Starstruck
"Star, let's go! We've been here for hours," Marcia said
Marcia was sitting by a dumpster behind a donut shop. The garbage in the dumpster moves and Star's head pops out of it.
"No! We're not leaving until the old donuts get thrown out," Star said
"Then can you at least not wait in the dumpster, you're gonna smell," Marcia said
Star doesn't listen and dives back down into the dumpster.
The back door to the donut shop opens and out walks a man hauling a trash bag.
"Evening, Marcia," The man said throwing away the garbage in the dumpster Star wasn't in.
"Evening, Pete," Marcia said as the man made his way back inside.
Suddenly a woman popped out of the second dumpster holding the recently thrown out bag of garbage. She had purple hair up in two buns, wearing a helmet. Her clothes were dirty and she was missing shoe. She tumbles out the dumpster dropping the trash bag making doughnuts fall out the bag.
"Oh no, no, no, no, no, no!" The woman said trying to gather up the doughnuts.
Marcia looks wide eyed at the dirty woman, "Star? Some lady just got your donuts."
"What?" Star said popping her head out with a glare on her face.
The woman was staring mouth open at a doughnut in her hand.
Star gets a good look at the woman's face then gasps, "Mina…" Star gets out of the dumpster and walks over to the now dubbed Mina, "You're Mina Loveberry!" Star said in an amazed tone pointing at Mina.
Mina dropped her doughnut and put her hand's up in a surrender motion, "Ya caught me! Are you a cop?"
"That's Mina Loveberry," Star said to Marcia.
"Yeeeeahhhh, I have no idea who that is," Marcia said
"Marcia! She's the greatest warrior to ever liiiiiiiiive," Star said facing Marcia.
"Uh, her?" Marcia said pointing at Mina.
Mina was running around a trash bag on her head.
"I lost my bag! Has anyone seen my bag? Has anyone seen my bag?" Mina shouted
"That's a lady who's lost her marbles," Marcia said
"No, she's Mina Loveberry," Star said
"Hello!" Mina said as she ripped some eye holes in her trash bags.
"Mewni's greatest protector. At least I think that's her," Star said
"Well, why don't you see for yourself?" Marcia said pushing Star over to Mina.
"No, no, no, no, no. Marcia, Marcia, no!" Star said
Marcia pushes Star and stops her next to Mina who was sitting on the ground.
"Hello, Mina," Star said nervously.
"Hello!" Mina said holding up two doughnuts like glasses.
"What are you doing on Earth?" Star asked
"I'm on vacation! Doctor's orders!" Mina said
"Wh-wh-wh-what are you gonna do on your vacation?" Star asked
"I will let the soul be my guide and wander off to the depths of this unseen planet," Mina said
"Wow!" Star said amazed
"That's what you say when you've lost your marbles," Marcia said
"Okay Marcia, just…" Star pushed Marcia away, "There is actually a really great park across the street."
"Fantastic! The perfect place to view humanity at its most docile. I will leave in two seconds," Mina said. She stood there for two seconds before walking backwards towards the park not breaking eye contact.
"Boy, what a weirdo. Star?" Marcia looked around to see no Star, "Oh no," Marcia saw Star chasing after Mina. She lets out a sigh before following after the two.
"Wait. Wait, Mina. Wait. Teach me your ways, O great warrior," Star said
"Hmm. Yeah. Okay," Mina said
"Really? O great Mina, you will not be disappointed," Star said
"But ain't nothin' for free. You're gonna have to do something for me," Mina said
"Anything," Star said kneeling before Mina.
"Get this bag off my head," Mina said as a bag magically appeared on her head.
Star grabs onto the bag and starts tugging as Mina screamed, "Ooh, ow. A, E, I, O, U! Ahh. Ow."
Marcia just stared not knowing what to do.
"This….is gonna be a long day," Marcia said
"Welcome to the Echo Creek Mud Pits. Here, we will answer all your questions about mud," A Park Ranger said
Star was following behind Mina and Marcia followed after the two.
"Today I go where Mina goes," Star hopped onto Mina's shoulders, "Look at us; we're already basically best friends. Inseparable."
Mina walks over to the edge of the large mud pit and climbs into the mud with Star on her back. Marcia just stands at the railing watching a deadpan look on her face.
"Boy, are you guys in for a real educational treat today," The Ranger said
"Lesson number first," Mina sunk into the mud till it was at her waist, "In becoming a great warrior, one must cleanse their mind from thinking thought," She rubbed some mud on her cheeks.
"So...just don't think?" Star said grabbing handfuls of mud.
"Don't think," Mina said putting more mud on her face.
"Oh, it feels so good," Star said rubbing mud on her cheeks.
Mina walks over to Star and pokes her nose putting more mud on her face, "We are mud sisters."
Star starts to giggle excitedly before gesturing to Marcia.
"Marcia come and be mud sisters with us!" Star said
"Yes! We shall need an ally in this war. She shall be our distant mud cousin!" MI declared
"No I'm good over here, not being dirty," Marcia said
In the end, Marcia didn't get a choice as Mina grabbed Marcia's wrist and pulled her into the mud pit. Mina and Star rubbed mud all over Marcia covering the brunette.
"Mud cousin," Star and Mina said
Marcia lets out a sigh as mud dripped down her face.
"Wait a second. Where's my camera, where's my telescope, where's my sketch pad? What the heck is that?" Mina said pointing at a fake wooly mammoth.
"Observe the wooly mammoth who may or may not have walked through these mud pits 19 million years ago. We're not really sure," The Park Ranger said
Mina climbs on top of the mammoth, "Ride, my great beast. Ride to the cloud city of Cloudlandia!"
"Get down, ya weirdo!" Marcia shouted
"Come on, big boy. Let's get to movin'," Mina said
"Uh ma'am, you leave that mammoth alone," The Park Ranger said
"I command ye to move," Mina said pushing the back of the mammoth.
"That's it. I'm comin' in to get you, ma'am. Sorry, you can't be doin' that," The Park Ranger said walking through the mud towards Mina. He doesn't make it very far before he starts to sink into the mud and starts screaming, "Whoa, goin' down."
The large fake Mammoth starts to sink too with Mina on top of it.
"Aah, what a cruel twist of fate," Mina said
"Star, she's clearly lost it," Marcia said wiping more mud off her face.
"I am the conqueror of the beast. No autographs," Mina said
"Lesson number one Marcia. Just stop thinkin'," Star said
Marcia let out a sigh, "Come on let's go home and take showers before the mud starts to-," Marcia didn't even get to finish her sentence before she sees Star and Mina running away causing her to let out a second sigh.
"Now class, meaning you, our next lesson is of utmost importance to the survival of a warrior. We're gonna learn how to make some weapons," Mina said
Mina and Star climbed on top of a swing set where two little boys were swinging.
"The higher I go, the closer I get to reaching the stars," A little boy said
"Be resourceful with finding material," Mina said, she grabs the chain of the swing set and yanks the chain off making the poor boy swinging scream as he was flung off the swing.
"See? Now I have a sturdy chain to chain stuff with. Easy breezy taco peasy. Go make your own warrior weapon," Mina said
"Alright Star, you got this. It's just like arts and crafts, but with weapons," Star said
Marcia was sitting on a park bench, still mostly covered in mud, next to a woman who was holding her baby.
"So, which ones are yours?" The woman asked
"Those two," Marcia said pointing out to the playground.
Star was crawling on the ground and Mina was screaming as she chased a boy who was also screaming at Mina.
"Oh bless your soul," The woman said
Marcia just let out another sigh as she watched the two girls create more chaos amongst the park. Star was still on the ground and it looked like she was looking for something.
"Come on Star, anything can be a weapon," Star said, she then found a shoelace, "Oh my goodness. Look at this string. How lucky could I be? Oh, and what is this? A pine cone? Everything's comin' up Star."
"Let go of my bat, you naughty lady," A kid yelled
Mina grabs the bat from the kid and sticks out her tongue.
"Mina, did you finish building your weapon yet?" Star asked
"I have created the most deadly of maces," Mina said holding up a bat.
"She stole it," Marcia said, her words falling on deaf ears.
"Awesome! You know, I'm actually pretty proud of mine too," Star said pulling out her "weapon".
"Uh, kazza kazza wha?" Mina sad
"It is a pine cone tied to a string, and then, I put some flowers on it and drew a face. I call him Davey," Star said
"Fantastic! Ho!" Mina aid walking away.
"Ho!" Star said falling after Mina.
"You know, when they turn 18, they're the government's problem," The lady on the bench said to Marcia.
"Yeah, but right they're my problem. So if you'll excuse me," Marcia said following after the two Mewni girls.
Marcia was now standing behind Star and Mina, who were in line at a hot dog vendor stand.
"Hot dogs here. Get your hot dogs. Hot dogs."
"Lesson number tres. You gotta gather intel. Sh, someone may be listening. Learn from your new surroundings," Mina said
"Learn from new surroundings," Star said writing in a notepad.
Mina pokes the woman who was standing in front of her in the head, "Oh sorry. I didn't know it was a wig. Who is your ruler on this planet?"
"Hoho, Not from around here, are we?" The woman said
"She's a foreigner," Star said
"Oh, how exotic. This is the United States of America. We don't have any rulers here. We're free," The woman said
"But how makes the rules?" Mina said
"We make our own rules," The hot dog vendor said, he pulls out a hot dog about to hand it to a customer but then he takes a bite out of it before handing it over "through the radical process of voting."
"Just trying to wrap my head around this. You mean you vote if you can do something or not?" Mina said
"That's right little lady," A cowboy said, for some reason he had a bald eagle on his shoulder and was petting a dog that had an American flag bandana on.
"So, I can do this?" Mina said standing on two people who were stretching.
"Sure," The old woman said.
"And this too?" Mina asked juggling some balls.
"You betcha," Star said
"Is this legal?" Mina asked setting the hot dog cart on fire.
"Actually, that's arson," The hot dog vendor said before laughing.
"Freedom!" Mina cheered
"Freedom!" A crowd cheered with her.
"No chains or limitations. I'm freedom!" Mina said
Marcia watches eyes wide, "This is gonna spiral out of control really fast."
"We have learned there are no rules on this planet. It's an anything goes fight to the death," Mina said
"I was right. Star, wait. You've gotta stop this," Marcia said
"Stop what? What am I doing?" Star said
"You guys ruined the entire park today," Marcia said.
"Marcia, Mina was my idol growing up. Imagine if you randomly met your idol one day and didn't follow them around," Star said
"But your idol is bananas," Marcia said
"Look, thanks for trying to look out for me, but I'm gonna go train with my hero," Star said before walking away.
"Ughhhh, Fine. I'm just gonna enjoy the park by myself or what's left of it," Marcia said
Marcia didn't even get to turn around before she hears police sirens behind her making her tense up.
Two officers on Segways pull up behind Marcia.
"Mame, we're gonna have to ask you a couple of questions," An Officer said
Marcia lets out a groan putting her hands over her eyes.
"So a gonzo donut collector came out of a dumpster," An Officer said
"Uh huh," Marcia said with a deadpan face.
"To teach your friend, another gonzo donut collector in a dumpster," The Officer said
"Yep," Marcia said her face not changing.
"And together, they destroyed a family park?" The Officer said
"Yeah. If I was trying to cover my butt, I'd say the exact same thing," The second Officer said
"Kneel before me, minions. I am the greatest warrior that this world has ever known!" Mina's voice shouted out from on top of the hill in the park.
The Officers look up slacked jawed then they look back at Marcia who was unfazed. They turn on their helmet sirens.
"Let's ride."
Marcia watched the officers ride off and she turned her attention to the hilltop. She couldn't see that much from her distance but she could see Mina floating in the air, then with a swirl of light, Mina changed into a buffer version of herself.
"Can she use magic? Oh great a nut job with magic and muscles," Marcia said
She could see Mina talking to Star. Mina got an angry look on her face before she grabbed something from Star. She then floated down from the hilltop landing next to a dumpster.
"Ha! I wouldn't dare rule over this loony bin," Mina said before going into the dumpster.
"Attention citizens. We are looking for-"
"She's in there," Star said pointing at the dumpster.
"Uh, there's nothing inside," The Officer said looking in the dumpster
"Magic does exist. I repeat, magic does exist," The Second Officer said
Marcia walks over to Star.
"You were right, Marcia. Mina was a lady with no marbles," Star said
"You wanna go check behind the French bakery for some day-old baguettes?" Marcia asked
"Of course I do," Star said