A/N: I'm back. 2 more chapters, then I have a fun surprise for you all. You'll have to stay tuned to my profile page to find out what it is. *laughs evilly* It'll be SvTFOE related, and I think you'll enjoy it. These last 2 chapters are gonna be shorter because they don't really need to cover as much.

Marco woke to something heavy on his legs. "Oh good, I'm not dead again." He mumbled. A wave of pain rushed over him as he tried to sit up. "Everything hurts though..." The weight lifted from his legs.

"Nnnng..." It was a sleepy Star, who was rubbing her eyes and yawning. "MARCO! You're awake!" She yelled, immediately wrapping her arms around him and hugging him tightly.

"Ow! Careful, my love. Everything still hurts." He groaned. "How long was I out?"

"Two weeks." Johan said as he silently walked into the room with a smug expression plastered on his face. "From what I hear, it was an impressive fight." He continued with praise as he pulled an old cowboy hat out of his cloak and dusted it off.

"Two weeks, huh." Marco finally managed sitting up fully. "What all happened when I was out?"

"Not much. The High Commission is all fine thanks to you, and Blaze is okay." Star spoke happily. She was still latched onto Marco, though a bit less tightly.

"You've done good kids, you've made me real proud." Johan said as he smiled proudly and handed the hat to Marco. "Given that my job is done, I'll be on my way. I wanted to give this to you first though."

"You're leaving?" Marco questioned with a grunt. "Why? You've been here for four years and now that we've defeated Toffee you're just going?

"Well, you've displayed wonderful use of the skills I taught you, and there's not much left for me to teach." Johan replied with a sad smile. "You've been wonderful students, the best I've ever had."

"You can't just go!" Star complained. "I was going to ask you to be the godfather to Blaze."

"I... what?" Johan retorted in surprise, losing his composure for a moment. "Godfather? I shouldn't- I mean, I can't."

"I'm sure you would fit the role perfectly," Marco said prudently. "So why not?"

"I'm- Hmm... Look, I'm not exactly who I said I am. Because of who I am, I can't take care of training or looking after your kid." Johan responded, his tone flattening in mild depression as he spoke.

"What do you mean?" Marco and Star spoke in unison.

"I'm not 'just' Johan Keeper, guardian of magical items from a long family line. I'm Johan Keeper of the Guardian's Council, responsible for training heroes to prevent universe-threatening catastrophes." Johan explained somewhat sadly. "I'm not really supposed to tell you that, but it's the reason I can't be a godfather to your child."

"So, you're saying you trained us because you needed us to stop a universal scale problem?" Marco was in a state of shock. Could this really be true? A council above the High Magic Commission? "I don't believe it."

"Believe it or not kid, it's true." Johan responded, sighing heavily. "This is between us, this sort of thing can't get out to others."

Star suddenly spoke up. "That's not a good enough reason, Johan." She had decided and nothing would sway her. "You are going to be the godfather of Blaze whether you like it or not."

Johan brought his hand to his forehead with a resounding smack, sighing in exasperation and turning away. "Asking is different from demanding girl, but if you insist so strongly, I suppose it would be rude to refuse, wouldn't it?" He questioned rhetorically with more exasperation and resignation, voice fading as he walked out the door. "I have things to do, I'll think it over later."

Star and Marco sat in silence for several minutes, both thinking over the new wave of information that had been dumped on them by Johan. They'd have to ask Glossaryk if he had any idea what the Guardian's Council is. Maybe Johan was lying to get out of it, but there's always the possibility that he was being serious.

"So... You stayed here the entire two weeks?" Marco broke the silence. "Like, you didn't even go to the dining hall or anything?"

"Yeah, they brought me food and stuff. Both of our parents stopped by a few times, too." Star smiled and stood up. "I know you just woke up and all, so you must be pretty hungry. I'll go make us some nachos."

"Okay..." Marco flopped back down on the bed. His parents on both sides must have been quite worried about him. "Mom and dad are gonna kill me. Meh, whatever. I'm just gonna relax until nachos arrive." He mumbled to himself after Star had left.

About thirty minutes later, Star waltzed back into the room with a large bowl about three quarters full of nachos. "They're probably not as good as yours, but some beats none." She smiled and placed the bowl down on Marco's lap.

"Thanks, my love." He sat up and started digging in. "I don't know what you're talking about, these are amazing!"

"Thanks, Marco." Star blushed and shimmied from the flattery. "Um... you know. It's been awhile since we uh-"

Marco blushed and stared down at his nachos. "Yeah. Uh, Maybe tomorrow when I'm not so sore. Sorry, Star."

"Okay. Tomorrow then." She jumped up and down excitedly. "I'll be looking forward to that. By the way, I told your parents about Blaze and they're super excited to be grandparents."

"Oh good." Marco let out a sigh of relief. He'd worried that they might've been upset for some reason. "By the way, won't we hurt her if we have sex?"

"From what I've been told, no. We should be fine," Star hugged him and ruffled his hair. "But thanks for worrying."

A/N: Hah when I said these last 2 chapters would be shorter I wasn't kidding. I've covered what I felt was necessary in this one, so there. One chapter to go and I think you all know how that's gonna go. Lol, see you next week, keep it real. :P