Storm the Castle
"Marcia!"
"AH!"
Marcia let out a yelp as she fell back from her desk.
"Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" Star said picking up Marcia.
"Go where?" Marcia asked
"It's a surprise," Star said with a smile opening a portal.
Star shoved Marcia through the portal and then skipped in. Marcia sat up and dusted herself looking at where she was. She and Star seemed to be at the mouth of a cave.
"Come on!" Star said running in the cave.
Marcia follows and sees Star climbing up some type of mound that had multiple tubes on top of it. Star walks up to one of the tubes and sticks her arm in it.
"Mmm...Some of these have sandwiches in them," Star said
"Oh, don't put your hand in there," Marcia said
Star reaches further in for the sandwich, but can't seem to reach it.
"Are you sure this is safe?" Marcia asked
"I never said that. Come on Marcia, you try," Star said
Marcia looked at her arm and got a horrifying flashback of her monster arm, "Uhhh, No."
"Suit yourself…" Star said
As Star goes to reach in further she is suddenly sucked in the tube only leaving her legs sticking out.
Marcia lets out a yelp and runs over grabbing onto Star's legs, "I gotcha! I gotcha!"
With a hard tug Star is dislodged from the tube as all the tubes blow out steam. Marcia and Star fall back onto the ground as the mound moves out of the ground revealing that it was alive.
"Aww it's kinda cute," Marcia said
"RAGGGGGGHHHHHH!"
"Not cute! Not cute!" Marcia yelled
The two girls get up and run as the creature starts to chase them. Star launches a magical blast sending the two girls into a treeline where they get tangled up in some vines. Marcia looks up and lets out a scream seeing the monster quickly running after them.
"Star, we better get Star!, We gotta get out of here!" Marcia yelled trying to get out of the vines, "Star! Pay attention!"
Star who was tied up with the vines was reaching down for her fallen sandwich, "Just a little closer…"
Marcia, struggles and breaks on of her arms free of the vines and, manages to grab Star's dimensional scissors. She uses them to cut the vines and quickly open a portal. Marcia pulls Star into the Dimensional Portal as the monster arrives.
Star glares at Marcia holding now only half of a sandwich, "I had it in my hands Marcia. I have no idea what you were thinking."
"I was thinking of not dying!" Marcia yelled
Suddenly, a green arm comes out from the portal and grabs Marcia's leg. She lets out a shrill scream and grabs a flower pot using it as a weapon to hit the arm. The monster let go and Marcia closes the portal.
"We went through all that trouble and this sad little scrap of sandwich is all we have to show for it!" Star yelled
"That's because it's not worth dying for a stupid piece of food!" Marcia yelled smacking the sandwich out of Star's hand.
The two girls look at each other before Marcia lets out sigh turning away.
"Ah, I'm going to my room," Marcia said
"I hate when you act like this. It makes me wonder why we're even friends," Star said
Marcia pauses in her doorway for a second but then goes into her room making sure to slam the door.
Marcia lets out a disgruntled sigh as she takes off her hoodies and throws herself onto her bed. She grabs a pillow and covers her face letting out a frustrated scream. She drops the pillow from her face and holds glaring up at the ceiling.
Marcia gets up from her bed and walks over to her desk where a cage sat. She opened the cage and took the pink bunny out that she had 'liberated' from the demon Tom.
She laid back down on her bed petting the bunny.
"Dumb Star, dumb sandwich, dumb monster," Marcia grumbled out.
Marcia looked at the rabbit and it just stared at her wit ha black look.
"What? Oh do you think I should apologize to her don't you?!" Marcia said
The bunny nose twitches at it looks at Marcia.
"Well, I'm not gonna. She's the one who almost got us eaten by a monster over a sandwich!" Marcia said
The bunny just blinks.
"Oh, that is so like you. Well, I'm not gonna. I can't believe she put herself in danger like that over a sandwich! What if I wasn't there! She could have gotten eaten, over a sandwich!" Marcia ranted
Marcia just holds the bunny tighter and starts petting it more feverishly.
"Whatever. I'll apologize for smacking her sandwich when she apologizes for putting herself in such danger," Marcia said
Marcia walks over to a boom box and puts a CD in playing her favorite band Love Sentence. She sat down on her bed listening to the music. As the next song played she heard a cracking noise that wasn't a part of the song.
"What's that-uhhhhhhhhhh…." Marcia said eyes widening as she looked at her window seeing it opening by itself.
The window opens fully and Marcia scoots away from it. She sits there waiting for something to happen but nothing does. She slowly gets up from her bed and walks over to the window. She looks out of it but sees nothing.
"That's w-!"
Suddenly a sack is thrown over Marcia's head and she's lifted off the ground.
"I got her!" A voice said
"Let's go!" Another said
Marcia lets out a muffled scream as she's dragged out of her room.
Star was standing outside of Marcia's room holding the sandwich, Marcia... I'm sorry. I was a jerk, it's just I really wanted you to try this sandwich! It's kinda smashed and dirty, but it's still delicious!" Star gets no reply he opens the door but sees no Marcia, "Marcia? Hm, No Marcia," She leaves the room and goes to the railing over the stairs and bends over it looking down at the living room, "Mr. and Mrs. Diaz?" She sees the couple sitting on the couch under a blanket giggling, "Uh, What are you guys doing?"
"Oh, Star! We were just looking at Rafael's old book of medical illustrations," Mrs. Diaz said
"Weird...hey, have you guys seen Marcia?" Star asked
"I think she went to walk the Laser Puppies," Mrs. Diaz said
"Try calling his cellular phone," Mr. Diaz said
"Oh yeah, good idea," Star bends down hooking her feet on the banister so she can grab the house phone. She dials Marcia's number and waits. As the phone rings Star could here Marcia's ringtone from upstairs, "*Gasp* The call is coming from inside the house."
Star follows the music and finds herself back at Marcia's room. She looks inside and sees 'Marcia' sitting on her bed with her hoodie over her head.
"There you are! What's up with everyone hanging out in the dark like a bunch of weirdy weirds?" Star said
Marcia's Jacket starts to levitate, confusing Star and making her drop the phone.
"Uh, Marcia...? Where'd you put your legs?" Star asked freaked out.
The floating jacket turns around to relevel Fly Monster.
Star lets out gaps pointing at the monster, "What have you done with Marcia!?"
"If you ever want to see the boy alive again, bring the wand to Ludo's Castle tonight. And come alone," Fly Monster said before flying out the window.
Star stands there stunned mouth agape.
"Hahaha! Hey, kids, you're never gonna believe the telephone punched me the face!" Mr. Diaz said coming in the room holding the phone, "Did you find Marcia?"
Mrs. Diaz joins her husband as they wait for Star to answer who just stares at the parents with a shocked look.
"Uhm Marcia was…..kidnaped," Star said
Mr. and Mrs. Diaz just stand there with their usual smiles that is until Rafael starts freaking out running around the house screaming.
"Ah! Our angel! 911! Policía! Policía!" Mr. Diaz screaming.
Angie and Star watched the man run around the house not sure what to really do.
In the midst of his freak Mr. Diaz had managed to call the police and now Star was in the living room explaining to the officer what happened.
"And the little fly man was all like, "if you ever want to see Marcia alive again-" oh, wait. I just sounded Irish. He wasn't Irish. Write that down!" Star said
The policeman stops paying attention to Star and it was clear he was not taking her serious.
"The thing is, Ludo has been after my wand ever since I got here, but he's never gonna get it. It's like my birthright, from like a gillion generations ago, starting with my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-"
The Officer cut Star off, "You like magic, little girl?" He asked as if he was talking to a small child.
"Uhh, I guess?" Star said confused
"Oh, me too! Heck, I used to go to Vegas every weekend, all for magic. The thing about magic is, if you don't use it wisely, you can lose everything," The Officer said
Star looks confused, and Marcia's parents look scared.
"Anywho, not much I can do for ya. If he's not back tomorrow we'll send the bloodhounds for her," The Officer said before leaving the house.
"I told you he wouldn't get it," Star said
"Well, we don't get it either," Angie said, "Look, this isn't your fault, Star. If anything, we should have been paying more attention to the two of you."
"I can get Marcia back from Ludo," Star said heading to the front door.
"Great, we'll take the minivan!" Rafael said
"No. The little fly man said for me to come alone," Star said
Star leaves the house before Rafael could stop her. She opens the peephole, "You're wrong, by the way. This is my fault. I'll take care of it myself."
"Oh Star, come on, don't be like...that," Rafael said
Star comes back inside, "Forgot my scissors."
Star opens a portal to the Mewni Dimension with her scissors and leaves through it.
Marcia glared as she was tied up in a chair staring at monsters. A tall monster in a business suit walked over.
"Look, if you're after the wand, it's harder to get than you think. Lots of people have tried," Marcia said
Toffee enters the cage and places a sandwich in front of Marcia, "You should eat something. Could be your last meal."
"Actually, I'm totally full. But if you're hungry, I'm a great cook. So why don't you let me out of this chair and I'll give you a taste?" Marcia said
"Okay," Toffee said realizing the restraints on Marcia.
Marcia stands up and runs at Toffee leaping at him with a kick. Her foot connects with a hard surface and she lets out a cry as she falls to the ground holding her foot. She looks up to see Toffee standing over her, "There's two of you?"
The real Toffee, grabs Marcia with his tail and puts her in the chair then pushes the sandwich toward Marcia.
"You really should eat," Toffee said
Marcia growls and slaps the sandwich away, "I don't want your stinking sandwich!"
"You're a disappointment," Toffee said
"Yeah? Well, you're boring. And you dress like a lawyer. At least that idiot came dressed for a good time," Marcia said pointing out of the cage at Deer Beard.
Deer Beard punches the cage trying to hit Marcia, but hurts his hand.
"I feel your pain," Marcia said
Marcia was so…..bored. At first, she was scared but after sitting around for an hour of being locked up in her cage and nothing happening sh was more bored than anything.
Suddenly the door to the room blast open and Star along with Buff Frog run in. Marcia was happy to see Star but confused to see Buff Frog with her and why he had a fountain strapped to his back. Star magic blast several monsters and runs jumping onto the table holding her wand threateningly at Toffee.
"You made it," Toffee said
Star blasts Toffee and his arm is blown off, and he falls to the floor. She jumps in front of the cage and blasts the monsters guarding it turning them into babies. She then aims at the cage, "Supersonic leech bomb!"
There's an explosion with a cloud of dust. Once it clears the cage is still intact.
"What?" Star said confused.
Man Arm runs at Star attacking her, but Buff Frog stops when he spots Buff Frog.
"Oh, hey Buff Frog!" Man Arm said
Buff Frog proceeds to punch him as the baby monsters come back with a chainsaw to attack Star. Buff Frog stops them and Star blast them away.
Marcia between Buff Frog and Star, with a confused look. The two look at each other then shrugs their shoulders at the same. Bearicorn, the Giraffe Monster, and Spikeballs join in on the fight, while Toffee still watches.
Star avoids the monsters and jumps onto the chandelier, "Rainbow rocket!"
Star shoots a colorful rocket at Marcia's cage but sadly, that attack does not break it either. She jumps down the chandelier, "NO." She approaches the cage as her cheek hearts begin to glow along with her wand. She focuses all of her energy and prepares to hit the cage.
Star blast a powerful spell at the cage and there's a large burst of light and smoke.
"Marcia!" Star yelled, "We did it!"
"You did it!" Marcia said
Star and Marcia run at each other and hug.
"Come on, come on let's get out of here!" Star said
Star started to pull Marcia out the cage but is stopped when the glass wall quickly regrows and traps Marcia.
"Oh, no…" Star said
Spikeballs grabs Star and along with a knocked out, Buff Frog is knocked out.
"Stop," Toffee said making Spikeballs drop Star. Toffee stands up, and his arm starts regenerating, "That's no way to treat our...guest of honor."
In a matter of seconds, Toffee's arm regenerates.
Toffee lifts up a remote and clicks a button, which causes the roof of Marcia's cage to sink down.
"No, no, no, no, no! Stop, stop, stop, stop!" Star said she brings out her wand and was about to blast it again.
"That's not going to work again. That crystal is twice as strong now," Toffee said
Fly Monster flies over with a stack of pillows, but Toffee sends him away with a glare.
"Don't worry Star! I think I've got it," Marcia said putting her arms up and trying to hold up her cell.
Star jumps on the table, and drops her wand on Toffee's plate, "Fine. Take it. Now let Marcia go."
"No Star!" Marcia yelled pressing further on the cell's ceiling but it doesn't help.
Suddenly Ludo appears on jumps on the table and tries to take the wand, but the Chicken Monster catches him in his beak.
"Do you think I'm like Ludo?" Toffee said, he turns to Chicken Monster, "Just swallow it."
Chicken Monster does so and swallows Ludo.
Toffee pushes the wand back to Star, "I don't want your wand. Destroy it."
"Whaaaaaaat?" Marcia and Star yelled
Toffee grows a large scary smile, "SURPRISE!"
"I can't. I don't even know how," Star said
"Yes, you do. It's the first spell your mother taught you," Toffee said
"The Whispering Spell," Star said
"Exactly. Marcia's waiting," Toffee said
Star looks over at Marcia who was now laying on the ground pushing the ceiling up that was close to crushing her.
"This guy is insane Star! Don't do it, I'll be fine," Marcia said
Star could see tears forming in Marcia's eyes as the ceiling slowly start to crush her.
Star looks down at the wand sadly before picking it.
"Star no!" Marcia yelled
Star starts the whisper the spell to her wand and it slowly begins to die. It turns gray, and its wings disintegrate, and the battery unicorn emerges as a ghost.
Toffee looks coldly down at Star as she begins to cry. The ghost unicorn whispers something inaudible into Star's ear and she gasps as it flies away.
Star stands up and wipes away her tears, "Now let Marcia go."
Toffee holds up his remote and presses a button. The cell's ceiling rises up and the door opens up.
Marcia was about to step out of the cell but Star runs in pulling Marcia with and locks the cell.
Buff Frog was just coming through and Star looks up at her.
"Run," Star said seriously.
"Oh, my babies!" Buff Frog gets up and gathers his tadpoles before running out.
"Okay. What's going on I thought we wanted to escape," Marcia said
"It's not over," Star said
Toffee glares down at the wand when nothing happens he turns to his monster army, "Gentlemen, it's been a pleasure."
The wand the suddenly starts to shake and glow. All of the monsters get a scared look and run out of the castle as they do so Chicken Monster lays an egg before running out.
The wand blows up, blasting the castle to smithereens, and annihilating everything around it. Star and Marcia then emerge unharmed still standing in the cage.
Marcia walks out and finds Toffee's jacket laying on the ground, "Pfft. Lawyers."
"Look. Nature," Star said pointing at the egg Chicken Monster laid.
The egg shakes and then Ludo emerges from it screaming.
"Ugh," Star and Marcia said disgusted.
"Where is my castle?" Ludo said
"It's gone," Star said
"And where is your wand?" Ludo asked
"That's gone too," Star said
"Everything...? WE ARE NO LONGER FRIENDS!" Ludo yelled pointing at Star.
"We never were friends-?" Star said slightly confused.
"You are now my mortal enemy!" Ludo pulls out a pair of dimensional scissors, "This day I vow-!"
Star takes the scissors from Ludo and opens a portal to an unknown place. She picks up Ludo and throws him in, and closes the portal.
As Star was tossing in Ludo, Marcia saw something falling from the sky. She gaped tugging on Star.
"What is it, Marcia!" Star said finally turning around.
Marcia doesn't say anything but tilts her friend's head up so she could see what was falling from the sky. The two girls eyes widened as the thing crashes to the ground and they both over to the crash site. When Marcia and Star arrive there they discover what had fallen was the Star's empty wand. Star looks sadly down at her wand as Marcia hugs her to comfort her.
As the two hug, a voice speaks up making the girls pull apart. They look behind them to see a Tiny horse just like the one that was powering Star's wand. The tiny horse continued to speak but he was speaking in Italian, Marcia could only pick up a few words but she couldn't tell what it was talking about.
"Excuse me. When I was a baby horse, Mama told me the day will come when I'll be called upon to fulfill a responsibility greater than myself, greater than this dimension. For me, that day is today!" The Tiny Horse said
The tiny horse climbed into the wand and then it sunk into the ground. After a few minutes, the ground started to shake and then a bunch of crystals stars to appear around the crater. A giant one springs from the ground and there's something in the middle of it.
"You touch it," Marcia said lightly shoving Star.
"No, you touch it," Star said shoving Marcia back.
"No you touch it," Marcia said
"No, you," Star said
"No, you," Marcia said
The girls continue to go back and forth until the crystal opens and a new wand appears. The wand flys out of the crystal and lands in Star's hands.
"Whoa…" Star said
"Upgrade," Marcia said
The two girls continued to stare dazed at the new wand until their ears caught the sound of horses in the distance. A bunch of armored knights arrive at the scene and one hopes of the horse running to Marcia and wrapping the girl in a tight hug.
"Oh Marcia, I'm so happy to see you! Haha!" The Knight said
"Um, Do I know you?" Marcia asked confused
"Marcia! It is me, I am your dad!"
The Knight lifts up his helmet to indeed reveal it was her father.
"My dad!" Marcia said happily yet shocked.
"Oh, My turn!" A Knight sad on a horse. Before they could take their helmet off they slide on the horse's saddle making them hang upside down. The knight takes off their helmet to show Marcia's mom was there, "Just come here and hug your mother."
Marcia walks over and gives her upside down mom a hug, "This is so awkward, Mom."
"It's not awkward! Don't make it awkward!" Angie said hugging her daughter.
"Wait, how did you guys get here?" Star asked
Another knight steps forward, "They used…," He takes off his helmet to reveal himself as King Butterfly, "...your mirror."
Once the kids were checked over for injuries the group returned to the Butterfly Royal Palace. Star told her parents the story of what happened.
"So. Basically, just to recap-"
"You are not going to do that, are you?" Queen Moon said
"What, my Dear?" King Butterfly asked
"You know that thing when you talk and every time that you get to a word with and "S" you have that little whistle in your front teeth?" Queen Moon said, "I love you, honey, I just can't deal with that today. Star, you have abused your magic, frightened Mr. and Mrs. Diaz, and destroyed your wand. Did I leave anything out?"
"Uhh, well there's a bunch of other stuff you don't know about," Star said
"Shhh!" Marcia said
"No, I think that's everything. But look," Star holds out her wand, "the wand is fine! Sort of.
"It's-uh…" Queen Moon takes the wand, "I'll take it and get it cleaned for you."
"Please don't be mad. That looks like a mad face," Star said
Queen Moon grabs her daughter in a hug surprising her.
"So you're not mad?" Star asked
"Oh, I'm always mad. But I'm happy that you're safe," Queen Moon said
"We're just glad that everyone's okay. And I'm on a horse!" Angie said as she was still upside down.
With her excited shout, the horse gets scared and runs off with the woman still hanging from it. Rafael and Marcia run after the horse.
"Where are you going?!" Marcia yelled
"Don't you go riding off with my wife!" Rafael said
Star looks at the Diaz family then back at her mother, "Uhhh…"
"Go ahead," Queen Moon said
"Mrs. Diaz, wait up!" Star yelled
Marcia fell back into her bed exhausted from her day. After taking a hot warm shower and changing into her pajamas she was ready for a good night's rest. Before she got into other bed she spotted something on her bedside table. She reaches over and notices it's a flower and attached to it was a note.
"Good thing you're okay," Marcia read confused
Marcia sat there confused at the note and flower, but then ignored it too tired to think about. She'd worry about it another day.