Chapter 2

Star

Star plopped face first onto her bed.

"That was awful..." What was his problem with her? She thought back to their previous conversation, trying to remember anything she may have said to piss him off. But, nothing stuck out. If anything he had initiated the bad blood between them.

She laid there wishing she could suffocate herself, until a tiny mewl came from across the room.

"Oh!" Springing up, she grabbed her bag from the floor. As soon as the zipper came down, a tiny black ball of fur launched itself at her.

She nuzzled the kitten, "I'm sorry Shine, I forgot you were in there." The tiny cat mewed in response.

Sighing, she continued to caress her cat. It was just after ten. She didn't really need to be anywhere until six, for their strange family dinner.

Star was still shocked at the turn of events. Beforehand she, would have never dreamed of destroying everything that was once precious to her. But she would have killed a child just to get out of that Grambi forsaken village. She had been skeptical when the Count had first confronted her about his plans for a perfect world. She had vowed never to deal with any type of destructive magic. It had already made her life a complete a hell. But the promise of making everything right again... Was it worth the death of the world?

Count Bleck had not explained much to her. As far as she knew, he was planning to use the Chaos Heart to destroy these worlds and create one perfect world. She and the other minions had been described in the Dark Prognosticus, thus why Count Beck had recruited them. She was portrayed in the as "A girl with fire in her eyes".

"I guess that makes sense." Star muttered to herself. All this magic was too familiar.

There was a quiet knock on her door. Before she could answer Mimi came bounding in. "Hi there! Oh is that a kitten, it's so cute! Can I pet it?"

Star motioned for her to quiet down. "Do you want the whole castle to hear? Come in, close the door." She wasn't sure if there was anything issue with pets, but she refused to lose Shine.

Mimi sat on the edge of her bed. She held out her hand and tried to coax the cat. After a moment Shine sniffed Mimi. With a mew she nuzzled the shapeshifters hand. Smiling, Mimi cradled it in her arms. "Whats her name?"

"Shine." Star said reluctantly. As if she didn't already get crap for her own name...

Mimi snickered. "So like Starshi-"

"Shut up." Although she couldn't help but grin.

Star watched as the green girl played with her cat. She wasn't really how she felt about Mimi. She seemed nice enough. Hell, she was the only one who had taken the time to approach Star, but there was still something off about her. Star felt uneasy just being in the same room as her. Maybe it was because she didn't act as sweet as she looked. It may also have something to do with the fact that she was a huge robotic spider… Thing. Her and O'chunks fight had been a bit of a shock when she transformed. Star prayed no one else had noticed how uncomfortable she had gotten. Why of all the creatures she could be, was she a spider? They were one of the few things she couldn't stand.

"Did you hear me?" Mimi asked, snapping her out of her thoughts.

She shook her head. "No. I'm sorry, what did you say?"

"I said that's a pretty necklace."

"Oh." Her eyes saddened. She didn't even realized she'd been playing with the green star shaped jewel. "Thank you."

"What's it made of?" Mimi asked, oblivious to Stars sudden change in mood.

"Peridot and amethyst." She said quietly.

Mimi frowned, "But amethy-"

Star suddenly jumped up, "I have to go."

"Oh!" Mimi looked startled, "Wait what about Shine?"

"Just leave her there."

"Are you sure? I could watch her if you want."

Star waved her off. "She'll be fine."

"Okay," Mimi joined her in the hallway. "See-ya!"

Star waited until Mimi turned down another corridor and went back to her room, locking the door behind her.


Star woke up to more knocking.

"That girl, I swear." Rubbing the sleep out her eyes, she put shine under the pillow and unlocked the door. "What do you want?"

"Manners would do you wonders." Dimentio said frowning slightly.

"Good evening. What do you want?"

He let out an exasperated sigh, "Are you planning on eating?"

Star looked at the clock. It was ten to six. "Yeah I'm coming."

"I can bring you down if you'd like."

"No, I'm fine." The offer seemed genuine, but Star really didn't want him helping her. She had decided the best way to handle him was to avoid the jester until they had to travel.

Dimentio shook his head, "Do you even know where you're going?"

"I'm good alright!" She snapped.

Dimentio glowered, "Suit yourself." The air began to ripple.

"Wait." Maybe she should atleast try to be on good terms with him. They would have to travel together soon enough. "No, I don't know where I'm going."

The corner of his mouth turned up in the beginning of a smile. "I thought you were fine?"

"Well I'm not."

He turned and began walk down the hallway.

Star stood there confused. After he got halfway down he looked back, "You coming?"

She hurried to catch up, "A yes would have been helpful."

Dimentio only smirked.

A few minutes in and Star was already confused. "Oh goodness. All these corridors look the same. I'm never going to remember my way."

They had walk a little while longer before Star realized two things.

One, this looked nothing like the path Mimi showed her. And two, Dimentio still had that stupid smirk on his face.

She glanced up at him. "Are you sure this is the right way?"

"Nope." He turned to face her, "You will be like an explorer with unmagnetized compass! Ciao."

He warped away, leaving Star stranded in the depths of the castle.

Star was silent for a moment. Then she burst into a fit of giggles.

"I can't even be mad at him." She said through laughs. If she was stupid enough to think he was going to be nice to her, then she deserved to be lost.

After a few moments she regained her composure and once again, tried to make her way to somewhere familiar.


An hour and a half.

That's how long it took her to get back to her room.

Star even found the kitchen on the way there, not that she bothered to go in. She'd lost her appetite about far too long ago.

Curling up on the bed, she started plotting revenge. Maybe she could dye all his clown clothes pink. Or cut off his fingers in his sleep.

Or maybe she could just punch him. That option was the simplest.

Did anyone even realize she hadn't shown up? Then again, did anyone actually care?

"Probably not." She whispered to herself.

"But you missed me didn't you? I'm sure you were worried sick." She rubbed Shines ears. The kitten mewed and curled up next to her master.