School Spirit
"Oh, my gosh! I can't wait, I can't wait!" Starr said "My very first pep rally! *GASP* I am so excited!"
Star and Marcia were sitting in the bleachers with a bunch of other students getting ready for the school's football game tonight. A beach ball was being passed through the crowd and Star uses her wand to hit the ball, and a small rabbit-like creature appears from her wand. Marcia picks it up and places it in her lap petting it.
"When aren't you excited?" Marica asked
"Shh," Star said
"And now, Brittney Wong, who became head cheerleader on her own and not because her dad made a generous donation to the school," Principal Skeeves said over a microphone.
The Echo Creek Academy spirit committee runs out carrying Brittney Wong.
"Go, Echo Creek! Let's try not to get beat! Go, Echo Creek! Let's try not to get beat! Go, go, go, go, yeah!"
Brittney walks off the cheerleaders carrying her like stairs and snatches the microphone away from Principal Skeeves.
"Make some noise if you love the Awesome Opossums!" Brittney said
The Crowd cheers loudly.
"*GASP* I love opossums! They carry their babies on their backs!" Star said
"You know she's talking about our football team, right? We're going up against the Warriors," Marcia said while stuttering.
"Warriors?" Star questioned
"Our rivals from Silver Hill Prep," Alfonzo said sitting next to the girls.
Marcia Every year, their team slaughters our guys.
"It's gonna be a bloodbath," Miss Skullnick said as she reached into a chicken bucket and pulled out a whole chicken and swallowing it whole.
"That's terrible! We must do something!" Star said
"Well, you could join the Spirit Committee. Those kids are relentless when it comes to supporting the team," Marcia said
One of the Spirit Committee boys, Ed, performs a slow leg split while holding a pair of pennants. Everyone one could see the pain on his face as he struggled to hold the split.
"Opossums!" Ed strained out in his split.
"Relentless," Marcia said
"Yeah, they're just not the same since you le-"
Marcia slapped a hand over Alfonzo's mouth.
"We do not speak of this," Marcia said in a dark tone.
"What a great idea let's join the Spirit Committee! We better pick up some supplies!" Star said
Marcia cringed before turning to her friend, "As fun as that sounds, you can go without me."
"Okay!" Star turns to Miss Skullnick, "Hey, Skullzy. What's your favorite weapon?"
"Battleax," Miss Skullnick said
"And now, our new mascot... that I never approved of... The Awesome Opossum!" Brittney said
As Brittney announced The Awesome Opossum mascot hops onto the field.
"Woo-hoo! Alright!" Awesome Opossum cheered
He hopped around but then the bottom half of the Opossum's costume falls, revealing his underwear.
"Come on, Opossu— Oh, no," Awesome Opossum said covering himself.
"Where's the real possum? Did the Warriors steal it again? Those jerks!" Marcia said
"Sadly, the real possum wasn't playing possum," Alfonzo said
I hiss, I bite, I shake my tail all night!" Awesome Opossum chanted
The mouth of the Awesome Opossum's costume pulls back to reveal Ferguson's face.
"Hey, that's Ferguson!" Marcia said
"He's our new mascot!" Alfonzo said
"Oh, no! That means the Warriors are gonna to steal him!" Marcia said
"Oh, that's silly," Alfonzo said
"The only thing that's silly is how the Warriors are gonna look when they try to steal my friend!" Marcia said
Marcia was sneaking through the hallway, seeming to be a woman on a mission.
"Alpha Team one, commencing security sweep for the Warriors. Over," Marcia said
She continues sneaking through the hall, shimmying against the walls and rolling on the floor until she's next to the trophy case.
"Oh, Marcia," Star said surprising the girl.
"Oof!" Marcia called out surprised falling back.
"How can we prevent another tragic loss to our team?" Star asked crestfallen.
"Well, if I knew anything about football, I'd use the element of surprise," Marcia said
"Of course, of course, of course…" Star said nodding her head.
"Spritz 'em! Bring out the kitty cat offense!" Marcia said clawing at the air.
"Yes?" Star said
"Maybe even throw a couple big bombs!" Marcia said
"Bombs! Yeah, I've gotta go tell that to the Spirit Committee. Bye!" Star said before running off.
"We have an all-clear. Move! Move! Move!" Marica said beckoning someone.
Alfonzo comes around the hall pushing Ferguson.
"Ugh, this is not the respect a guy in a possum suit deserves," Ferguson said
Star made her way to the Gymnasium where the Spirit Committee was meeting. She burst in the doors surprising everyone.
Star runs up and takes one of Andrea's pompoms.
"Do these explode?" Star questioned
She bites off the handle off the pompom like a grenade pin and throws it at Ed, which just lightly hits him in the face.
"Maybe we can set them on fire!" Star said holding up her wand.
"Uh, we're kinda in the middle of something?" Brittney said
"You're the leader. What's the plan?" Star asked
"Ha! This year we have a secret weapon," Brittney said. She snaps her fingers and two other girls appear behind her.
"We're gonna distract them without booty-shaking dance moves. Uh-huh," Brittney said as her and the two girls shake their booties.
"Do you know nothing of combat?! No Warrior is gonna be distracted by Chantelle's booty!" Star said
"Wha...?" Chantelle said stunned.
"Lucky for you, my mom assigned the royal guards as my babysitters," Star said
Flashback
A royal guard kneels in front of young Star holding a stuffed toy.
"You know you've done it right when you hear the neck snap," The Royal Guard said
He twists the stuffed toy's head, causing its cotton stuffing to pop out of its neck. Young Star delighted jumps up and down, clapping her hands.
"Yaaay!" Star said
Present Day
Star was holding her wand to her face with a dazed look and a happy smile.
"I know on planet Moo-ni or wherever it is you're from, it may be okay to be stupid, but no pesky magical foreigner is gonna question my leadership! You are officially banned from the spirit committee!" Brittney said as she whipped her hair sharply at Star.
"Hey, you know who we could really use M-"
"NO! If you bring up that idea again Ed you'll be banned too," Brittney said
"Fine! Looks like it's all up to me," Star said
Brittney holds up a microphone to Star, "Okay, thanks for coming out! Come back never!"
Marcia, Alfonzo, and Ferguson were now in the school parking lot.
"Okay, if a Warrior tries to kidnap you, blow on this stranger danger whistle," Marcia said holding up a whistle.
"This is ridiculous. I just wanted to dress up like a possum to pick up on ladies. By the way, how's this working for you Marcia," Ferguson said posing and winking.
"Okay one nope, and two never gonna happen we've already gone over this and three, this whistle's gonna save your life!" Marcia
Marcia tried to force the whistle into Ferguson's mouth.
"Put it in your mouth! Do it!" Marcia said
"No!" Ferguson said pushing the whistle away.
"Oh, dear," Alfonzo said
"Blow it!" Marcia said
"Never! You get it away from me!" Ferguson said
"Let me hear you blow!" Marcia said
"Get that whistle away from me!" Ferguson said
After some fighting, Marcia was able to get Ferguson to at least hold onto the whistle, but to her, that wasn't enough. She brought Alfonzo and Ferguson to her house.
Marcia brought the two to her room as she looked suspiciously outside her window.
"Why can't I go home?! Dude, it's Taco Wednesday. It's the day we eat all the leftovers from Taco Tuesday!" Ferguson complained
"Because your house would be the first place the Warriors would look when they try to kidnap you! If you're that worried I'll make you some tacos," Marcia said
"It kinda feels like you're trying to kidnap me," Ferguson said
"I'd watch that talk if you ever want to see those tacos," Marcia said threateningly.
"Marcia!"
Marcia opens the window blinds to see Star hanging off a power line while holding a squirrel by its tail.
"Hey, Marcia, do you have any highly flammable liquid?" Star asked
"Hmmmm? I think we do, check the garage," Marcia said
"Cool, thanks!" Star said
Star drops to the ground, taking the squirrel with her as Marcia closes the blinds.
"Alright-"
"Man, I bet I could get a lot of action if I had a real prehensile tail," Ferguson said holding up his tail.
"Oh, yeah," Alfonzo said
"Hey, ladies, you care for a drink? Wha!," Ferguson whips a soda can with his costumes tail, dropping it on Marcia's laptop. The laptop flashes and sparks. The screen flickers and then goes black.
Marcia, Ferguson, and Alfonzo stand in shock and silence, while Marica's eye twitched.
"You can forget about those taco's," Marcia said
"Two, four, six, eight, distract them with our booty shake! Oh! Oh!"
It was now time for the football game. The stands were packed with cheering fans. On the field, the football players warm up for the game. The Echo Creek football players looked over at the Warriors, one of them cracks his neck and laughs scaring the Echo Creek team one of them even faints.
Marcia, Ferguson, and Alfonzo stand next to the bleachers. Marcia "protects" Ferguson as a little girl runs past.
"It's almost game time, and thanks to me, no Warriors have even gotten close to you," Marcia said with a proud smile.
"Haaaah!"
"Ahhhh!"
Star appears behind Marcia and Ferguson dressed in armor and holding a spiked mace.
"Who's ready for a bloody, bloody bloodbath? HAHAHA!" Star said
"What's with that crazy look in your eyes?" Marcia questioned
"What do you mean?" Star asked crazily with blood red eyes.
Marcia turns to Alfonzo, "Watch Ferguson. I need to talk to Princess Cuckoo Pants."
Marcia pulls Star away. As soon as he does so two Warriors appear from behind the bleachers and abduct Ferguson.
"Stranger danger! STRANGER DANGER!" Ferson yelled out blowing his whistle.
"Okay, Star, what are you up to?" Marcia asked
"Exactly what you said. I booby-trapped the battlefield," Star said
"What?!" Marcia cried out.
Marcia looks to the football field and see's it littered with landmines, pitfall traps, and laser sensors.
"Star, the Warriors weren't actually gonna kill our team! They were just gonna beat them in football! Which is a game!" Marcia said
"Ohhhhh…" Star said as a frown appeared on her face.
The referee blows his whistle signaling the start of the game making Marcia freak out even more. The Warriors kick the ball setting off a landmine. The football lands in Justin's hands as he stares at the explosion. He drops the ball screaming and runs off along with the rest of the Opossum players. The crowd screams and scatters too as more traps are set off across the field. One of the Warriors is pulled into a blue vortex. Ed sets off another landmine and goes flying through the air.
"Oh, no. Everything's going according to plan," Star said
The referee runs around blowing his whistle and stumbled over a tripwire. The end zone lifts up, and various cutesy yet monstrous creatures come out from underground, including giant magical squirrels and three-eyed firecats.
"Let me guess, the kitty cat offense?" Marcia said
"Hehehe," Star laughed nervously.
"Huh?" Marica questioned
A giant squirrel goes by chasing some of the Warriors.
"We have to do something!" Marcia shouted out.
Star briefly hesitates on what to do before running off. She comes back grabbing her mace. Marcia runs around the field dodging exploding landmines and slams her foot on a giant squirrel's tail. She gets in front of the squirrel and kicks its face as it gets up again.
"Alright! Chick, you are awesome!" A Warrior said
"Uh, thanks, bro," Marcia shyly rubbing the back of her head.
A magical bird swoops down and picks up one of the Warriors stunning Marcia. A giant squirrel pounced on Marcia as Starr tries to rescue a Warrior from the vortex.
"Marcia!" Star said seeing Marcia being attacked.
Star picks up her mace and goes to help Marcia, leaving the Warrior in the vortex.
"No, no no, nooooo!" The Warrior said as he fell further into the vortex
Star jumps into the air and pulls her mace apart to reveal her that it's her magic wand.
"Mending Heart Hurricane!"
Star fires a magic blast at the giant squirrel that turns it back into eight normal squirrels. One of them crawls up Marcia and she grabs it giving it a pat before sending it off. The Spirit Committee runs across the field, with Brittney shoving out anyone in her way. She grabs the one girl in a wheelchair and pushes her into another girl before throwing them both to the side.
"Out of my way! I am too pretty to die!" Brittney yelled out.
She falls over and screams as a snake monster appears before her. She screams again as the monster picks her up and throws her into the air and catching her in its mouth swallowing her whole.
"Mending Heart Hurricane!" Star shouted
Star hits the giant snake with a magic blast and turns it back into hundreds of normal worms revealing Brittney. Back on the ground, Brittney spits out snake saliva.
Marcia run around the field saving more of the Warriors from the firecats, but she is soon surrounded by firecats and giant squirrels.
"Nuclear Heart Healing Hurricane!"
Star drops out of the sky and turns all of the monsters back to normal with a wide blast of magic. Two of the Warriors come by still carrying Ferguson away.
"Come on, fellas! Can't we discuss this man to possum?!" Ferguson said
The Warriors continue to run with him but one of them steps on a landmine and get blown away, but this ends up freeing Ferguson.
"Hey, Marcia, you were right! They were trying to kidnap me!" Ferguson said as he ran across the field.
"Ferguson, get off the field!" Marcia yelled out.
"What?! I can't hear you through all the explosions!" Ferguson said as he continued to run.
Ferguson runs onto a landmine, and it goes off sending him flying.
"Ferguson!" Marcia cried out.
She runs over to her friend and sees him lying on the ground smoldering. Marcia cries out grabbing Ferguson and bringing his head close to her, "No, buddy! I'm sorry! I failed you! Forgive me!"
"Dude! I was just playing possum! But if you wanna keep hugging me I won't complain," Ferguson said with a smile.
"Huh?" Marcia questioned dropping Ferguson.
"It's what we do!" Ferguson said
"You're alive! This is why you only have two friends and no girlfriend!" Marcia screeched out shaking him.
The attack finally seemed to be over as everyone looked over the now destroyed field. One of the uprights falls over and one of the Warriors picks himself up out of a crater. Brittney sits in shock with her mascara running down her face. A burnt Opossums banner falls as the rest of it turns to ash. Star looks out upon the destruction a look of disbelief on her face.
"I've really messed up," Star said
"You mean, we really messed up. I should've been watching out for you," Marcia said
"Let's get outta here!" The Warriors cried out.
The Warriors dash onto their school bus, and it speeds away.
"Hey, they just forfeited. We win!" Justin shouted out.
The crowd stands up from cowering and cheers at the "victory". Justin picks up Marcia and puts her on his shoulder while another player puts Star on his shoulders.
"Woo-hoo! Huh...Why do I have this weird feeling I'm forgetting something?" Star said
A giant magical bird suddenly appears and swoops down and snatches Marcia off of Justin's shoulders making Justin gasp.
"That was it," Star said lowly.
"Ugghh Stupid Bird! Once I catch him I'm gonna pluck him and make some frilly throw pillows!" Marcia said walking into the house covered with dirt and her clothes were torn.
The giant bird that had carried off Marcia to the outskirts of the city. It finally let go when she bit its feet. The young girl made her way home but she was clearly angry, one for the bird carrying her off, and two it was late at night so none of the buses were running so she had to walk all the way home. By the time she finally made it home it was late, super late.
Marcia marched her way to her room fuming the whole time. She slammed her armoire open making a box on the top fall on the ground and open. A red and yellow skirt came out along with a single pom-pom.
Marcia stared down at the objects on the ground before she reached for them and picked them up, "Yeah, never speak of it," Marcia said putting the things back.