Cheer Up Star
The Diaz household as of recently strange things have been happening in this household but today just might take the cake.
Magical explosions go off behind the house and the sound of a high pitched scream could be heard.
Behind the house, Marcia and Star are seen running from Ludo's monsters.
"Whoa!" Marcia screamed out as she ducked an oncoming attack.
"Cupcake blast!" Star shouted out.
Star fires at the monsters with cupcake shaped weapons. Star and Marcia run into a backyard shed as monsters follow surrounding the place.
"Hahaha! We've got them cornered!" Ludo said
Star uses her wand to bring light inside the shed, and Marcia locks the door as the monsters try to break it down.
"How could I have been so stupid?" Marcia said sadly covering her eyes.
Marcia sulks for another moment before she hears a hard pounding on the door, she freaks out and starts to boards up the door with the closest thing to her which was buckets of paint. Once that's done Marcia starts run around the shed grabbing random objects. She tries to pull a skull-shaped bust off a shelf as Star gives her a strange look.
"Marcia, what the heck is going on?" Star asked
"Uh...this may be all my fault," Marcia said
"What?! What did you…" Star stops talking when she see's a three-eyed monster looking inside through the open window blinds. Star slowly reaches over and closes the blinds, "What did you do?"
"Um…" Marcia said, she falls off the shelf and hands the skull bust to Star, "Hold this. Uh, we're gonna need to build some armor."
"Marcia?" Star questioned
Marcia puts on a welding mask, "Okay. where does Dad keep his blowtorch?" Marcia looks around for the object but then a monster from outside shakes the shed, and the blowtorch falls into Marcia's hand, "Heh-heh! There it is!"
"Marcia!" Star shouted
Marcia puts the welding mask down and turns the blowtorch on.
"Marcia Diaz!" Star screamed louder.
Marcia lifts up the mask and turns to face Star. Star drops the skull bust on the floor.
"What...is going...on?" Star asked
Marcia let out a sigh, "Look, do you remember when I was having that really bad day?"
A FEW DAYS BEFORE
Marcia had woken up late and was running out the house, but unfortunately, that didn't help because the school bus was leaving without her on it.
Marcia ran after the bus panting trying to keep up, "Wait!" She manages to catch up to the bus and pounds on the bus door, "Stop!"
Inside the bus, Star sees Marcia and opens up a window.
"Look at you, jogging to school. In the zone," Star said with a smile.
"I'm trying...to catch...the bus!" Marcia barely said out of breath.
"Got to keep your focus. I get it. Stay in that zone," Star said
She closes the window and sits back down. The bus comes to an abrupt stop but Marcia doesn't and she runs into the bus's Stop sign as it swung open. She falls on the ground as the bus driver opens the door.
"Who punched by bus? Who does that? Bus never did nothin' to you," The Bus Driver said looking around.
"Ow…" Marcia groaned out. She slowly sits up with a black eye as the bus door closes on her hood, and the bus starts moving again, pulling her along.
"Whoa!" Marcia said as she was jerked forward.
She tugs at her hoodie trying to pry it from the door but much to her luck it rips, and she's thrown back into a pile of garbage.
Marcia emerges from the garbage even more beat up and covered in garbage. A guy on a bicycle rides up next to her.
"Whoa...HAHAHAH!"
The guy points and laughed at Marcia. She looks down to see her hoodie ripped open showing her shirt that read "I KISSED A NINJA AT KARATEKON 2012".
"You kissed a ninja! Hahaha!"
Marcia's cheeks go red as she covered her shirt with the remains of her tattered hoodie, "Well at least he got a kiss. I bet a girls never even thought about kissing you!"
The guy on the bike suddenly stops laughing and rides away quickly. Marcia quickly picks herself up and runs to school but she spots her reflection in a window.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Marcia said touching her black eye.
She looks over at school and sees a sign outside.
"PICTURE DAY!"
"School picture day?!" Marcia yelled
A girl pops out of nowhere with a camera.
"Smile!"
She takes a picture of the surprised Marcia.
"Ugghhh! I wanna go home," Marcia said
At this very moment, Jeremy Birnbaum appears behind Marcia.
"Well, well, well. Marcia Diaz," Jeremy said
"Not today, Jeremy," Marcia said trying to ignore the kid.
"I came to see how good you'd look for picture day, but apparently…..you know whoever beat you up I could beat him up for you. You know your knight in shining armor," Jeremy said wiggling his eyebrows.
"I said not today!" Marcia said stomping her foot down.
As she brought her foot down she heard a loud crunching sound and grunt before a loud thud. She looked down to see a broken half of a skateboard. Marcia looked up to see a crestfallen Jackie Lynn Thomas.
"Marcia...you broke my...skateboard," Jackie said
"Jackie, I...I'm so so so sorry," Marcia said
"It's fine, Marcia. I'll just live with it," Jackie said sadly. She gets on the broken half of the skateboard and tries to roll away.
Marcia goes to walk away but stops when she hears a groan. She looks over and her eyes widen when she saw Justin passed out on the ground with the other half of Jackie's skateboard lying next to him. It seems like when Marcia had broken the board the other half had flown off and hit Justin in the head.
"Oooooohhhhhh, Justin are you okay?" Marcia asked with a worried expression.
All she received was another groan. Looking around quickly Marcia reaches into her school bag and pulls out a sticky note and pen. She quickly writes on the sticky note and slaps it on Justin's forehead, before walking off.
~Sorry I hit you. I'll make it up to you~ Marcia
PRESENT DAY
Star puts the skull bust in a vise grip as Marcia tightens it.
"I'm sorry you had a bad day, Marcia, but what does that have to do with right now?" Star asked
Marcia grabbed a saw and started sawing the skull bust in half.
"I'm getting to that," Marcia said
Man Arm's arm crashes through the wall reaching for Marcia's head.
"Whoa!" Marcia said dodging the arm.
Marcia takes the skull bust out of the vice grip and places it within Man Arm's reach. Man Arm grabs the bust and breaks off the top half.
"Thank you!" Marcia said grabbing the other end of the bust.
Marcia grabs a painting and boards up the hole in the wall.
"I was so bummed out," Marcia said
FLASHBACK RETURN
Marcia had finally made it home after her horrible day. She was now sitting on the couch looking rather depressed. Star appears from behind the couch wearing a large mustache.
"But you did everything you could to cheer me up," Marcia said
"Huh? Huh? Huuuh?" Star said with a smile.
Star starts to juggle the laser puppies but nearly drops them. She then pulls a large fish out of a hat.
"Ta-da!" Star said
Then the fish swallows Star's head.
"MHHHMHHMMH!" Star's runs around muffled screams coming out from the inside of the fish. She continues to run and trips and fall. On the ground, the fish swallows her whole.
"Hahahaha!" Marcia laughed
"Hahah, I'm in a fish," Star said
PRESENT DAY
"And then, you met Oskar," Marcia said
BACK TO THE FLASHBACK….AGAIN
The next day at school Star and Marcia were in the school alway and the sounds of horrible keyboard playing was heard. Kids were screaming and running around covering their ears trying to drown out the horrible noise.
"Make it stop! Make it stop!"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
"No, no, no, no!"
Everyone seemed to be dying from the noise except for Star.
Star looks wide-eyed outside seeing a boy outside playing the said horrible music. She pulls Principal Skeeves close to her and points to the boy.
"Skeeves. Who is that fresh of breath air?" Star asked awed.
Oskar Greason sits on a car playing a keytar as students around him cover their ears.
"Oh, that degenerate is Oskar Greason. I'd stay away if I were you. That boy has a record," Principal Skeeves said
"Ohhhh, a record…" Star said
Star sneaks up to Oskar's car. He presses a button on his keytar to start a beat.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah. My car is a flying snail. Let's ride him far away, yeah. To mermaid, pools filled with puppies' drool. And centaurs pulling candy sleighs. Ah, ah, ah, ah."
"Star!"
FANTASY INTERRUPTION BROUGHT TO YOU BY MARCIA
"Can you please keep your fantasies out of my flashback?" Marcia said
"Almost done," Star said
NOW THEN BACK TO THE FLASHBACK
Star writes her number on a star-shaped sticky note and sticks it to Oskar's keytar, "Call me," Star whispered before slinking away.
BACK TO THE SHED
Marcia holds up a circular slide rule.
"*SIGH* I couldn't wait to talk to him," Star said
ONCE AGAIN FLASHBACK
Marcia was walking around on cellphone. Star runs by and grabs the phone out of Marcia's hands and heads up the stairs.
"I'm expecting a phone call! From Oskar," Star said
"Why don't you just give him the home line?" Marcia questioned
"Mmm, I like your ringtone better," Star said
On cue Marcia's ringtone goes off, "Space unicorn, soaring through the stars!"
"Hehe, So cute," Star said
"We've really gotta get you your own phone," Marcia said
Star runs to her room with her wand in her mouth. She sits at her desk and sets the phone down, and stares at it.
"Space unicorn-"
"Hello?" Star asked picking up the phone.
"Hola, Marcia, it's Grandma."
Star groans and hangs up the phone.
Star falls back on her bed waiting for Oskar's call. Morning changes into late day, late day, changes to evening, and evening turns into night, without a call.
SHED TIME
Star is now wearing the circular slide rule as a protective mask.
"I guess I'm just not cool enough for a guy with a record," Star said sadly.
"Are you kidding? You're the coolest girl I know," Marcia said
Star smiles at Marcia happily. Then the shed shakes violently again, and Star falls over onto the floor. Everything on the shelves fall off.
"Anyway, you were so sad," Marcia said
FLASHBACK…..ALMOST DONE
Star is lying face-down on her bed while Marcia looks at her from the door.
"It was my turn to cheer you up," Marcia said
Marcia slips away with an idea. A while later Star's bedroom door creaks closed, and a shadow creeps toward her bed. Star turns towards the shadow. A flashlight turns on, and Marcia is shown wearing clown makeup.
"Hey, Star!" Marcia said
"AHHHHHHHH!" Star screamed turning on the lights.
"I thought you liked clowns! Sorry!" Marcia said running away.
Attempt #2
"Hey, Star, up here!" Marcia said
Star looks up from her pillow and sees Marcia in a shopping cart with a rocket strapped to it, wearing a sombrero with sparklers on it and a foam finger.
"Ha-ha, watch this. I'm gonna...I can't do this," Marcia said
Before Marcia can get out of the cart, it takes off.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Star watches in shock as fireworks light up the room and Marcia screams rocketing around. Marcia rides a rush of water down a flight of circular steps and slides next to Star's bed. She spits a lit sparkler out of his mouth.
"Ta-da!" Marcia said with jazz hands.
"Ugh!" Star said falling back into her bed.
Marcia stands up and spots Star's wand on the table.
"And that's when I realized nothing makes you happier than when you're Narwhal Blasting a monster," Marcia said
Marcia ties the wand to the end of a fishing line and opens a portal with Star's dimensional scissors.
"So I tried to lure one with your wand," Marcia said
Marcia tosses the wand into the portal. She can see a monster on the other side spot the wand. When he reaches down to grab it she reels it. The monster chases after it and follows it through the portal.
"Oh, Star!" Marcia sang out.
Everything seems to be going well until several more monsters come out of the portal.
"Aw, bunk. Should have thought this through more," Marcia said
NOW WE'RE CAUGHT UP TO THE PRESENT
"So you brought these monsters here to cheer me up?" Star asked
"Yeah...I just didn't expect so many. Hehe, I reeeeeaaaaaallllyyy should have thought this through," Marcia said
Marcia puts a bucket on Star's head "But don't worry. This armor will hold them off."
Marcia and Star are now dressed in crudely-made battle armor which was the perfect timing because the shed's roof is suddenly ripped away, and Man Arm's arm reaches inside to grab Marcia.
"Marcia!" Star said
"Ahhhh! Let me go, this is not how you handle a lady!" Marcia said struggling to get out of monsters grip.
Man Arm holds Marcia in one hand while Ludo and his army surround him.
"Give it up, Star Butterfly! You're outmatched!" Ludo said
"Ludo, what's with all these new monsters?" Star asked
"What? These are all the same monsters I always bring," Ludo said
"Mmm, I don't know," Star said
Marcia stops struggling and points to the monster who was holding her, "I've never seen this dude in my life."
"You mean you've never met Man Arm?" Ludo questioned
Man Arm turns to the left to reveal a human like left arm.
"Hey," Man Arm said
"Sup," Marcia said
"Surely you know Spikeballs," Ludo said gesturing to another monster.
"Well, we were never formally introduced," Spikeballs said, he walks up to Marcia and kisses the back of her hand making the girl cringe, "Hi, I'm Spikeballs. I'm usually in the back."
"Now that you all know each other...HAHAH! Get the wand!" Ludo said
Ludo's monsters follow the command and charge into attack. Star blasts Man Arm with Rainbow Fist Punch, causing him to drop Marcia. Star and Marcia stand back to back ready team up against the monsters. Star jumps high into the air holding her wand up.
"Honeybee Tornado Swarm!" Star said
Star swarms the monsters with bees and pollen. Most of the monsters get covered in bee stings and begin to puff and swell, but a flower monster appears to enjoy it the pollination.
"You were right, Marcia! I'm totally cheered up!" Star blast a monster, "I don't even care if Oskar calls!"
"Space unicorn, soaring through the stars. Delivering the rainbows all around the world…"
"Ugh, what is that terrible ringtone?" Ludo said
"It's supposed to be cute! You have no taste at all!" Marcia said
Star looks down at the phone and gasp, "It's Oskar!"
"Well, talk to him," Marcia said avoiding getting grabbed by a monster. She lets out a yelp as her feet are knocked from under her and she lands roughly on her back, "Gonna feel that in the morning."
"Oh, right-right-right-right-right!" Star hits talk on the phone "Hello?"
"Hi, I'm calling this phone number on my phone?" Oskar said
"Thank you for calling. No, I mean—Hiiii," Star said
A monster tries to jump onto Marcia while she's on the ground but she kicks him off her with her legs and manages to get back up.
"Hi," Oskar said
"So what are you…" Star and Oskar said at the same time.
Marcia runs away as several of the monsters chase after her, "There's too many!"
"Oh, I-I-I'm sorry, I interrupted you," Star said
Bearicorn roars loudly in Star's ear, she stops talking and slowly turns to him, appalled.
"Oskar, can you hold on for, like, one second? Hey! I am on the phone! You monsters are so rude!" Star said
Ludo's monsters all stop fighting looking surprised.
"Haha, you heard the girl. Hey, Star they are very rude you should teach them some manners," Marcia said before she hid behind the neighbor's fence.
"Syrup Tsunami Shockwave!" Star said
Star washes the monsters away with a tidal wave of waffles, pancakes, and maple syrup.
Marcia peeks over the fence and giggles seeing the mess, she hops back over the fence and has to steady herself as she slides in syrup.
Star gets back on the phone, "Sorry about that. Hehe, Cool."
"Cool," Oskar said
"Cool," Star said
"...Okay, bye. I like your phone voice," Oskar said before hanging up the phone.
Marcia walks around the yard seeing all of the monsters stuck to something. A two-headed minion is seen stuck to the ground. A crocodile monster is stuck to a cactus. A giraffe monster's head is stuck to his own back.
"Sticky. All sticky," A monster said
"Mmm, thanks, Marcia. You did know just how to cheer me up. And Oskar called anyway!" Star said, she lets out a happy giggle, "Hugs!" Star hugs Marcia and gets stuck to her because of the maple syrup.
"Blecch," Star said
The bicycle guy from earlier suddenly appears and rides up next to them.
"Whoa...hahahaha!"
"Star blast him!" Marcia yelled
The man stops laughing and quickly rides away as Marcia yells out insults. Star just smiles at her friend before she blasts the man's bike turning it into a giant Jackalope. The creature growls and chases after the cyclist, Marcia lets out a happy sigh as she hears the guys cries for help in the distance.
END