Grave: So this was based off of a sentence starter courtesy of writeworld on Tumblr, and was originally posted on my Tumblr.

Anormal-Snivy: That is absolutely the show, he turns into a female superhero and I love it. Yeah modern day parents are dumb. And don't worry, this fanfiction won't get any higher than a T.

Th3 Pho3nix 2.0: Well, I'm not really good at AU's unless it involves Percy Jackson or Ferbel (Ferb/Mabel), so I'll have to decline on that.

Imaginativegoody2shoes: I looooooooved Blood Moon Ball, especially the dance sequence. I literally squealed.

I don't own Star vs. the Forces of Evil.

GENERAL POV

"You're not going to get anywhere staring at my grave, you know."

Marco knew she couldn't hear him, but that didn't stop him from walking over to Star and kneeling next to her prone form, keeping an eye out for threats. He sighed quietly and looked sideways at the girl, cringing when he saw the tears running down her cheeks.

"This wasn't your fault, Star," he murmured, leaning against his gravestone. "I chose to jump in front of that blast. It would have killed you, and you need to stay alive for your kingdom."

Star whimpered softly and rested her hand against his name, pressing the fingers of her free hand tightly to her lips. "I'm so sorry Marco," she whispered hoarsely. "This…if I hadn't come here, you'd be alive right now and I…I'm sorry."

Marco swallowed and scooted over to her, wrapping a transparent arm around her shoulders. "Star, please. You need to go. You need to get the wand back from Ludo. That matters more than anything. I'll still be here when you get back. I promise."

Star brushed away her tears and took a shaky breath, bringing her fists down on her knees. "I'm going to get that wand back," she determined, making Marco wonder for a second if she could hear him.

"Good for you, Star," he cheered, jumping to his feet and watching Star push herself into a standing position.

"I'm going to get that wand back," Star promised, "and then I'm getting you back. No matter what it takes."

Marco froze. "Star…no. No, that….that could hurt you."

She clenched her fists, staring down at the tombstone. "I'm getting that wand, I'm beating the absolute shit out of Ludo, and then I'm bringing you back. I need you here, Marco."

She shut her eyes for a moment, her lower lip quivering. Marco reached out to try and touch her, but of course he slipped right through her, his arm turning into mist before he pulled back. Star shivered and opened her eyes again. "I'm not leaving you behind Marco. Not ever again."

She spun on one heel and strode out of the graveyard so quickly that, even if Marco could follow and hadn't been tethered to his grave, he couldn't have kept up.

The young ghost fell to his knees and wrapped his arms tightly around himself, willing her to change her mind and not do anything more than get the wand back.

He knew it wouldn't work, however. Knew that she would try everything to get him back, and it would fail. Because on the other side, in the ghost realm, he could already see her grave starting to form.

Don't worry, Marco is only dead for this one. Hem. Yes.

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