Blood Moon Ball
Marcia wakes up and sits up in her bed. She looks over at her clock and sees it blinking 12:00. Her eyes widened as she jumps up grabbing her clock.
"Oh no! There must have been a power surge last night!" Marcia yelled
Marcia jumps out of bed and runs out of her room grabbing her clothes. She runs into the bathroom throwing on her hoodie.
She looks in the mirror, "Ugh bed head!" She looks at the clock, "No time!" Marcia throws her hood on over her head obscuring her face.
She runs out the house grabbing her bag.
"Almost there! Almost there! Almost there!" Marcia chanted running to school. She passed by the school sign just in time to hear the first bell ring. Marcia was about to run to class when she spots Star in front of carriage with what looked like a demon holding bunny. He held the bunny out to Star.
"Oh no, Star! She fell for some type of cuteness spell!" Marcia thought
Marcia runs forward with the intent to save her friend.
"Hiii-yah!" Marcia yelled leaping forward.
Marcia strikes the demon's hand and chops off Tom's right hand making him drop his bunny. The hand falls to the ground but still moves around on its own.
"Back off, demon!" Marcia yelled
"Marcia!" Star said surprised.
Tom holds his arm in pain. He glares at Marcia as his eye start glowing red.
"Oh, no," Star said
Brian goes up to Tom and walks him around in circles. Even though Tom was being walked in a circle his head staying looking at the girls.
"Walk it out and talk it out. Walk it out and talk it out. Walk it out…" Brian said
"Uh, you better run," Star told Marcia.
"Oh! No-no-no-no," Tom lets out a nervous laugh and his eyes stop glowing, "No, no. That's why I got my support system. I'm good. Got the angries out!"
Tom's dismembered hand picks up the bunny and levitates back onto his wrist.
"Everything is...Whew! Under control," Tom said
Tom pets the bunny so hard, its fur becomes poofy.
"Marcia, don't karate him. This is...Tom," Star said
"Demon ex-boyfriend Tom?" Marcia questioned
Tom goes to shake Marcia's hand with the one she chopped off, his hand becomes briefly detached as he shakes hers.
"Nice to, uh, meet you, Marcia," Tom said
"Whaaaat is he doing here?" Marcia asked wearily.
"He wants to take me to the Blood Moon Ball," Star said
"Star, never go with a predator to a second location," Marcia said
"Look, I can see you're mad. You think I'm a total jerk. I get it. But I have changed. Remember...I'm not the only one with horns," Tom said pointing up at Star's headband.
Marcia huffs and crosses her arms, "Typical guy with his 'smooth' lines." She thought rolling her eyes.
"Why didn't you tell me I'm dead?" The skeleton horse asked
Marcia appears next to Tom and Star and holds up her fist aiming it at Tom in a threatening manner.
"No pressure. If you decide you want to go, just toll this bell," Tom hands Star a gothic like bell before getting in his carriage. Tom's carriage is engulfed in flames he then sticks hand into the flames to make a small window.
"Oops. Hehe Almost forgot the little hammer. I hope I see you there," Tom said
The carriage goes to pull away crating wind which knocks Marcia's hood off her head. Tom looks back to look at Star but then catches the face of Marcia instead. His eye's widened as he stares at the brown haired girl.
"Whoa…." Tom said as the carriage vanished.
It was around dusk and Marcia wa still trying to convince Star not to go to the ball. Marcia walked into Star's room wearing a sombrero.
"You're making a big mistake, Star," Marcia said
"Maybe...but it could be fun," Star said pulling out a dress.
"Why don't you just stay here. We can make our own fun, girly fun," Marcia said
"Well, this is a different kind of fun," Star said
Star presses a button on her interdimensional mirror, converting it into a three-panel divider. She steps behind it to change as Marcia walks over to it leaning against the mirror.
"I don't trust Tom. He reeks of male hormones ad brimstone, and remember you dumped him a boy who can't take no isn't one you wanna hang out with Maybe I should go with you as backup," Marcia said
"Marcia, you weren't invited. Besides, you gotta trust me to do the right thing for my—seeeeeeeelf!" Star said
"Are you okay?" Marcia asked
"Yeaaaah, totally, totally, totally. I just gotta stop using magic on...on...on my face," Star said
"All I'm saying is guys like Tom never change," Marcia said
"Well...There's only one way for me to find out," Star took down the dividers, "What do you think?"
Marcia looks at Star and give her thumbs up, "You look awesome."
"Thanks, Marcia!" Star said
"Don't go," Marcia whispered
"I'm totally going," Star whispered back.
Star uses the tiny skull hammer on Tom's bell. It makes a deep,gong noise that sounded like it could reach the center of the earth which it probably did. Outside Star's balcony, a pillar of fire surfaces and when it disappears a flying demon with a carriage is revealed. The carriage dings open and lowers a short drawbridge to Star's balcony.
Star steps in and sits down, "Mmm. Smells like burnt toast. Let's get this show on the road!"
"Which floor, mortal?" The Demon asked
"Uh, I guess the bottom," Star said, she turns to Marcia and waves, "Goodbye, Marcia. See you after the...Bloooood Mooooon Baaaaall. Oooooh…"
The doors close, and the carriage lowers into the underworld in a pillar of fire. Marcia watches from Star's balcony as it vanishes.
"Like red hot chili peppers I'm leaving my BFF alone with a crazed Ex who can spit fire," Marcia said walking back inside. She ran to her room and went under her bed. She pulled out case and flipped it open revealing sugar skull mask. She then runs over to the closet and searches in the back.
"Ahhha!" Marcia pulls out a black fiesta dress that had red and yellow lining, "My dress from the Día de Muertos festival last year. Now here are the shoes?"
Once she finds her shoes Marcia goes to the bathroom and proceeds to do her air in a half up half down style, curling the ends of her hair. She then puts on the dress and shoes. She looks at herlfs in a full length mirror.
"Good, now for the finishing touch," Marcia pulls out the sugar skull mask, it stops halfway on her face still exposing her mouth, "Hmmmm it still seems like something is missing." Marcia goes into her medicine cabinet and pulls out a tube of lipstick. She applies it giving her lips a rich maroon color.
"There we go, perfect. Now to go save Star!" Marcia said
She runs back into Star's room grabbing the bell.
Tom was pacing around you'd think he'd be worried about Star coming, but all he had on his mind was that brown haired girls face. He let out an angry growl grabbing his head not being able to get her face out his mind.
"What wrong with me! Why can't I stop thinking about her?!" Tom yelled
He was bout to catch on fire when he spots skeleton hanging from a wall about to be struck with a spiked mace.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Okay, guys. I don't know what you're about to do, but I want to keep things low-key for Star," Tom said
"You want to turn the Blood Moon Ball into a greeting card holiday, go ahead."
"Wait. Which one of you said that?" Tom asked
"Me."
"No. Okay. Whoever was just talking, raise your hand," Tom said
"Master Tom, Princess Butterfly has arrived."
Marcia finally arrived and looked around amazed.
"Hmm this place is dark but it's got a nice Romanesque feel to it," Marcia said
She walked into the ball making sure to keep outsight of Star. After a while she got a cup of punch.
"For a demon ball this is pretty boring," Marcia said
"I know right. I'm over it!" A demon yelled next to Marcia. He covered his eyes and ran away sobbing.
"Ooooookkkkayyy," Marcia said confused.
The sound of a microphone going off catches everyone attention, "Ahem. Good evening, ladies and gentlebremen. It is my pleasure that I request you now to turn your heads skyward,"
A crescent-shaped opening appears in the hand-shaped skylight on the ballroom ceiling, "When the light of the blood moon drubbles down and selects two lucky souls, binding them together for eternity in its hypnotic, ruby brodum."
"Whoooaaa," Star and Marcia said on the opposite sides of the ball room.
Tom walks away from Star and Star walks away heading towards Marcia.
"Oh no," Marcia whispered to herself.
She ducked into the crowd trying to avoid Star. She starts crawling on the ground trying to keep her head below the crowd. It starts to get harder when the crowd starts to disperse as people started grouping up to dance.
"Oh no, oh no, oh no!" Marcia said as her cover was about to be blown.
Thinking quickly Marcia grabs the first hand of the closest guy to her.
"Wha-!"
Marcia pulled the guy close to her taking the lead in dancing. Marcia looked up at the guy she grabbed and her eyes widened when she saw Tom. Tom looked pretty angry but all of anger melts from his face when his eyes make contact with Marcia's.
"Whoa…." Tom said getting lost in Marcia's eyes.
The light of the blood moon shines on down on them, as they dance around the room. Tom then starts taking the lead in the dance. Everyone clears the dance floor as Tom and Marcia dance around. Tom spins Marcia around before bringing her back in his arms.
Star looks at the two as they dance, the couple looking entranced with each other.
As the song draws to an end Tom dips Marcia holding that pose with their faces close together.
The skylight closes, and the red light vanishes. The two seem to come out of their trance. Tom looks down at Marcia and finally realizes he's not with Star. He drops Marcia making her fall to the floor knocking her mask off in the process.
"Marcia?" Star questioned
Tom's eyes glowed bright red as he clenches his fist and grit his teeth.
"That dance...was not meant...for you!" Tom yelled
"Oh crud," Marcia said
Pillars of red fire burst around the ballroom.
Brian walks up to Tom, "Walk it out—"
Tom shoves Brian away making him drop the pink bunny, "No, Brian!" Tom said in a demonic voice.
Tom approaches Marcia and the poor girl tries to shuffle away.
Tom starts roaring lifting off of the ground creating flames from his hands and feets.
Star appears and freezes him in a block of ice. She changes the button on his shirt to read 0 DAYS ANGER FREE.
"Let's go, Marcia," Star said
Marcia walks over to the frozen Tom, "I'm taking the bunny." She said picking up Tom's pink bunny and following after Star.
The demon-pulled the carriage up and to Star's balcony. Star was holding her shoes as she, and Marcia stepped out.
"Thanks for the lift," Star said
"Talk about an explosive personality, am I right Star?" Marcia said walking out holding the bunny close to her. She doesn't get a response, "Star?"
"Do you not trust me Marcia?" Star asked
"What do you mean?" Marcia asked
"I mean you followed me out to the ball! When I told you I'd be fine all by myself! You don't trust me to do things by myself. I'm 14. I can handle a demon. You have to let me figure things out on my own," Star said looking down.
"Look Star," Marcia said, "I know you're a magical princess who can handle a demon on her own, but that doesn't mean you have to. I'm your friend, I'm here to watch out for you. That 's why I stayed hidden it was complete accident that I ended up dancing with Tom. I'm sorry if I made you feel like you didn't trust me, it was actually more like I didn't trust Tom. I get that you wanna figure stuff out on your own, pave your own path, but that doesn't mean I can't be there to help you if the road gets a little unsteady," Marcia said with a smile.
"Awwwwwww Marcia," Star said bringing the girl in for a hug.
Marcia smiles and hugs back with one arm.
The two girls pull back when when they felt something wiggling between them. Star looks down to see Tom's bunny in Marcia's hand.
"Is that Tom's bunny?" Star asked
"Well it's mine now," Marcia said giggling.
Star giggles too. The two girls giggle for awhile then abruptly stop.
"Now go make me some nachos!" Star said
"...Okay," Marcia said
Tom was writing angrily on a piece of paper. When he was finished he looked down to see what he had written or more like drew. He had drawn a sketch of Marcia. He stares at the picture for a moment with a struck look. He then growls and crumbles up the paper and throws it over his shoulder into a large pile of other paper.