Star was excited, Ruberiot had seemed to enjoy her first tale. In fact, he seemed eager to hear more about Star's adventures on Earth. Star knew this would be the best princess day song ever. Knowing that no princess is truly complete without a best friend, Star launched into the tale of the night her besties became besties.
I was stoked, Marco had claimed to be an amazing chef and was preparing something he called Nachos for me to eat. I had never heard of this food before, but if Marco was suggesting it, it had to be good.
"Alright Star, Feast your eyes on this!" cried Marco as he whipped around, a plate of strange triangles, covered in cheese were piled high on the outstretched plate.
"Marco's super awesome nachos" I said, clapping with excitement to try out this new food as Marco held out the tray, looking quite pleased with himself. Grabbing one, I let out a gasp of wonder, "Triangle food!"
Right as I was about to eat the nacho, there came a knock from the door.
"One sec" said Marco as he went to get the door, taking the rest of the nachos with him.
I trailed behind, not wanting to stray too far from Marco or this new wonder.
"Yo, what up home fries?"
Next thing I knew, Marco let out a scream and passed out in the doorway, spilling the nachos everywhere.
"Oh my gosh!" I exclaimed, once I saw Marco wasn't dead. Stepping forward, onto and then over Marco, I continued to gush, "Flying Princess Pony Head!"
It was my other best friend, come all the way out to earth to see me.
"Oh hello B-fly!"
Giggling in excitement, I embraced her in a hug, it had been too long. All thoughts of Marco were banished for a short moment as we reconnected.
"Giiirl, we're goin out tonight! Are you ready to make some bad choices?" asked Pony Head with a mischievous glint in her eye.
I was super excited at this point, Pony Head always knew how to have a good time. The crew was getting back together. I suddenly remembered Marco, this would be a great opportunity. Not only would this help draw him out of his shell, but he and Pony Head could become best friends too.
"Let me just wake up Marco." I said to Pony Head as I pointed to the body lying prone behind me.
"Oh that is not a dead person?"
"Not dead." Marco managed to croak out as I reached down to help him up.
Holding up Marco's semi-limp body, I took hold of his hands and used them to gesture as I talked.
"Pony Head, meet my best friend, Marco Diaz!"
"Your best friend?"
"Huh? Oh! Oh! No! No! No! On Earth! You're my best friend on Mewni! Marco, this is the pony I've been telling you about."
As Marco looked up to get a better view of Pony Head, she rushed right up into his face.
"I hate your face! Plus you're ugly." She said with a laugh. I had forgotten how she could be sometimes and Marco looked less than happy. "Just kidding. That's a joke!"
Marco didn't look like he thought it was funny.
"Tick-tock girl! Let's partay!" exclaimed Pony Head as she came up next to me.
"Yeah Marco, lets partay!" I exclaimed, grabbing his arm, I really wanted him to feel included and to enjoy himself.
"With her? Um, Okay, well, I was kinda, but I, I was gonna" he started to stammer.
I could tell he was right on the brink of accepting, I couldn't let him back out now. Putting on my best puppy dog face, I tried to look as pitiful as possible.
"Eh, alright." Said Marco, pulling a nacho off his sweater and taking a disgruntled bite.
It was good enough for me, we could cheer him up as the night went on. This night was gonna be great.
"My two besties, are gonna be besties!" I screamed. I grabbed each of them and pulled them into a group hug out of excitement.
"Sweet! Let's go." Said Pony Head as she regurgitated a pair of dimensional scissors. Suddenly, this night had gotten a whole lot more interesting.
"Dimensional Scissors? Aaagh! Jealous!"
"Wait, we're going to anoth-" started Marco. Before he could finish, I had grabbed his hand and pulled him through the portal to get the party started.
Tumbling out the other end of the portal, I saw we were in my favorite club, the Bounce Lounge! Pony Head knew what she was doing, that's for sure. Laughing the whole way down, me and Pony Head landed with practiced ease on one of the couches in the bounce lounge.
In the heat of the moment, I had forgotten to warn Marco about the drop. With a thud, he slammed into the floor in front of us before he started to pick himself up and look around.
"Where are we?" he asked in wonder.
"The Bounce Lounge! My favorite place to chiiill." I said, leaning back on the couch. Suddenly I remembered to call out a warning to Marco "Just stay away from the edge."
I heard terrified scream from Marco, apparently he had found the edge. I was proud of being such a good friend and warning him, I wanted to keep him around.
"Hey Pony Head, we should get pictures to celebrate!" I exclaimed. I pushed her over to the booth as I went to grab Marco.
"Marco! Photo booth! Photo booth!" I exclaimed, pulling him over to where Pony Head waited. Without waiting for him to even process what was happening, I knocked Pony Head into the booth. Marco was soon thrown in after her before I jumped in.
We took tons of pictures together. Suddenly, I had a great idea.
"Now, just you two! A souvenir of the night my besties became besties, yaaay" I exclaimed to Pony Head and Marco before ducking out of the booth. Now my besties could get some great friendship photos together.
As they were taking their pictures, I made my way out onto the dance floor so that I could claim a spot for us to dance. Pony Head showed up first, immediately joining me in my dancing. Marco was much more reserved.
"Pst, Star. I need to talk to you." He said when he finally made it out onto the floor.
Before his words had registered, I grabbed his hand and dragged him out into the middle of the dance floor. I took his other hand in mine and started spinning with him. Dancing with Marco was so great, I didn't want to stop.
He started to say something, but before he could finish, we were interrupted by Pony Head and her wild dancing. She had knocked us apart. I was a little upset my dance with Marco had been cut short, but I let the music take me and just kept dancing.
I heard Marco scream and looking around, I saw him hanging off the edge of the club. Dashing over, I extended my hand to help him up and drag him back into the dancing.
"Marco, be careful!"
"Pony Head just tried to shove me off this cloud!"
I suddenly did not feel like dancing, Pony Head was being Pony Head. I needed to smooth things over.
"Oh no, she just gets a little wild when she dances."
I turned to find her on the dance floor, confident she would validate my statement. With a whinny, she made her location known and I homed in on her location.
"Oh yes! Oh you like that, you know you do! You love it!" she screamed as she rode her dance partner, not unlike a horse.
"She also threatened to skewer me in the photo booth!" Marco exclaimed.
This was not good, I figured I would just come clean. Marco is a nice guy, I was sure he would understand. I looked down, kind of embarrassed by Pony Head's behavior.
"Yeeeah, she can be… possessive."
I decided that maybe we should go to a new location, one Marco would enjoy more. I turned to see Pony Head still dominating her dance partner, he would probably appreciate this about as much as Marco.
"Pony Head, let's go to the Amethyst Arcade! Marco will have more fun there."
Without missing a beat on her dancing, Pony Head called back, "No way girl! I'm. Getting. My. Dance. On."
Suddenly Pony Head changed her mind, and rushed over to where Marco and I were standing. "Yes, you are right Star. He will like the arcade better! Let's go."
She's warming up to youuu!" I sang, hopping in place before shoving Marco through the portal. I quickly followed him, hopping through backwards.
When I came out, I found Marco staring in around the arcade in awe. I was so happy he liked it, hopefully it would be more his style than the club.
"Holy pixels, so many video games!"
"Yes, I knew you would like it here, this place is full of squares" said Pony Head as if it was her idea. I smiled to myself at her insult, knowing it was all in good fun. I just hoped Marco knew as much too.
"Look! Lance Lance Revolution! That's perfect! You guys, go, play!" I exclaimed, spying the popular game. If nothing else, I hoped they could settle their differences with a friendly competition. We made our way over to the game and they both hopped up happily.
While I was explaining the game to Marco, Pony Head went ahead and set up the names. Once Marco was ready, he grabbed his lance and got ready to play as the opening screen popped up. As the announcer said the names Pony Head had entered, Marco and I realized she had put his name in as Earth Turd. I sighed to myself, questioning why Pony Head felt the need to antagonize Marco.
Sure, he's wonderful and all, but that didn't mean Pony Head needed to feel like our friendship was threatened. I was suddenly pulled out of my thoughts on Marco and how I could get Pony Head to like Marco even half as much as I did by the sound of their banter.
"You're goin down, Downer" said Pony Head.
"Oh yeah? Well, your mother's a horse!"
"Ah okay, and your point would be?"
"Aw, look at you two, getting along!" They were really into their battle, both of them giving it their all. I reached out to pat them on the back, proud of their progress. Once I made contact, I realized both were very sweaty from their game.
Pulling a face, I told them "I'll go get us some nice cold icicles to put on your disgusting, sweaty backs" before dancing off to the refreshments stand. When I got there, I lined up and started looking at the icicles I could choose from. The person in front of me was being indecisive, but that was fine.
His inability to choose just meant Pony Head and Marco had more alone time to bond over their game, even if I wanted to go back and hang with them. I really wanted them to get along, I was planning on keeping Marco around for quite a while after all.
"Hey Star, I'm bored" said Pony Head as she rushed over to me. "So, uh, lets bounce."
I had thought their match would have lasted longer, but oh well. I figured it was time to placate Pony Head anyways. We had been at the arcade long enough that Marco would probably be fine going to a club somewhere. Pony Head quickly opened up the portal and stood next to it.
"Sounds cool, I'll just go get Marco" I told her.
Oh, nononononono, he went on ahead. Uh, yes, he wanted to save us a good spot in the mosh pit! Yes, that is the course of events."
"Classic Marco, always putting friends first." This was what I liked about Marco, not only was he funny, accepting, nonjudgmental, and adventurous, but he was also so thoughtful. I knew I had found a good best friend in him.
I quickly leapt through the portal to join him in the mosh pit, Pony Head right behind me. We dropped into the club, right over the dance floor, the crowd catching us as we fell and we started crowd surfing. Pony Head really knew the best places.
"Is this night a blast or what B-fly?" screamed Pony Head.
I agreed, both the night and the club were awesome. However, there was something missing, something that would make it even better.
Turning to Pony Head, I yelled "Yeah! But I don't see Marco anywhere!" His presence would make everything even better.
"Pft, you got me girl. And I'm way more fun!"
"Uh, what are you talking about?"
Suddenly, the club seemed a lot less exciting. I really hoped Pony Head hadn't done what I thought she had done.
"Uh, funny story, you're gonna love it. I kinda ditched him and left him in the other dimension. Oops."
She had.
"WHAT!" I screamed, sitting up to look at her. The sudden change in my position caused the crowd to drop me and I fell to the floor with a yelp.
"B-fly!"
"How could you do that to my best friend?"
"Best friend? Last time I checked, the best friend was me!"
"I can have two best friends! Unless one of them is a friend ditching liar!" I shot Pony Head an angry glare. I couldn't believe she had ditched Marco like that, I had thought they were getting closer.
"That Earth Turd means that much to you?"
"He's the best turd I've ever known."
"Okay, well go get him."
Pony Head seemed apprehensive, scared even, as she pulled out her dimensional scissors and opened a portal to the arcade. Before we went through, I reached out to her, to reassure her Marco would not be upset, another one of the things that made him so great.
"It's not that B-fly" said Pony Head. She had a look of determination in her eye as she passed through the portal. Thoroughly confused, I followed after her, ready for anything.
"There he is." I whispered to Pony Head when we popped out the other end of the portal. My Marco radar was on point, he was surrounded by some hulking people and was tied to a chair. I felt my blood start to boil, no one tied up my Marco and got away with it! I started charging up a spell to attack Marco's captors.
"Crystal, Dagger-"
"Wait B-fly!" Interrupted Pony Head, flying in front of my wand. "It's too dangerous girl! Hold out your hands."
Obeying, I held out my hand, unsure what Pony Head was going to do. What I didn't expect was for her to give me her dimensional scissors. I looked up at her in confusion.
"You're dimensional scissors?"
"I won't need them where I'm going." With a determined look on her face, Pony Head set off towards Marco's captors.
"But, Pony Head."
"Oh hey creeps! I heard you were lookin to ride with a pony! So come and get me."
The people surrounding Marco turned at Pony Head's taunt before running over to her. With a whinny, Pony Head took off down the aisles of arcade machines. As I ran over to where Marco was, I could hear Pony Head romping around the arcade as she and the patrons screamed. Her screams were from joy, theirs were less so.
As I made it to Marco, he managed to free one of his hands from his bindings. I figured it was going to take too long his way and leveled my wand at him.
"Stand back Marco" I unhelpfully warned him as I prepped my spell. Waving his arm, Marco protested and claimed he was fine. Having none of it, I fired off my spell "Shiny, Emerald Snake Strike!"
As snakes flew from my wand, they replaced the ropes that bound Marco, causing him to be covered in them, instead of the rope.
"Marco, stop playing around!" I grabbed him, pulling him out from under the pile of snakes to go help Pony Head.
Fortunately, she was easy to track, all Marco and I had to do was head towards the maniacal laughter and follow the mayhem. All of a sudden, Pony Head made it even easier for us to find her. Using her magic, she started firing blasts of energy at the arcade machines, causing them to explode.
Next thing I knew, I saw a blast heading for the giant crystal that powered the arcade. Grabbing Marco's hand, I pulled him into cover. Pony head had overloaded the crystal and machines everywhere started exploding. From our cramped hiding space, I saw Pony Head run into a wall and fall to the ground unconscious as the thugs closed in on her.
Untangling myself from Marco we leapt from our spot and jumped between Pony Head and her would be captors. Both of us were ready to defend her until she had recovered enough for us all to escape.
"Back off creeps!" I yelled at the approaching enemies.
"Don't worry Pony Head, we've got your back… of your head."
As pony Head came to join us in our struggle, a booming voice echoed throughout the arcade. "Time to give it up cupcake."
"Is that, King Pony Head?" I asked her.
Sure enough, King Pony Head rose up from behind the thugs, staring down at our resistance. Marco was dumbfounded. It is always so cute when he gets flustered by non-Earth things, though it hasn't been happening as much recently.
"Oh hello daddy" said Pony Head. She had adopted a much tamer mannerism in front of her father.
"Hello princess."
"What is he doing here?" I whispered to Pony Head.
"Oh, B-fly. It's the end of the line for me, but at least I got in one last night of fun with you girl."
"One last night? Before what?"
"Before this!" Suddenly tears sprang into Pony Head's eyes as she exclaimed "I'm going to St. O's!"
"Not St. Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses!"
"Oh, it's true, I did it to myself. I'm headed to the slammer!"
"It's reform school cupcake, not jail. Although admittedly it is a lot like jail" interjected King Pony Head.
"Awww, Pony Head. You knew you'd get sent to St. Olga's but you still came back to save Marco." I knew there was still hope for their friendship!
"Aw, well, you know. It's hard to say it but he is your other bestie. Okay, I said it."
"Oooh, come here" I exclaimed, pulling Pony Head into a hug. As we hugged, I reached out and pulled Marco in. Not only because he is a great hugger, but because he was part of the gang.
At this the thugs came over with a harness for Pony Head and said "Alright princess, it's time to go." After getting her into the harness, they started dragging her away.
"Bye Pony, I'm gonna miss you!" I called out, sad to see her go.
Unexpectedly, Marco called out to Pony Head. "Hey, Pony Head, good luck in princess jail."
"Aww, thank you Earth T- I mean, thank you Marco."
It took all of my self-control not to squeal with joy, I had known they could get along.
"But don't worry about me, no jail can hold onto me for long!" With a final, crazed laugh, Pony Head was dragged through the portal.
Finally, I couldn't contain it anymore and danced up to Marco. "Yaaay, my besties are besties!"
"Yeah, I wouldn't go that far" claimed Marco, but I knew better. "Hey! We're stuck in another dimension!"
"Oh no we're nooot" I sang, pulling out the dimensional scissors Pony Head had given me.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Marco, never really having seen a pair this close up.
"Now we can go anywhere we want, anywhere in the entire universe!"
"I know just the place" said Marco with a sly grin.
"Oh?"
"Yeah, Earth. You still have yet to try Marco's Super Awesome Nachos" he said with a grin.
Suddenly the memories of our plans from before Pony Head showed up came flooding back to me and I smiled.
"That sounds like a great idea!"
I opened the portal back to Earth, grabbed Marco's hand and dragged him through it with me. We tumbled out the other side in a heap on top of Marco's mess from earlier and broke out laughing.
"I guess I should go make some more, huh?" he said.
"I mean, we could always eat them off the ground" I suggested.
"Don't worry Star, only the best for you."
With a smile I followed him inside to watch him work.
In no time, he had a new batch ready for consumption and presented me the platter. "Take any one you want."
I grabbed one and took a bite. "These are so good!" I exclaimed, giving him a hug.
"Thanks, now let's go watch that movie and finish off the rest of these bad boys."
