIS?" asked Marco with wide eyes, gesturing lively.
"Well, I was bored," Star began innocently, twiddling her thumbs, "and you were busy struggling with that one sentence for such a long time that I decided to think of something to do myself. Long story short, I made myself a battlefield!"
"That I see, but... couldn't it be something... less dangerous? Like taking the puppies for a walk?"
"The guy in the movie did the same and survived, so I thought-"
"Wait. The guy in the movie?" Marco interrupted.
"Yeah, you know, the one with all those cool weapons and stuff."
A thought occurred to Marco, so he decided to ask her one basic question.
"Star..." he began. "You do realise it was all made up, right? I was an action movie," he explained slowly.
"What?" Star was obviously shocked, but then laughed. "You've got to be messing with me! Like that time when you told me about time zones. I mean, who would ever fall for that?"
Marco stared blankly for a couple of seconds, while Star continued.
"I mean, that man was obviously real-"
"The actor - yes. But who you saw on screen was just a fictional character. He was not real. Made up," Marco explained patiently.
"And his story-"
"Made up."
"And the battle-"
"Made up."
"And the monsters-"
"Come on, Star, there are no monsters on Earth. Well, unless we bring them. Anyway, theye were made up too!"
"But I saw them!" opposed the princess.
Marco smiled, sighed and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Look Star, remember when I told you about television for the first time?"
"The first couple of seconds, but then that band appeared and I kinda lost you," she replied with disarming honesty.
"Okay. Well, I said that most of the stuff you see on TV is made up. Star, are you listening?"
"Huh?" She snapped out of her thoughts. "Oh, yeah. Blah, blah, TV, blah, blah, made up. And stuff."
Marco chuckled. "Well, that's better than the previous time."
He looked around helplessly.
"Come on, Star, we gotta do something with the room before my parents come back," he suggested.
"Although," he added with a slight snicker, "knowing them, they will be flipping delighted."
Thanks for reading and please review!
ElleFreak is out, peace!
