Author's notes: Hey guys! I decided I wanted to write one more today! This one was a short one I came up with after reading a post on tumblr by jeanniesings. She has a great blog and gave the basis on which to write this one on. Check her tumblr blog out if you have some time!
Anyways, credit to her for the idea and letting me use it.
Enjoy the fic!
"Wow they're so pretty," Star Butterfly said as she looked up at the night sky. "They don't have stars as pretty as these on Mewni."
Marco Diaz laughed. He was amused at how something as simple as stargazing on a nearby hill could amaze his best friend. She was a magical princess from another dimension who constantly got into troublesome and dangerous situations; she shouldn't have been even slightly fazed. Yet here they were, watching the stars in the night sky after she had asked him to.
"You know Star, those stars in the sky are even cooler if you look at how they're connected to each other," he said.
She looked at him questioningly. "What do you mean?"
He smiled at her softly. "Do you know what constellations are?"
She tilted her head to the side. "Con-stel-la-tions?" she sounded out. The word tasted foreign to her tongue. "What's that?"
He put a finger to his chin and thought about a way to explain so she would understand. He snapped his fingers and grinned. "Well, picture all the stars up there working as a team," he explained. "They work together to form cool little pictures in the sky."
"Pictures?" Star said bewildered. She looked up at the sky in confusion. "I don't see any pictures."
Marco nodded. "Well they aren't very noticeable until you take a closer look at them," he said. "Picture it like one big, giant 'connect the dots' in the sky. Each star is a dot and if you connect the right ones together, you get a picture."
Star squinted her eyes and focused on the sky for a few moments before giving up. "I still can't see them," she pouted.
Marco chuckled. "Here I'll show you," he said.
He scooted a little bit closer to Star and pointed his finger to the sky. "See that group of stars over there?"
Star scooted closer to him and leaned on his shoulder to get a better view of what he was looking at. "I think," she said.
"What's the first thing you see when you try to connect those stars in the sky with each other?" he asked.
She squinted her eyes a bit. "A little alien guy... in a gnome cap?"
Marco shook his head. "Let me rephrase that. What's the first earth thing you see?"
She twisted and turned her head for a few seconds and a little bit of guiding from Marco before coming to an answer. "A-a-a ladle?"
Marco gave her a thumbs up. "Yep! That's what you're supposed to see!"
Star let out a squeal of excitement as she had a mini celebration of seeing her first constellation.
"Yay!" she exclaimed as she began to settle down.
Marco rolled his eyes and smiled at how easily excited she got. "It's called the Big Dipper. It's a commonly known one. People see it all the time."
"That's so cool!" she exclaimed. "Show me more! Show me more!" she said excitedly as she scooted right next to him on the ground and shook his arm.
Marco could practically feel the energy she was letting out. She was like a child who was excited to rip open a brand new toy that they had been given.
"Ok ok! Relax Star," he said trying to calm her down. She nodded furiously at him and tried to stop herself from shaking with excitement. She did so in vain as it was too hard for her to contain her energy. She hugged Marco's arm tighter and continued begging him to show her the different constellations.
Marco gave up on trying to placate Star. He knew the only way she would calm down would be if he just started talking already.
He spent the next 30 minutes pointing at the sky and showing Star all the constellations he knew while she 'Ooo'd and 'ahh'd at the new information.
"...and if you look over there you can see the Little Dipper..."
"...they both make up the Ursa Major..."
"..that one's called Orion's belt..."
"...this one's called Scorpio..."
After exhausting all his knowledge about the stars, Marco let out a deep breath. "Well that's all I know. Anything else you want to ask?"
Star was silent for a moment as she looked up at the sky, thinking of her next question.
"Hey Marco?" she said.
"Yeah?" he replied.
"All this is cool and all, but I wanted to know, what's your favorite star?" she asked.
"My favorite?" he said puzzled.
"Well yeah. There's a lot of stars out there and each one is really pretty but I'm just curious which one you like the most," she said thoughtfully.
Marco didn't need to think another second before answering. "Well that's easy," he said.
Star looked at him, expecting an answer. He leaned closer to her and poked her.
"This one. This one's my all time favorite!" he laughed.
Star's eyes shined bright for a second as a wide smile formed on her face.
"Aw! Thanks Marco!" she said as she tackled him into a hug.
They both laughed softly in each others arms, just enjoying the moment they were sharing.
"No problem Star," Marco whispered into her hair.
The second he heard that question, he realized something. Not all stars are up in the sky. His favorite one was down here, with him on Earth.
Author's notes: Well there it is. I'm pretty satisfied how this one turned out. It was pretty fluffy, which I liked. Well hope you enjoyed! See you later!
