In the hallways of Echo Creek Junior High Star was sitting atop on her sentient pink cloud as it carried her to her classroom. It was her first day back at school since she returned from Mewni and if she has to be honest to herself, she was excited. Besides Marco and the Diaz family, Star missed the little things on Earth as well, even the things that annoyed her. She missed waking up early for school, failing her tests, teachers giving her detention, the school's weird fixation on possums, and the school's terrible lunches. It was these little details that made her feel like a regular teenage girl and not the heir to a kingdom with magical responsibilities.
Star hummed to herself while as she let her pink cloud transported her through the hallways.
"Ooo weee, what a beautiful day it is today, isn't Star?" the pink cloud asked.
"It sure is Cloudy, it sure is." Star answered with a smile on her face.
"The sun its out, birds are singing, and no monsters in sight." Cloudy continued.
"You can say that again," Star spoke to her sentient friend. As they floated by, Star noticed a boy with a red cap that had a yellow lightning insignia. "Huh, where have I seen that before?" As Star floated by, she noticed more of her fellow classmates with merchandises that were red with yellow lightning merchandises on them; shirts, shoes, pants, backpacks, etc. "Weird." Star laid back on her cloud friend and closed her eyes. "It's like these people are in a new craze, I guess did missed a lot." After a few seconds of lying down, Star suddenly opened her eyes and her pupils dilated. "Speedster!"
"I'll defeat you Girder, with the power of my heat vision!" said Ferguson. He was a holding a Flash action figure while his friend, Alfonso was holding a Girder action figure.
"Flash doesn't have heat vision!" Alfonso rebuked his friend.
"He does have heat vision in this scenario," Ferguson countered.
"Since when?"
"Since I decided to give it to him."
"You can't just make up new moves in the middle of a game," Alfonso continued to bicker with his friend. "What if I decided to give the Girder the power of flight?"
"If you did, you wouldn't see me complaining." Ferguson felt his Flash toy yanked out of his hand. Both friends looked to see Star had grabbed one of their toys and was observing it.
"So you decided to take residence in the Earth dimension and have these earthlings worship you," Star questioned the Flash toy as though the real Flash was listening to her through it. "Well not in my watch." She grabs the toy with both hands and struggles to break it apart.
Alfonso and Ferguson looked confused. "Hey Star," said Ferguson. "You want to play Flash vs Meta too?"
Star stopped trying to break the toy, "Flash?"
"That's his superhero name," Alfonso explained.
"So the speedster does have a name." Star points the toy at the two boys. "How did you get these? Were you hypnotized by one of his minions to buy his likeness? Is he forcing everyone to make these items as a ritual for him?"
"Noooo," Alfonso said slowly, believing Star has lost her mind. "We got it at the toy store."
"So speedsters are trying to indoctrinate the youth!" Star concluded, she pointed her wand at the toy. "Super Sonic Destru-"
"Whoa whoa whoa!" Alfonso waved her hands at Star, stopping her enchantment. "We just bought the toy because it look cool. We're his biggest fans."
"Biggest fans?" questioned Star.
"Everyone else is too," explained Ferguson. "Look around you, everyone is buying Flash merchandise."
"Why?" Star asked as she observed the students walking by with similar merchandise. "He's dangerous!"
"He saved us from a telepathic gorilla and super criminals, Star." Ferguson countered. "I know you've been gone for a while, but things have changed."
"Wait wait wait," Star struggled to comprehend this information. "So he's not a invader from from another dimension that is trying to indoctrinate you easily manipulated humans?"
"Umm, no?" spoke Alfonso. "He's just a human with meta powers."
Ferguson grabbed the Flash toy from Star's hand, "See you around Star."
Both boys walked away, leaving Star alone so she can comprehend what she had learned. "The speedsters, they're humans?"
Marco was walking toward his locker to grab his school supplies. "I hope my math book is in my locker." Marco smirked to himself as he started to open his locker. "If I forgotten it I could just ran back home and get it and come back in a-"
He opened the locker before he could finish his sentence and its startled that Star was inside his locker waiting for him. "Marco!"
"Aaahh!" screamed Marco. Star pulled him into the locker with her and closed the door. Marco rubbed his head and found himself uncomfortably up close to Star inside his locker. "What are you doing, Star?"
"Shhhh," Star replied. She looked outside through the holes in the locker to see students walking around with Flash merchandise. "He has eyes everywhere. Alfonso and Ferguson try to indoctrinate me into his cult by saying sweet things about him, but I'm not going to be made the fool again."
"I see," Marco replied. "What are you talking about?"
Star turned to look at him but accidentally bump heads with Marco. "Ow. Sorry. It's the red speedster!"
Marco heart stopped beating for a second and his eyes widen, "The Flash?"
"Yes! He's a human who rose up and took over the minds of Echo Creek. Now they're a buying his stuff, worshiping him! I mean, Alfonso and Ferguson are buying toys, what teenage boys buy toys!"
Marco stayed quiet for a while, not sure how go with this. "He's a superhero, Star. I heard he's a nice guy and protects the city from super power people like him."
Star let out a gasp. "He got to you too." She raised her wand at his head. "Don't worry Marco, I'll clear your head."
"Wait! No Star!" He grabbed her hand and moves it away from his head. "He risked his life to save everyone from Grodd."
"The telepathic gorilla? So I heard." Star was still unconvinced. "But you don't know what he did at Mewni. You're not going to believe this Marco, but the Flash and I fought viciously back on Mewni and now his kind are not welcomed there."
"What?" Marco acted surprise. "You fought the Flash? That's hard to believe."
"He fought more viciously then Ludo, but we ended up on a draw."
"Only because you had Glossaryck to help you," Marco muttered to himself quietly.
"What was that?" Star only heard mumbling.
"Oh nothing!" Marco quickly answered. "Maybe you and the Flash had an off day."
"Well, I know I did." Star admitted.
"Besides, you faced monsters and fiends all the time and no never think twice about them," Marco added. "What makes the Flash so different?"
Star stayed silent for a while, "Because no one I ever faced before was able to go toe to toe with me except for him. He almost beat me and I'm the one with a lot of magic in my side. Even Glossaryck said that he doesn't know the force the drives his power."
Gossaryck and me both. Marco still doesn't know the extend of his powers, he could feel some sort of untapped energy inside him and Marco wants to know what is. "I'm sure if you work things out with the Flash, I bet both of you can be friends instead of life long enemies."
"Maybe.." Star thought for a while. "After the whole 'battle for the future of Mewni' with Ludo, the last thing I need is a new enemy."
Marco started to think. Okay, maybe things could go well. But Star is not going to be convinced by people who never met the Flash. An idea sprung onto Marco's head. "You know Star, if you want to talk to the Flash I heard he hangs out at the Dog Park after eight o'clock."
Star eyes widened. "Really? You know what? Maybe I will go and talk to him."
"That sounds like a good idea Star, just try not to narwhal blast him." Marco smiled.
"I make no promises." Star raised her hand.
Both stayed silent for a while and they suddenly realized how close and squish together they were. Both were able to feel the skin, breathe, and heat from each other.
"Umm, I think we should get out of here." Marco said with a light blush.
"Right. Right," Star agreed as she too had a light blush. "Good talk." She blasted Marco's locker open with her wand. She jumped out and ran off in her typical energetic manner, "See you later!"
Marco stepped out of his locker after Star disappeared from view. "You will Star. You diffidently will."
It was a little past seven pm and the buildings in Los Angeles shook and tremble violently as people ran. Cars shook and their alarms went off as the ground experienced tremors, also causing light posts to fall and generators to implode. It was as though Los Angeles was experiencing multiple earthquakes, but the tremors only affected a few blocks not miles. While people ran from the tremors, one stood in the middle of it. It was a young man who was wearing a black suit that seemed to implied he had pecs and a six pack, two silver metal gloves, and sun glasses.
"Flash!" call out the man. "Come out and faced me!" He slammed his fist onto the ground creating another tremor; trees shook and windows broke. "I know you know I'm here Flash, come and save your precious city!"
As soon as he finished that sentence, yellow lightning zoom past him and the Flash appeared right in front of him. "An old friend of mine just return from her home and I can't have testosterone fueled metas keep interrupting our time in catching up."
"About time you showed Flash, thought I was going to have to bring down a whole building just to grab your attention," spoke the tremor causing meta.
"What do you want?" asked Marco as he felt annoyed by this guy.
"My named is Adam Fells, but you can call me Geomancer." Geomacer raised his hands, "I can created tremors that can level blocks."
"That's nice," said Marco sarcastically. "But that is not the answer to the question I asked."
"You see Flash, I got to thinking the other day. If I beat the scarlet speedster who saved the city from Grodd, then I will become the most powerful and respected man in the city." Geomancer explained.
Marco rolled his eyes, "That's it? That's your motivation? No greed, no tragic backstory, no for being evil for the sake of just being evil? Just a fight to gain attention like this is some public school?"
Geomancer smiled, "It worked before. Now, let's rumble!" He slammed one of his fists into the ground, causing Marco to slightly loose his balance.
"Fine, lets just get this over with." He ran by Geomancer and hit on his chest. Geomancer only stumbled a few steps back as his suit absorbed most of the force.
"My hits can shake the very ground you stand on!" He slammed both fists onto the ground, creating a tremor that started to crack the pavement.
Marco turned around and ran toward Geomancer for another attack, but his left foot got stuck on one of the cracks the rogue meta created, stopping him immediately. "What?" Marco said all surprised.
Marco struggled to get his foot free and back to the fight as Geomancer walked toward him. "For the fastest man alive, you sure don't watch your step." He grabbed the Flash's head with both of his hands. "We all know what a 8 in the Richter scale can do to a city, imagine what it can do to your skull."
Geomancer hands started to vibrated as he held on to Flash's head. Marco let a scream as the vibrations was too intense for his head.
Just as Geomancer was about to claim his victory, a red lightning zoomed past Geomancer causing him to let go of the Flash and fall onto the ground. "What the hell was that?" asked the bewildered Geomancer. Both he and Flash failed to see the red lightning.
Marco shook his head and regained his senses. He pulled his leg out of the crack and stood back up to finished Geomancer who was still on the ground. He ran to him and punched him hard on his face, knocking him unconscious. "I hope your attitude changes by the time you go to prison." Marco looked around, he knows something or someone knocked Geomancer off balance that allowed him the opportunity to escape, but he didn't see what it was. "Umm, who ever did that. Thank you?" Marco looked on at the empty streets and saw that no one responded. Marco shrugged his shoulders, "I don't have time for this, it is time for Star to meet the Flash without any fighting." Marco grabbed Geomancer and runs off to the police station. As Marco disappeared from a view, a red lightning runs off in the opposite direction.
In Echo Creek Park, Star sat on one of the picnic table awaiting for the arrival of the red speedster. Sitting on the end of the table, she swung her legs back and forth feeling a bit nervous. Star wasn't nervous in meeting the Flash, she was nervous because she considered this her first 'diplomatic' mission in behalf of Mewni, a test for her as the future queen. Meeting and making a deal with a speedster would probably stop any future speedster attacks in Mewni.
"You'll be alright Star," Star comforted herself. "It's like fighting, but without the fighting part."
Yellow lightning flashed before her eyes and the Flash appeared in front of her, "Nice to meet you again, princess." Marco vibrated his face and spoke with his amplified voice.
Star got off the table and stood in front of the Flash. "Hello Flash, nice to finally meet you in a formal matter." Star held her wand tightly in case this meeting went south.
"Congratulations on your victory against Ludo," Marco complimented.
"You heard about that?" questioned Star.
"I've heard a lot of things," Flash answered. "Why are you really here, Star?"
Star thought for a while, why am I here? "I don't really know. Peace? I guess."
"If peace is what you want, then peace you shall I get." Marco responded. "I just wanted you to know that I am no threat to Mewni or your home."
"I'm sorry Flash, but I find that hard to believe." Star was skeptical. "Every time a speedster goes to Mewni, someone always get hurt."
"Want happened between us was never my intention," Marco explained. "I wasn't myself, a meta consumed me with anger and I couldn't control myself."
Star scoffed at him. "I've dated a demon with anger issues, I've heard that before."
"Well, it wasn't my anger." Flash tried to explain.
"I'm sorry Flash, but how am I going to trust a guy who hides his face? What are you trying to hide?" Star asked.
Marco thought for a while. She's right. I making myself look shady like this. Marco took one step closer to Star and removed his mask, revealing his identity to his best friend. "Then trust your best friend." He said in his normal voice.
Star looked at him without changing her expression as silence consumed the area. After what felt for an eternity Star raised her finger. "Excuse me for a second." She raised her wand and magically created a paper bag. She put the paper bag on her head and let out a scream.
Marco watch nervously as Star screamed insider her bag. "Umm, Star?"
After screaming for a while, Star removed her bag. "What the hell, Marco?!"
Marco was a bit shock.
"Your the red speedster!" Star started to pace back and forth.
"Yes," answered Marco calmly.
It was as though Star whole world collapsed right before her eyes. She had so many questions but does not where to start."When did this happened?!"
"Literally a day after you left for Mewni, the incident at S.T.A.R. Labs gave me my powers." Marco explained. "I tried to tell you but you never gave me the opportunity."
"You attacked my dad, you attacked me," She stopped and pointed her finger at Marco. "You stole my scissors!"
"I was protecting Buff Frog from your day and technically you attacked me first," Marco corrected her. "I could give you back your scissors if you want."
"In my defense I didn't know you who you were," Star asserted. "But you knew who exactly I was!"
"I'm sorry," Marco pleaded. "I didn't meant to hurt you, Rainbow Raider implanted uncontrollable anger in me."
"What's with the suit? Is the lightning a cult thing or something?" Star asked, trying to squeeze as much questions she can before her rant ends.
"It was Janna's idea and work, I grew quiet fond of it." Marco took a breathe. "Look Star, I'm still Marco but with speed powers. I'm still learning what I can do, I'm just trying protect those who can't protect themselves."
"Well, speedsters are feared in Mewni. I don't what they'll say if they realized my best friend is one of them." Star pulled her hair, panicking. "What would I say?!"
"Tell them the truth, that I-" Marco stopped talking when Star's words hit him. "What do you mean of 'one of them'?"
"A speedster attacked and killed a lot of mewnian soldiers decades ago when my mom was like 20," Star pointed at Marco. "Is he someone I know too? Is it Sensei?"
Marco was confused as Star. "I don't any other speedsters except for me."
"The other speedster had the exact same suit as you, except it was mostly yellow." Star narrowed her eyes, "Are you going to tell me it was just a coincidence your suit is very similar to the yellow one's"
Marco stayed silent, comprehending the information he just received. "Star, if I knew of any another speedster who did such crimes, I would not let him run freely."
Star stared at Marco's eyes, trying to stare into his soul. "If you say so."
Star and Marco stared at each other for a while, all their frustrations have been let out. "So, what now?" asked Marco.
"I don't know Diaz" replied Star. "I'm going to my room and think this over." Star turned and started to walk away, She wanted to be alone in her room and figure out what to do next. Star stopped when she had one more question for today. "Who knows?"
"Jackie, Janna, and Buff Frog." answered Marco.
Star continued to walk, "Looks like you're good at keeping secrets like us Butterflys."
Marco watched as Star disappeared from view. He let out a sigh, "I hope this was just the hard part."
The Mewnian Castle stood tall and mighty as two guards blocked the main entrance to anyone who does not have permission to enter. They stood stoically until they saw a woman dressed in black approaching them. "Sorry ma'am, you aren't allow-"
The woman flung her hands at the men and out came pink/green magic. The magic hit the two guards; both started to scream in pain as their flesh dissolved from their bones and then their bones disintegrated, leaving behind black ashes were they once stood.
"Oh, dear me. I forgot my key." Spoke the woman. She blasted the door open with her magic and entered her former home. Suddenly, plants started to grow out of the ashes of the men she left behind.
Inside the castle, a dimensional portal opened and out came Glossaryck and Moon.
"Well, meetings with the Board is something that I'll never grow fond off," said Glossaryck.
"Oh hush," Moon spoke, "You were long over due for one. Now that Ludo is imprisoned and things have been sorted with the Board and the other kingdoms, you can join Star back on Earth and continue her training." Moon smiled at her former mentor.
"Is that the new traditions? Send the heir to other dimensions for their training? I didn't know Butterflys now sponsors a study abroad." Came a gentle female voice.
Glossaryck immediately recognized that voice, but Moon didn't. Both turned to see a woman dressed in the black was in the same room as them.
"I'm sorry," said Moon. "Only the royal family is allowed here."
"Then there shouldn't be a problem," the woman stepped forward to revealed her spades on her cheeks.
Moon gasped, "It can't be."
"Oh it is," said Eclipsa. "I know I missed a lot, but I wasn't going to miss this years Butterfly's family reunion."
Moon looked in shock at the Queen of Darkness. "How?"
"Magic, obviously." answered Eclipsa as she walked toward Moon. "Tell me, how many more skeletons has the Butterfly added to the closet since my death? You seemed to have added quite a few."
"What do you want?" asked Moon, backing away slightly.
Eclipsa frowned at Moon, "To end what should have never existed."
Moon changed into her Butterfly form and flew after her. Eclipsa shot her green/pink magic at her. It only took one hit to subdue Moon, she fell onto the floor and reverted back into her Mewnian form.
"It seemed that time has weakened the lineage." Eclipsa observed. "I hope that Star is stronger than you ever were."
Moon struggled to get up, but her weakened body collapsed back onto the floor. "Leave her out of this!"
"We both know she is involved in this as much as you are," Eclispa said. She turned and smiled at Glossaryck. "It is good to see you again, Glossaryck." Eclipsa, having finished her purpose in being here, exited the room.
Glossaryck floated down next to Moon and helped her get up. "Are you alright, your majesty?"
"I'm fine," Moon lied. "She's stronger than the books say."
"She is indeed," Glossaryck said.
Moon grabbed her scissors and opened a portal. "Go, warn Star and prepare her for what's to come."
At Mercury Labs, Janna and Jackie were part of the tour the building gives for people who are eager to learn what scientific instruments Dr. McGee was currently working on. Janna was bored out of her mind while Jackie was jotting down notes of the instruments that were being displayed.
"Ugghh," Janna groaned as she walked alongside Jackie. "This is so boring, I already had enough of science stuff at school. How are you even interested in this stuff? You fall asleep in Miss. Skunick's class most of the time."
Jackie continue write notes on her notepad. "Yes, but this information is actually useful and it can help Marco become a better Flash. Besides, we need to become better team players."
"So what? You're going to build him these stuff?" Janna sarcastically asked. "I think Star can just magically poof up things he might need."
"Just because Star can magically make stuff doesn't mean she knows what Marco is going to need!" Jackie defended her actions with a passion.
Janna was taken back by Jackie's sudden burst. "Whoa, Jackie. Did I struck a nerve?"
Jackie sighed as she stopped taking notes, "No... Yes. I don't know."
Before Janna can press her friend for answers, she felt something. She felt a presence inside the building and she could not explain how she can sense it. "Someone is here."
Jackie looked confused at her friend. "What are you talking about, dude?"
Gunshots and screaming started to echo in the building.
"Everyone exit the building!" shouted one of the workers.
The tour people started run and before Jackie can join them, Janna grabbed her arm and led her to the opposite way. "Where are you taking us?"
"We got to go this way," Janna stated.
"How do you know?"
"I just do!"
Janna took Jackie into a room and shut the door. Both had their backs against the wall as bullets and screams echoed through the halls.
"Where are we?" asked Jackie.
"I don't know," replied Janna.
"What do you mean you don't know? You brought us here."
"Hey, I don't what I was doing. All I know that-" Janna stopped talking when Jackie read something on the wall.
"Tachyons," said Jackie.
"What are Tachyons?" asked Janna.
"Particles that move faster than the speed of light."
"So, speedster related?"
Jackie smiled at her. "This is it. This may be able to help Marco!"
Both girls were startled when red lightning appeared in the room and so did a vibrating man in a yellow flash suit.
"Oh shit," said Janna in shocked.
The man stared at the girls with his glowing red eyes. "Jackie Lynn Thomas and Janna Ordina." The man spoke in his distorted deep voice.
The girls looked at him in surprised. "You know us?" Jackie asked.
"I know you better than you know yourselves." The man in yellow said. "Tell Marco, we'll be meeting soon."
The man in yellow grabbed a Tachyon device and disappeared from the room in the red lightning.
Janna and Jackie stared at each other in disbelief. "We have a message to deliver."
After the season 2 finale, I decided to take a mini hiatus of my own since I've had things to do. What did you guys think of the episodes we've had in February. I think the weakest episodes were the ones with Sensei's birthday and Marco trying to represent his karate class. The rest were either funny, good, or great. "Running with Scissors" and the the last three episodes were by far the best. Steven Universe was always my favorite show, but the weak filler episodes we've been having and the fact we are in Season 4 and there is still no current story line or looming threat has made STVFOE my new favorite show. Plus Samurai Jack is back, and boy did it came back with a bang.