Penelope Angela-Moon Diaz

Starco Lover: I'm really glad you've been enjoying these! I aim to please.

Flowersforfanfics: Flowers for Algernon reference with your name? And yeah, I've been binge watching the show Charmed and their grandmother's name is Penelope, Penny for short, and I could totally see Star and Marco loving that name.

Ellie: I hope you like this chapter! Penny is a sweetheart. Star's enthusiasm and Marco's generosity and overprotectiveness. I don't have her fight monsters (being two and all) but I did have fun developing her character.

X: Oh my gosh absolutely. Next chapter.

Watermalone: Thank you so much for your support. It means a lot.

IDC1314: Omg if you do end up drawing anything you have to let me know. I don't have an Instagram, but I do have a Tumblr account under the same name (pftones3482).

Ninjablue245: The show is; my brain is not lol.

I don't own Star vs. the Forces of Evil. I'm writing this in the car haha. Various songs in the background, the open road, THE SUN SHINING ON MY SCREEN.

GENERAL POV

"Graaaaaaannnnnnnnnndddddddmaaaaaaaa."

Angie Diaz bit back a smile and peeked into the guest bedroom, Marco's old room, to see her two and a half year old granddaughter sitting on the bed surrounded by various stuffed animals and clutching a blanket to her chest. A tiny pout was on her features and a disgruntled sparkle filled her warm brown eyes.

"Yes, sweetheart?" the woman asked, leaning against the doorjamb.

Penelope Angela-Moon Diaz, Penny to everyone who didn't want to get an angered screech, popped her thumb out of her mouth and looked at her grandmother quizzically. "When are Mommy and Daddy coming back?"

Angie stepped into the room and sat down on the bed, brushing a strand of the girl's honey blonde hair out of her face. "They'll be back after Daddy's flight gets in," she assured the girl. "You remember, he was away for work?"

Penny nodded and twisted the blanket in her hands. "Yeah," she said softly, her eyes hidden under dark lashes. "But Mommy and Daddy hafta scare away the bad monsters 'fore I can sleep."

Angie pursed her lips and kissed the girl on the forehead. "Can I do it tonight for you? They probably won't be back until really late."

"Do you know how?" Penny asked, lifting her doe eyes to Marco's mother.

The woman grinned. "Hey, I lived with your mommy for almost five years. I learned a few things about scaring away the monsters."

Penny's eyes widened and she sat back as Angie began scouring the room, checking the closet and under the bed for monsters before securely fastening the window and flicking on the nightlight. "Is that okay?" she asked quietly, walking back to Penny's side and brushing her hair from her eyes.

The toddler nodded and snuggled down into the bed, blanket to her chest and stuffed animals tumbling to the floor. "Yes. Thank you Grandma," she said happily.

Angie smiled and kissed the girl on the cheek, tucking her into bed and exiting the room as quietly as possible, shutting the door halfway behind her and venturing down the stairs to join her husband on the couch for the evening news.

Penny stared up at the ceiling for a while, attempting to fall asleep. As her eyes drifted to a shut, however, a tiny scratching noise at her window made the girl sit bolt upright in bed, looking from the door to the window and wondering if she should call for her grandmother.

The scratching continued and Penny slid from the coziness of her comforter, dragging her pale purple blanket out of bed with her and clutching it to her mouth as she ventured across the floor to the window.

After several unsuccessful attempts to open the curtains, Penny finally managed to tug it aside enough to see outside.

A scream sat in the back of her throat as she and the monster outside the glass studied each other. His eyes had widened to the size of dinner plates and Penny quickly swallowed her yell, a smile slipping across her face instead of terror.

"Kevin!" the girl squealed, wishing she was tall enough to reach the lock on the window.

The frog monster gave her a small grin and sat back on the windowsill, looking at the girl in confusion. She quickly ran across the room to her father's old desk and, with minimal effort, dragged the chair over until she was able to clamber up onto it and tug the lock out of place on the window.

Kevin smiled and slipped through the window, letting the night chill in with him. He was a bit older than Penny, almost six, but she knew it was only because monster's aged differently than princesses. He wasn't much taller than her, and despite the webbing between his fingers and toes and the fact that he wore boring brown clothes, he was Penny's favorite monster.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, keeping her voice low so that her grandmother wouldn't get mad at her for being awake.

He smiled. "You weren't at home, and I wanted to play, so I took Dad's scissors and came to visit."

Penny shook her head, running her fingers along the silky portion of her blanket. "Kevin, it's my bedtime. Didn't you see it's dark out?"

The monster frowned and glanced out the window sheepishly. "Oh. I'm sorry Penny. Should I go home then?"

"Probably," came a voice from the doorway.

The two spun around to see Star and Marco standing in the doorway, trying to hide the smiles on their faces. "Kevin, you know your dad is gonna get worried if you aren't in your bed," Star pointed out.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Penny shrieked, dropping her blanket and rushing at her father. He scooped her into his arms and nuzzled her stomach as Star moved over to Kevin and knelt.

"Want me to take you home, honey?" she asked, pulling her dimensional scissors from her purse.

Kevin merely nodded, reaching up to cling to Star's hand and waving to Penny. As Star opened the portal, Marco looked over at her. "I'll take Penny home. Tell Buff Frog hi for me, okay?"

Star nodded. "Will do," she assured him, snipping the portal shut behind her.

Penny curled up against her father's shoulder and Marco paused only long enough to grab her blanket off of the floor and tuck it into her grasp. "Penny, you know you shouldn't invite monsters in to play at Grandma and Papa's house. I think they'd get worried if all your monster friends came over to play and they didn't know it."

Penny yawned and nodded. "Mm sorry Daddy," she mumbled into his jacket. "I like Kevin. He's nice."

Marco rolled his eyes and bit back a laugh. "So are all forty seven of his siblings," he muttered fondly before continuing. "I know dear, but Buff Frog worries about them if he doesn't know where they are. Plus, sometimes monsters aren't always friendly."

"I know," the girl whispered sleepily.

Marco smiled as he waved goodnight to his parents and walked over to his and Star's fabulous new minivan, buckling Penny into her car seat and leaning over to kiss her on the forehead.

"Goodnight, princess."

"G'night, Daddy."

Had to throw in Buff Frog. I love him. Literally I stuck my head in my brother's room, asked them to name one of Buff Frog's children, and they immediately said Kevin. So that's where that came from. Also, I decided blonde hair and brown eyes was the way to go on Penny. Yes, her middle names are Star and Marco's mother's names.

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