Fetch
Marcia was having a tough time right now. All she wanted was some juice and for some reason, she couldn't open her juice pouch. The teen girl grunted and frowned as she tried to stab her straw into the juice pouch but it wouldn't go in.
"Okay Diaz, you got this. Aim it at the little…" Marcia stabs the straw on the pouch but the straw just bends back. Marcia lets out a disgruntled sigh, "All right, going again," Before Marcia could attempt to open her juice again a laser puppy jumps onto her juice, "Hey, this is hard enough already," Marcia said pushing the puppy away, "Star, can you please get control of these puppies? I'm trying to focus."
"Oh yeah yeah yeah, no problem. Totally. Come on, guys. I believe in you, Marcia," Star said pushing the laser puppies off the picnic table. As the puppies were put on the ground they ran around shooting lasers from their eyes. Various other park goers ran away avoiding the deadly lasers from the adorable creatures.
"Star, I'm concentrating," Marcia said
"Right, right, right, right, right. Okay, I'll be quiet. Even if no one else does...I believe," Star said getting onto the picnic table and extremely close to Marcia's face.
"Got it. I'm trying to focus," Marcia said pushing Star's face away. She went to open her juice again but then a ringing noise distracted her, "Ugh. Just answer it please."
Star turns away pulling out her compact answering it.
Marcia's tongue was stuck out on the side as she concentrated harder on opening her juice.
"Why! Wont! You! Open!", with each word, Marcia stabbed at the juice, "Grr, just give me the juice!" Marcia growled and attempted to rip open the juice with her teeth.
Star finally done with her call from her mother turned back to Marcia, "Marcia, did you free the nectar from the juice cocoon?"
The laser puppies ran by hopping back onto the table and started shooting more lasers from their eyes.
"Get the puppies out of the way," Marcia said
"Oh, stop it puppies. Here," Star held up her wand, "go fetch!" She said throwing it. As soon as it left her hands she realized what she had done, "Oh no!"
"Did you just throw your wand?" Marcia gasped out.
"I threw my wand. The poo-poo bin! No, no, no!" Star said as her wand headed towards a trash can. The wand bounced off the trash can landing in a bush, causing Star to let out a sigh of relief, "Oh, thank Mewni. Saved by the bush," Star walked over to the bush and was about to pull her wand out but it suddenly sunk deeper into the bush, "What?" Star reached further into the bush, "Got it," she pulls out her wand and screams seeing something attached to it. She quickly let's go and a dog walks out of the bush holding her wand in its teeth, "Oh, you're just a doggie. For a second, I thought you were a gargoyle. Thank you for bringing me my wand."
Star tries to pull her wand out of the dog's mouth but as her fingers grazed the object the dog let out a growl.
"Ooh!" Star said pulling her hand back, she reaches again but once again the dog growls, "I can just…"
Star does this several times reaching for the wand in various angles but every time she reached for it the dog let out a growl.
"All right dude, this is annoying. Is your person here somewhere?" Star said looking around the area, but saw that the park was completely empty besides her and Marica.
"There's no one else in the park, Star," Marcia said, "Everyone always leaves when we get here...for some reason."
A laser puppy shoots a laser from its eyes setting a small fire on the picnic table. Marcia calmly pulls out a fire extinguisher and easily puts the fire out.
"The laser puppies are hungry. Just grab your wand. Let's go," Marcia said putting the puppies on leashes.
"Hmm," Star said getting a thoughtful look on her face.
Marcia opened the door to her house and walked in with the laser puppies. Star followed behind holding the scary looking dog, which still had her wand in its mouth. She carries the dog over to a coat rack attempting to hang the dog up.
"Star, what are you doing? That's a dog, not a coat," Marcia said
"Fur coat," Star said
"No. Look, you're basically a pet owner now; you're gonna have to feed him. He'll put the wand down if he wants to eat," Marcia said grabbing a bowl. She fills the bowl up with dog food and places it in front of the dog.
The dog looks at the bowl then sticks its face in it. The dog eats all the food with the wand still in its mouth. Once it was done the dog walks over to the downstairs bathroom and closes the door behind it.
"Okay," Marcia said weirded out.
"Is that normal?" Star said
"No….no it is not," Marcia said
The sound of a toilet flushing goes off then a sink runs. When the sink turns off the dog comes back out of the bathroom, wand still in mouth and walks over to the couch laying down on it.
"Welp I've got enough strange creatures to deal with, crazy weird bathroom dog is your problem. I'm gonna go to bed. Come on puppies," Marcia said, all of the laser puppies jump into Marcia's arms and she walks upstairs.
After doing her nightly routines Marcia was almost ready for bed. She was in her nightgown and had her hair up in a bun for sleep. On her bed was all the laser puppies and she had one in her lap brushing its fur.
"98, 99, 100. There all done," Marcia said as she finished brushing the puppy in her lap, "Time to go to sleep."
Marcia turned off the lights and got under her covers. As she snuggled into her blankets the laser puppies cuddled up next to her falling asleep too. As Marcia and the puppies drifted off to dreamland the door to Marcia's bedroom creaked open and the wand stealing dog stood in the doorway watching.
The next morning Marcia got dressed and ready for the day.
"Star, time to get up," Marcia said knocking on Star's door. When she got no answer Marcia peeked into Star's room but saw no Star. She made her way downstairs looking for her blonde friend.
"Star, you down here?" Marcia asked
Star was laying face down on the couch and when Marcia called out to her she hoped up looking tired and exhausted.
"What?" Star said looking around.
"Star, come on. We gotta get going; we're gonna be late for school," Marcia said grabbing her's and Star's backpacks.
Star lets out a groan, "Okay, okay. Just give me a sec," She attempts to grab her wand again but got the same result, the dog growling at her. Too tired to deal with the situation Star just picks up the dog, "Magic doggie, get me ready for school," Star said shaking the dog lightly like her wand. When nothing happens she just puts the dog on her head, "Alright. Guess it's a hat day."
Marcia just raises and eyebrow as Star walks out the house with the dog on her head. She then just shrugs her shoulders use to Star's antics and walks out the house locking the door behind her.
Once Marcia and Star made it to school, Star leaned against her locker to tired to focus on anything and Marcia was once again trying to open a juice pouch.
"They make this for kids, just open!" Marcia said
"Miss Butterfly!"
"What?!" Star said jumping and turning around to find Principal Skeeves had been the one who called out to her.
"Where are you going with that dog?" Principal Skeeves said
"He's got my wand," Star said gesturing up to the dog.
"A dog in a classroom is a roadblock to learning," Principal Skeeves said pointing at a poster that said just that, "Do not come back until you get rid of that dog."
"Ugh," Star groaned out.
"Cool hat Star Butterfly," Jackie said skating by.
"Shut up," Star said
"Wait, Jackie! Come back! Help me open my juice! I know you keep a swiss army knife in your pocket!" Marcia yelled
Throughout the day Echo Creek High was missing one Star Butterfly. Marcia was too busy spending her day trying to open her juice but she still didn't get the thing open.
Marcia made her way home still trying to open the juice box.
"Come on man I need my vitamins A and C," Marcia said looking at the juice.
"Ruff! Ruff!"
Marcia looked away from her juice to see a happy laser puppy in front of her.
"Hmm….." Marcia said getting a thoughtful look.
"Alright now, stand up," Marcia said to the laser puppy.
The cute puppy gets on its hind legs.
"Bark," Marcia said
The puppy gives a small yip wagging its tail.
"Now play pirate," Marcia said
Amazingly the puppy closes it left eye holding its paw up looking like a pirate.
"Now laser the hole," Marcia said pointing at her juice pouch.
The puppy lets out a bark then shoots a laser out but it ends up hitting Marcia right in the eye.
Marcia screams and falls back covering her eye. When she pulls her hand away from her eye it was glowing red, "Okay, everything is half red."
As Marcia tried to stay calm about her vision change Star trudged into the house slamming the door behind her, the scary dog still with her.
"Star, where have you been?" Marcia asked
"I don't wanna talk about it," Star said
"Okay-"
"Today was the worst day ever Marcia. I got sent home from school, I couldn't make any money so I had to put everything on your tab," Star said
"What-?"
"I was harassed by a weird lady, and worst of all, Willoughby still won't give me back my wand," Star said
"His name's Willoughby?" Marcia said
"That's what the weird lady called him. I thought I found his owner, but she was just a fake," Star said, handing Marcia a flyer.
"Yeah, this flyer's obviously fake, but let's go back to the dog park and see if his real owner put up a flyer," Marcia said
Star lets out a sigh, "Okay. You know your eye is glowing, right?"
"I know," Marcia said
On their walk to the park Marcia's eye had turned back to normal, hopefully, it stayed that way. The two girls walked into the park and over to the large announcement board. The board was posted with dozens of various flyers.
"Hmm, nope," Marcia said looking through the flyers, "Oh, half on on French lessons, I'll be taking that."
After the flyers came up a bust Star started walking around the park holding the dog by its hind legs like a metal detector.
"Beep, beep, beep. Where's your owner?" Star said, she walked over to two women who were talking. She jumped onto their table and sticks the dog in their faces making beeping noises.
"Mm-mm Come on, Willoughby," Star said walking back over to Marcia, who was trying to open her juice again.
"Why is this so hard?" Marcia said
"I know, right?" Star said slumping down next to Marcia.
Marcia stopped trying to open her juice, "Oh, right. Your thing is hard too."
Star frowns and lets out a groan. Suddenly Willoughby's ears start to move rapidly making Star sit up, "Willoughby senses something," She looks off into the distance to see a handsome man dressed in a suit. Star lets out a gasp looking at the man, "Marcia, look. Beautiful businessman," Star said turning her friends head towards the man.
"Wow he is beautiful," Marcia said looking at the man, as she stared her hands were still trying to open the juice.
Star picked up Willoughby and set him down facing the businessman's direction, "Go, Willoughby. Go to your businessman."
Willoughby runs towards the man as he bends down.
Star lets out a second gasp as Willoughby gets closer to the man. When Willoughby was just a few feet away the dog stopped and made a sharp turn running right into the park's bathroom. The businessman stood up reliving that he was actually tying his shoes.
Star gets an angered look on her face and runs over to the bathroom kicking the door open, "That's it-!" Star's yelling immediately stopped when she saw Willoughby standing on top of his hind legs holding Star's wand over his head shaking it, "What the…"
Willoughby stops and looks at Star. They stare at each other for a few moments before Willoughby hops down and walks out the bathroom handing Star her wand, "Sorry," The dog said revealing he was actually a she.
"What just happened?" Star questioned
"Hey, Star…..why is the dog walking like a person now?" Marcia questioned
"I don't know. Who are you?" Star asked Willoughby.
"It doesn't matter," Willoughby responded
"Why did you take my wand?" Star asked
Willoughby let out a sigh, "Because, in my dimension, dogs are the ones with all the problems. There's no escape," She walked over to Marcia and grabbed her juice, "Only sadness" then poked a hole in the bottom with the straw, "It's easier if you poke it from the bottom."
"You did it," Marcia said amazed, she took a sip of the juice, "White grape."
"All I really want is to be...like them," Willoughby said gesturing to the laser puppies, "I thought if I zapped myself with your wand, I could quiet my troubled mind."
Marcia nodded her head still sipping on her juice.
"But you can't just run away from all your problems," Star said
"You run away from your problems all the time," Marcia said
"No, I just take breaks," Star said
Marcia rolls her eyes and goes back to drinking her juice.
"That's what I want. I want a break," Willoughby said
"You don't need magic for that. You need a chew toy," Star said making a chew toy with her wand for Willoughby, "And you need to play fetch," Star said lifting her wand up.
"No, Star!" Marcia yelled grabbing Star's arm, "No fetch."
"He. Oh yeah. And you need a Marcia too," Star said pulling out her compact phone, "Hey Lydia, I found your dog. Again."
A woman jumped out of a bush scaring Marcia.
"I've been here all along. Come here, my sweet little boy," Lydia said
"Actually, he's a girl," Star said
"It doesn't matter. My little cake pop. It's time to come home," Lydia said holding her arms out.
"Go on," Star said with a smile gesturing for Willoughby to go to Lydia.
Willoughby shrugged her shoulders, "I guess it couldn't hurt."
"Wait. There's one more thing," Star took off her necklace and put it on Willoughby. She used her wand to write Willoughby's name on it, looking like a fancy dog collar.
"Your necklace? I couldn't," Willoughby said
"Eh, it's a win-win. This way, I don't have to send my Aunt Felicity a thank you card," Star said, "Now go get your Lydia," Star said in a baby voice.
"Uh, why are you talking to me like that?" Willoughby said
"Cause that's how we talk to wittle doggies," Star said before pushing Willoughby over to Lydia.
Lydia picked up Willoughby hugging her, "This is what happiness feels like."
Willoughby slowly starts to lean into the hug and then her tail starts to wag happily.
"Thank you for finding my dog. Bye," Lydia said before running away.
"See, Marcia? I do face my problems," Star said
At that very moment Star's compact buzzed.
"Is that your mom calling again?" Marcia said
"Break!" Star said shoving Marcia.
Marcia and Star walked home happy the dog problem was resolved. They walked by the convenience store and Marcia stopped Star.
"Hold on Star I'm gonna pay my tab while we're here," Marcia said before walking in.
"Hey, Marcia," The clerk said
"Hello, I'm here to pay my tab," Marcia said
"Sure," The clerk started to tap on the register as Marcia brought out her wallet, "It's gonna be $57.63."
"WHAT!?"