Star vs the forces of evil, and all the characters in this chapter to not belong to me.
Star's POV
I felt different, like a part of me was missing, this had happened last night, soon after glossaryck had left. I hadn't told anyone about this yet, and Marco already had enough worries,it would be unfair to make him figure this out, not that anyone could.I shook the dark thoughts from my mind, this wasn't the time to think about it, the people needed a leader, and I had to be strong for them. I quickly changed my clothes, wearing my green dress with purple leggings. I went over to Marco's room, just as he was coming out. He was dressed in his signature red hoodie and dark grey jeans.I flashed him a quick smile, as took his hand, and we made our way towards the throne room.
The throne room was, well it was wrecked. The knights and generals all stood there, along with my father. Many were bickering amongst themselves. Seeing this scene made me wish my mother was there, she would have known what to do. I felt lost without her. I put up a confident face, and stood in front of the crowd, with Marco at my side. "Soldiers, we need to start repairing Mewni, go out there and help the people rebuild their homes", I commanded. "But my queen, we lack the ability to do that, there were many deserters with the arrival of Meteora, and now we don't have enough people, or the resources", said a voice from the crowd, and others seemed to agree with it. I had to keep the situation under control, there was enough chaos as it is. The people of Mewni needed help. "Go out there and begin helping, I have a plan to get backup" I said.
"What is your plan star?" Marco asked me sometime later,once the soldiers had left. "I don't really know, but I'm sure we'll figure something out," I replied. "What do you mean star, what are we supposed to do now. We don't have much time." Marco said, panic evident in his voice. I took his hands in mine,gently pressed them and said,"Marco,in all our adventures, across all the dimensions, when have things not worked out in the end?". "Well there was that time with Ludo and...", Marco began, before suddenly stopping as a look of realisation dawned on his face,"Of course, that's it! Buff frog, we can ask him for help. Didn't he say he would come back when you became queen?". "Well yes, but remember that he went away using dimensional sizzors, and we don't know where" I replied. "Well we might not know, but we know a certain immortal demon who does." Marco said,a smile slowly coming on his face. "Oh that's right, Hekapoo!" I almost yelled out,as I began dragging him over to the side, where I began opening a portal to the fiery dimension.
Hekapoo's dimension was quite bizarre and dangerous. I would have been killed several times on our short walk to the castle, if not for Marco. He was so different in this dimension, accurately using throwing knives, swords, and even knocking out two skeletons in hand to bone combat, I still don't get how he did that. I blushed looking at him, even in our fight yesterday I hadn't see this level of skill in him. And no, I didn't check for his abbs this time. Marco looked over at me a bit confused,"Are you all right Star?", he remarked. "Of course I am!", I managed to squeak out. I was saved from further embarrassment by the castle door opening, as we reached its entrance.
Inside stood Hekapoo herself, looking weary and tired. "Are you all right H-poo?" Marco asked the demon. "I'll live, it will take some time for my power to recover after you know..." She trailed off. "Anyway, what brings you two around?" She asked, trying to maintain an upbeat attitude. "We just need to know the location of Buff Frog, we'll not bother you too long" I replied, jealousy evident in my voice,due to seeing them interacting with such familiarity. "I mean, we need to hurry, as this matter is quite time sensitive", I said in an attempt to correct my error. "Oh so you two are together finally, I'm so happy for you two!", She squealed, pulling us into a tight hug. I stood there,a bit shocked by the sudden change in mood. "How did you know? not you too", I heard Marco say from besides me. " Well considering how you gave to your world just to be with her, and she gave up her wand, it was quite obvious", she replied with a smirk. "I guess we didn't really talk about our feelings till the booth,huh", I said, looking over at Marco,a bit ashamed. "Yea, I guess so. But we are together now, so it all worked out in the end", Marco replied, and gave me a quick peck on the lips.
"Ahem,guys. Didn't you have some important work", we heard Hekapoo say with a small cough, snapping us back to attention. "Yes, we needed to know where Buff frog went, since he went using dimensional sizzors, we assume you can track him", I said. "He's in a dimension known as the badlands. It's not the safest of places though, so you should be careful if you go there." "We will. And thanks Hekapoo", I replied confidently,as I took Marco's hand and left for the badlands.
Tom's POV
On reaching the castle I saw soldiers leaving for the city, carrying building tools with them. I have a sigh of relief, the city was in dire need of repairs. I reached the throne room to see just King River there. "Where are Star and Marco your majesty?", I asked him, a bit concerned about my friends. "They went to see Hekapoo, something about a frog. And just call me River my boy", he said,patting me hard on the back. I crunched my eyes, he sure is strong, I thought as I rubbed my back. "Yes sir, I mean yes River. Anything I can do to help around here?" I asked. "You could help with repairing the castle", he replied. I nodded and went to work.
Despite my powers, repairing the place wasn't going to be an easy job. Meteora had sure done a number to the place. I shuddered, thinking of the impromptu demonscism she had done to me yesterday. If the spirits leaving me had been bad, getting them back had been even worse, it had felt like red hot metal needles being thrown right on my heart. I was jolted out of my thoughts by the sound a portal opening. I jumped over and got into a battle stance, not wanting to be caught off guard by whatever stepped through the portal.
Out of the portal came a human girl with blond hair blue highlights and captivating green eyes. "Um hey, you must be Tom right?", she asked. I nodded, not really sure what to make of this stranger who seemed to know me. "I'm Jackie,a friend of Star and Marco" she said, reaching out her hand. "So what brings you here?", I asked, shaking her hand. "Well I came here to meet them, it's been quite a while...Whoa what's happened to this place?", she exclaimed. "We were attacked yesterday, I was just starting to repair the place", I replied and pointed towards the section of the wall I had just been melting back together. "What about Star and Marco?", she inquired. "They went on mission in another dimension", I replied and started turning back to the task at hand. "Hold up man, you're bleeding, let me fix it up for you", she said, catching me by the arm. Noticing the nick on my arm i replied,"Oh that's just a scratch, there's no need". "It's no big, I'll just quickly put a band-aid" She said, removing one from her fanny pack. "I guess Marco rubbed off on me huh", she continued,a small smile on her face. I felt the pain, which I hadn't even noticed so far decreasing, making me feel much better," thanks, that helped", I admitted truthfully, a smile on my face. She started moving the chunks of rock to the side, making a path for people to move about. "What are you doing?",I asked. "Oh, just helping", she replied nonchalantly. "As I got back to work myself, I looked back upon her. 'This girl is one of kind', I thought, a smile unknowingly coming onto my face.
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