(Diaz Household, Dining Room)
Marco arrived at the dining room with his eyes half closed, fully opening them once he sniffed and smelled something that made the boy's nose jump and rejoice. He wobbled to the smell in question, but he hit the table in the process, and he groaned in pain as he clutched his stomach and then adjusted a chair before sitting down.
When the pain was gone, Marco sighed and looked at the table to see a plate full of nachos dipped in melted cheese. Marco licked his lips in excitement and hunger as he reached for the nachos...and his hand was suddenly slapped away by his mother, who gave him an angry glare before shaking her head.
The woman herself looked a bit tired and grumpy, but nonetheless held her cheery tone as she said, "These nachos are the post-breakfast snack, Marco." she then handed the boy the real breakfast, a good old bowl of cereal with milk. "Eat your breakfast, and then you can eat the nachos."
With that said, Mrs. Diaz left the room as the teenager eyed the cereal like it was the worst thing ever. He quickly got off his chair, went to get a spoon, took a random one and then returned to the boring old cereal, which he started to eat as fast as he could while briefly glancing at the nachos with sadness.
And then, the boy heard someone punching something. And shortly afterwards, he realized the sound came from the backyard.
"Is Star training this early in the morning?" mused the boy as he continued to eat his cereal, though at a lower speed than before. "She did say that she would try to transform again today, but has she made any progress? Well, I should check how she's doing after I finish my breakfast."
And then he eyed the nachos. "And maybe I can eat a few nachos along the way, too."
(Meanwhile, at the backyard)
Star punched and kicked the air as fast as she could, quickly dodging-or acting like she was dodging, since she was fighting nothing-just as quickly before counterattacking with her wand, which she swung like a sword or axe and changed from her wand to her punches and kicks. She soon began using only kicks that she executed just as fast as before, and she did an upward kick and a cartwheel before taking a short break.
When she had relaxed long enough, the girl took a deep breath and started to spin. She eventually begun to spin out of control and she moved around the backyard, hitting the fence, a squirrel, the cat from before and a tree before spinning back to the middle of the backyard.
And then, Marco arrived in the middle of her spinning, holding the plate of nachos and eating some in delight. "Good morning, Star." Marco greeted as he ate another nacho. "I see you have been practicing?"
Having heard the boy's voice, Star stopped spinning-which got her upside down somehow-and smiled at him before her dress fell and revealed pony shorts and a light blue sleeveless shirt that stood in place for some reason. After that happened, Star quickly got off the ground, covered herself and went to the boy while jumping up and down in excitement.
"Yeah! And after so much practicing, I can finally transform instantly instead of taking an absurdly long time to do it!" Star raised her wand, and she immediately flashed white before her wand became the scepter and she turned into Super Star. "See, Marco?"
And then, just as the sound of a camera being shot was heard, she immediately returned to her base form, upon which she fell on her knees and panted like a dog on a sunny day as she said, "It still drains a lot of my power to keep the transformation on, though." she got up and wiped off the sweat on her forehead as she added, "Maybe I need to practice some more."
"That, or you should rest. After all, you have been training since..." the boy paused as he figured out that he didn't actually knew when Star began training. So she gladly went to his side and whispered him the time, which caught the teenager off-guard. "3 am?! That's it, you're definitely going to take a rest now!"
Star huffed in anger as she was taken to the house by Marco, who dragged her by the arm as the girl tried to release herself. After a long struggle, Star eventually gave up and decided to go along for the sake of her arm. The duo went inside the house and Marco closed the door...just as Brittney slowly got up from behind the fence, and was then hit by Buff Frog, who fell from the tree.
"Star Butterfly, has a super transformation?" Buff Frog said horrified. "I must tell the boss about this!"
The monster from another dimensions used his dimensional scissors to open a portal and then jumped through it. The portal closed just as Brittney got off the ground, dusted herself and snickered maliciously.
"Now I have an interesting headline for the newspaper." the cheerleader remarked with a smirk.
With that said, Brittney ran back home as she laughed like a maniac...and was then chased by some squirrels.
(Ludo's Castle, Throne room)
The tiny tyrant overlord known as Ludo sat on his throne, with a dozen or so books making sure that he looked taller than he actually was. Just as he was in the middle of doing something important, whatever that was, a portal opened near the entrance and Buff Frog jumped out of it, the portal vanishing as the monster walked closer to the throne and bowed down.
"Ludo, I have some...urgent news for you."
The little tyrant rolled his eyes and turned to his subordinate. "What is it, Buff Frog?"
"Star Butterfly, the teenage princess with the magical wand...she has gained something called, 'super form'!" Buff Frog informed to his master, who looked mildly surprised. "And not only that, her wand transforms into a scepter when she turns into her super form!"
That statement made Ludo jump off his throne and land near Buff Frog, who screamed and hid behind something as Ludo stood still for a moment...and then walked towards some other of his subordinates. "So, Star has achieved her super form?" asked Ludo as he eyed his subordinates, Buff Frog coming out of his hiding and nodding in response as the small demon turned to Emmitt. "It's been a long time, but now, I can stop holding back!"
Ludo raised his scepter, which accumulated energy as Emmitt slowly back away in fear. "M-Master Ludo, what are you going to do?" Emmitt asked as the tyrant's scepter was pointed at him.
The little tyrant simply smiled before shooting the energy at Emmitt, who let out an "ugh" as his body turned golden and he started to fel unbelievable pain. "Oh, nothing that will hurt you too much, Emmitt." the minotaur twitched in agony as it started to turn into a far bigger figure, with his cries and screams becoming roars and growls as Ludo smiled wickedly. "I'll just give 'Super Star' a challenge worth of her power."
Emmitt's new form started to grow, and it continued to grow and grow up until it was the size of a behemoth. It opened a pair of red eyes and roared at the kappa, who barely even flinched in response. All Ludo did was smile before slowly laughing like a maniac, his laughter getting louder and echoing on the distance as he raised it scepter again.
(Next day, at Echo Creek Academy)
The hallways were filled with murmuring and students reading the newspaper, most gasping in shock upon reading the articles. Just then, Star and Marco opened the doors and went inside as the students heard them them and turned to their direction. Marco closed the doors and followed Star as they walked across the hallway while being watched by the students, who smiled and hid their newspapers.
Star and Marco continued to walk until their way was blocked by some smiling students, who smiled even wider as the teenagers became surrounded by other smiling students. "Why do I get the feeling they want something to do with us?" Marco asked with worry.
Some of the students were pushed aside to give room for Jackie to walk to the duo. "Star, we discovered something amazing, probably your biggest achievement ever since you became a shooting star!" Jackie looked down, blushed and twiddle her fingers nervously as she asked, "So, as a request from a friend and hundreds of other teenagers, can you show us your super transformation?"
"How did you find out-I mean, where did you got that idea?" Marco hastily asked.
From her back, Jackie grabbed a copy of the school's newspaper and handed it to the duo. "Duh, the school's newspaper tells us about it." Marco and Star's jaw dropped in shock when they saw a picture of Star's super transformation under a "A Super Star Is Born" headline. "It even has some basic proof that it could actually be true, and trust me, that's something rare in our school's newspaper. So, about that request-"
However, Star and Marco had quickly escaped by the time Jackie was asking. Upon seeing that, the students looked around until they spotted Star and Marco running away, and the duo were pursued by the students, who formed something akin to an ocean. The duo looked everywhere for a place to hide, and they eventually managed to find an alley.
They quickly hid in the alley and shut up as the student ocean passed by without noticing them, and they continued to..."move" as the teenagers peeked from their hiding spot and then returned back to think.
"Someone on the newspaper put that headline over there, but who did it, and how did they manage to take that picture without us noticing?" Marco mused as he scratched his chin.
"We have to find this nasty perpetrator, confront him of his horrible crimes against personal privacy and hang him like a witch, and then burn him like a stereotypical witch!" Star dramatically proclaimed.
"Or we could just confront whoever did this at the newspaper office." Marco suggested. "Which is right nearby us."
Star and Marco turned to see the door to the office and they walked to it. Star grabbed the doorknob and tried to twist it, but it failed to budge. "The door's closed." the girl scratched her chin and snapped her fingers when she got an idea. She got ready to kick the door and said "Open up sesa-"
Marco quickly grabbed Star's leg before the girl used it to break open the door. "Wait, Star, with our current situation, we need to get as least attention as possible." Marco then poked his and Star's head as he continued. "Let's use our heads instead."
"Oooooh, I like that idea."
(Newspaper Office)
The door was banged a few times before it was busted open, and the duo went inside to reveal Star had used Marco as a club. After that, Star put Marco down and the boy got up as Star scanned the area and grabbed the newspapers. "Alright! Who's the jerk who put this fake headline in the newspaper?" Star growled as she raised the newspaper and pointed at the headline.
Someone was heard chuckling, and the person revealed herself to be Brittney, who was chewing a pen and giving the duo an evil glare. "Brittney Wong, why aren't I surprised?" Marco remarked as he and Star walked to the cheerleader. "You're the one that posted this headline, didn't you?"
"Precisely." Brittney smugly stated.
"In that case, can you remove this headline?" Star inquired.
Brittney simply shook her head. "I'm afraid I can't do your request, Moo-ni princess. Ever since I posted the headline, the students have been mad about seeing 'Super Star' for themselves, so much that even if I removed the headline, the news have already been printed inside their skulls." Brittney told the girl face-to-face with a malicious smirk. "And thanks to that, not only is the school's newspaper being brought by everybody, but I've received high praise for getting such an amazing notice!"
Brittney got off her seat and laughed like a maniac as the other members of the office, Marco, and Star looked at her with boredom. She soon stopped before twiddling her fingers nervously. "Unfortunately, my little decision to put that headline didn't go as planned...at least, not the way I hoped."
"Brittney, we'll only ask this one, all you got to do is-wait a second, what do you mean that it didn't go as planned?" Star snarled and then questioned.
"Let's just say I forgot to think whether my plan would be beneficial for me or not." Brittney remarked. "And it was more beneficial to the newspaper than myself. But hey, at least I got a new, and from the look of your eyes I have done something you didn't want to happen!"
"Brittney, we don't care what's your motive behind this, but you must calm the students now!" Marco stated. "And the only way to do this is to tell them that what you saw never happened."
"But I saw it with my own eyes, Star really can transform!"
"But they didn't see it, so they only have the word of the newspaper-your word-to actually believe it really happened. If you tell them you made up 'Super Star', they'll stop bothering me and Star to show them the transformation!" Marco explained as he poked the teenager threateningly. "So get out there and tell them you lied!"
The cheerleader frowned and crossed her arms as she asked, "And what if I don't?" with a tone of defiance.
And then, Star aimed her wand at the girl and started to charge it. "Okay, alright, I get it! I'll tell them I lied!" Star's wand was uncharged and put back in the girl's pocket as Brittney relaxed and sighed. "Geez, do you really need to go to the extremes?"
"You should know by now that's how I roll." and the some banging was heard and the trio turned to see the excited teenagers roaring outside. "And lookie there, the students have arrived."
(Outside the Office)
Brittney walked out through the busted door and was immediately surrounded by the excited students. She was watched by the smiling teenagers as she turned back to the office, saw Sar and Marco peeking from a hiding spot and giving her a thumbs up, and then she took a deep breath before speaking.
"I made up 'Super Star', she doesn't really exist." what followed were disappointed groans before she continued. "So stop being so hyperactive about her and leave Star and Safe Kid alone."
The students, disillusionedand disappointed, looked down at the ground with a depressed look as Brittney tried to go back to the office...and then, the ground started to shake. And it didn't take a long time before the shaking became more and more violent, with some parts of the ceiling collapsing and falling as the students started to run away.
Brittney jumped out of the way of a falling pieces of debris, saving Justin from another pieces of debris in the process. "What's going on?!"
Everybody ran away as Star and Marco came out of their hiding, followed by the other office members. They looked around and quickly dodged pieces of debris as they tried to find the source of the shaking, with very little success for the most part.
They then went to another part of the school, the outside, where the rest of the students and Brittney was witnessing a crack developing and expanding nearby. A gigantic hand erupted from the crack, which was then followed by the rest of its body coming out and showing Emmitt's transformed form had surfaced. He scanned the area and soon found the terrified teenagers and Star and Marco, reacting by lowering his head and roaring at them like a dinosaur.
Everybody stood still for a moment before escaping and hiding behind some bushes and rocks and such, except for Star and Marco, who got ready to fight back. "Wait, I can recognize this monster. It's Emmitt!" Marco stated, earning a confused look from Star in response. "You know, Skullnick's former boyfriend?"
"Oh, right." and then the duo dodged Emmitt's fist as he slammed it into the ground. "But how did he turn into such gigantic monstrosity?"
"I don't know nor care, but if I get the feeling I know what he's doing here, and he'll have to go through me first!"
Marco quickly dodged another fist, jumped and landed on it, which he soon followed by running through the beast's arm until he was on his shoulder. He whistled, got the monstrous Emmitt's attention and then kicked one of his demonic eyes, causing the monster to roar in pain and react by grabbing the boy, briefly try to squeeze him and then shove him to the ground, following it with a punch.
Once the beast raised his hand, it was revealed that Marco had miraculously survived the attack, but that he had lost a lot of blood in the process. He tried to get up, but soon fell on his knees before coughing up some blood.
Upon seeing that, Star stood still in complete shock as Jackie came out of hiding and went to check on the injured boy. She grabbed him and took him to the school's medical room as Star narrowed her eyes and silently growled as Emmitt lifted his fist, smirked and then slammed it down as Star's turned red and she was apparently hit by the monster's attack.
However, Emmitt soon felt his hand was being lifted, and he and the students looked to see Star, in her super form, lifting said fist with a serious look on her face and a single hand. "You're going to pay for that."
With that said, Star flew up and lifted Emmitt's fist as the giant monster tried to wonder how this was even possible and the nearby students watched in awe. Star flew up until she was facing Emmitt's face, and then she threw the fist at his face with enough strength to make him lose balance and fall while letting out a roar of pain.
Star remained in the air as Emmitt grabbed his face and got up, groaning in pain as he eyed the serious girl. He tried to punch her again, but she simply dodged it so fast that it looked like she teleported instead, much to the confusion of Emmitt and the shock of the students.
Some more punches were thrown and Star dodged all of them, right before throwing her scepter and controlling it with her hands. The scepter hit Emmitt's nose, and then, through Star's command, it flew all around his body and hit him everywhere before charging some energy and shooting a lot of white cupcakes at the monster, who managed to block some of them as the scepter returned to Star's hand.
Seeing that Emmitt wouldn't go down so easily, Star flew towards him and punched and kicked him for a while, doing an uppercut afterwards and hitting Emmitt's face before kicking him downwards, which made the monster almost hit the ground. Seeing her window of opportunity, Star raised her wand and chanted:
Super Narwhal Blast!
Hundreds of golden narwhals with longer horns materialize and went up in the sky, right before diving down into the giant monster, who tried to block it with both of his hands. However, the narwhals simply flew through it and collided with the monster, exploding upon doing so and causing Emmitt enough damage to knock him down, and in his last minutes of consciousness he tried to get up in vain.
With the monster knocked out cold, Emmitt turned back to his normal size and form as Star flew back to the ground. When she had landed, Star eyed the defeated minotaur before realizing what Skullnick would do if she find out she beat her ex-boyfriend, so she turned back to her base form before running back inside the school as the students came out of their hiding and cheered before going back inside.
And, just after that, a purple portal opened underneath Emmitt that sucked him into it, and the portal vanished from existence shortly afterwards.
(Echo Creek Academy's medical room)
Marco, with a good deal of his injuries covered in bandages and other medical stuff, was resting on a bed with Jackie looking at him with worry by his side. The boy suddenly felt a bit of a headache when he heard loud cheering coming from outside the room.
Noticing the boy's pain, Jackie grabbed some earmuffs that were nearby for whatever reason and put them on Marco's ear. The boy started to relax and calm down as Jackie went to the door and opened it before yelling, "Turn the volume down, we have an injured boy here!"
She then looked surprised to see the noise came from the students loudly cheering for Star as they lifted her and carried her across the hallways. Jackie looked with confusion as the students turned to her and said, "Star really can go Super Star!", in a highly cheerful tone. "We're going to celebrate this discovery with a party, you should come with us!"
Jackie smiled and thought about it for a minute...right before glancing at the injured Marco. She then had a second thought and gently said, "Sorry, but I'll join the party later. I think I'll stay with Marco for a while."
"Meh, do what you want."
With that said, the students left and continued to loudly cheer for the magical princess from another dimension. Jackie shook her head as she saw them leave and then returned to Marco, who smiled as the girl gently brushed his forehead.
And as the hours passed, Jackie remained by Marco's side, who had only one thing to say in his head.
"I'll get as strong as you, Star, that's a promise."