TheChesireCat01 - You are on the right track. I can't reveal too much, but you are right about the person being Eclipsa's friend. Because of this, I will be giving Marcia a bigger role than Marco had in the show. That's all I can say for now.
Natalie - No corruption planned, but Marcia will have some obstacles to overcome that will make her life drastically change.
SugarQueen97 - Well this chapter is Bon Bon. I've already got the plan set for Silver Bell, but have not yet planned Cabin Friends. In the beginning, I made Justin into Marcia simply because if you add too many OC's I think the story gets confusing. Right now I don't have a love interest planned for Stor since I'm focused on Marcia, because I've got a lot planned for her. Glad you like it, hope you're ready to read more.
Shiranai Atsune - You're right, but their relationship won't take full speed until I start writing season 3. That is also when Marcia's secrets will be revealed.
arapyanime - Yes, you are right! If you read the context clues that is what I leading to.
Deadpool-Wolverine - Marcia will meet Eclispa very early on and it give a drastic turn to the story. I already have it all planned out.
Guest - Absolutely not. I will not make that thing, so no need to worry.
S - Dragoncyle Stampede, that's a good one. Now you've got me thinking.
Bon Bon the Birthday Clown - Marcia Rocks!
Marcia did her best to keep her balance on a rather tall ladder as she hung up a sign. Star stood at the bottom of the ladder holding it so the wouldn't teeter.
"Sooooo you got anyone you're going to the dance with Marcia?" Star asked
"I've said this before Star, I'm not going," Marcia said
"But whyyyyy?" Star questioned
"Dances make me a little anxious," Marcia answered
"What are you so worried about?" Star questioned
"Well, I had a nightmare that I came to the dance alone, and everyone laughed and threw tomatoes at me! Then all my teeth fell out," Marcia said
"That's not gonna happen. Even if you did go alone it'll be fine, especially since you're not going alone. I'll be there too, girls night!" Star cheered
Marcia puts the finishing touches the banner. Her task complete she was about to step down the ladder, but she suddenly screamed pulling back, her foot slips, and she falls landing on top of Star.
"Ah! My leg, I can't feel my leg!" Marcia screamed grabbing the limb.
"That's my leg!" Star stated sitting up.
Marcia examined the foot realizing she was grabbing the wrong leg. "Oh! Sorry." She apologizes letting go of Star's leg.
"What happened?" Star asked
Marcia gestured to a vent that was next to the banner, "I just saw a huge rat in the air duct."
"Yeah! This place is a dump," Star said
"Star! Come here!" Janna called out.
"Janna Banana!" Star jumped up running over the girl.
Marcia stood up dusting off her clothes. Her job of decorating for the dance want over yet, so she made her way to the where the snack table would be, but right now it was just a bare table. Grabbing a table cloth she opened the material and spread it out on the table. As she smoothed out all the wrinkles someone approached her from behind. Glancing over her shoulder Marcia saw the newcomer was Justin.
"Oh hey Justin," Marcia offhandedly greeted
"Heeeeeey Marcia," Justin greeted
Marcia gave Justin a quizzical look. Something seemed off about him. He had this strange smile on his face. Justin could be described as a happy-go-lucky guy so a smile on his face wasn't out of the ordinary but for some reason the smile he was sporting today was off. This smile was more of smirk if anything.
"Marcia it's me," Justin said
Now Marcia was just plain confused.
"Yeah Justin. I know it's you, we've known each other since kindergarten," Marcia stated
Justin shook his head that odd smile still not leaving his face. "No, Marcia it's me." He emphasized
Marcia's confusion grew, and she took a step back a bit weirded out.
"Marcia look."
Justin took Marcia by the shoulders turning her around to face a reflective decoration.
"What are-whaaaaa?"
Marcia gasped, instead of seeing Justin behind her she saw Tom. Quickly looking over her shoulder she was met with Justin's face, but when she looked forward she saw Tom. Marcia's head whipped back and forth a couple of times before settling them on Justin.
"What in the world is going on?" Marcia questioned
"Its me Tom," Justin or whoever it was stated.
"But-wha-how? Did you steal Justin's face?" Marcia questioned
Tom gave a snorted chuckled waving his pr rather Justin's hands. "No this is still him. I'm just inside his body."
"Ooookay and why are you inside his body?" Marcia questioned
"Mainly because I was bored," Tom said
"Uh….."
"Sooooo," Tom put his hands behind his back rocking on his heels, "What's going on around here?" He asked faying innocence gesturing around the gym.
"Just the school dance," Marcia answered
Tom nodded his head. "A dance. I see, I see….soooo are you going to the dance?"
"Nah, dances and me don't go well together. Especially if I'm going alone," Marcia said
"Oh, so you don't have someone to got to the dance with?" Tom asked
Marcia, who had gone back to decorating, wasn't picking up on the hints. She shook her head no.
"Soooo if I don't know someone were to ask you to this dance, you'd go?" Tom asked
Marcia shrugged her shoulders, her main focus on a set f streamers she was pulling out of a box.
"Don't know, I mean, maybe," Marcia said
Tom's smile turned more confident. He coughed into his hand grabbing Marcia's attention.
"Marcia I-!"
Justin/Tom started to groan, he hunched over clutching his stomach seeming to be in pain.
"Tom?" Marcia questioned
He continued to groan then a red light flashed through his eyes before he fell over.
"Whoa!" Marcia exclaimed
Tom had been floating in the air, eyes white as the pupils were gone. Suddenly his eyes rolled going back to normal, and he fell out of the ai landing with a thud on his back.
"Are you kidding me?!" Tom shouted slamming his fist on the ground fire igniting around him.
"Hey you okay there? Tom? Tom?" Marcia questioned shaking Justin's body. "Justin?" She intently questions
Justin groaned in response signaling that he was back to normal, Tom no longer controlling his body. Justin sat up rubbing his head appearing to be in some kind of dazed state.
"You okay there Justin?" Marcia asked
"Yeah….I don't feel so good," Justin groaned grabbing his head.
"Maybe you should lay down," Marcia suggested
"Good idea."
Justin fell back passing out on the floor.
"Maraca."
Marcia had no need to turn around to know who had called her. Oskar approached the girl his laid back grin on his face.
"You need something Oskar, I've gotta get back to setting up," Marcia gestured to a box full of party supplies
"Sweet streamers," Oskar complimented
"Thanks?" Marcia said
"My band is playing to dance tonight," Oskar said
"That's good," Marcia said
"But my lead guitarist hurt his hand, so he can't shred it like we need for the show," Oskar said
"Oh, that's bad," Marcia said
"But he knows how to play the bass with his other hand and my old bassist can play lead guitar," Oskar said
"Oh, that's good," Marcia said
"But then they got sick, some bad nachos, bummer man," Oskar said
"Oh that's bad," Marcia said
"But I know who to can be a replacement," Oskar said
"That's good," Marcia said
Oskar smiled not saying a word staring at Marcia, even with his eyes obscured by his bangs Marcia could feel the intensity of it.
"Wait you don't mean….."
Oskar nodded his head.
"Yeah I don't think it's a good idea," Marcia said
"Come on Maraca, it'll be fuuuun," Oskar said
"I didn't even plan on going to the dance," Marcia said
"Great that means your free," Oskar
"That's not what I-" Marcia sighed pinching her brow. "Is there no one else you could get?"
"Well I asked Angry Andrew, but he got too angry and broke his guitar. Then there's Backup Mike, but he's on vacation with is family, ChaCha had a hamster emergency…." Oskar continued to list off people making Marcia sigh again.
"Why does everyone you know have such odd nicknames," She said to herself
"I asked Chips, but he and Dustin refuse to share a stage-"
"Alright, alright, I'll do it," Marcia interrupted ceasing Oskar's listing of people.
"Awesome I'll come and get you tonight," Oskar said
"Wait I don't want to ride in that-and he's gone," Marcia said
"Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!"
Star bounded over to Marcia.
"How would you like to join Janna and I during a seance to summon a dead clown?" Star asked
"No. No to all that. Clowns are terrifying enough without them being undead. Besides its looks like I'm going to the dance after all," Marcia said
"Really? That's great! Look at you getting out there socializing," Star said
"I'm not going to mingle, I'm gonna be in the band. I'm gonna go play a few songs maybe steal a few snacks then head home," Marcia said
"Sounds like a fun evening. While your doing that my evening is going to be filled with a Clown seance," Star said
"Just….promise you won't let it eat your brain," Marcia said
"Can do!"
Marcia pulled a large case from underneath her bed. Setting it down she unlocked the metal clasps opening the case.
Sitting in a velvet cushion was a black guitar with a cherry red streak going through the middle.
"It's a good thing I always take some time to practice. Now time to get ready."
Marcia swayed her hips as she danced in front of her mirror maneuvering a curling iron to style her hair. Music blasted in the background Marcia, singing along with the tune. With the final curl done Marcia grabs her can of hairspray.
"Hey Marcia."
"AHH!"
Marcia screamed pressing too hard on the spray can sending a powerful blast of hair spray into the air. Marcia coughed waving her hand around trying to clear the air of the misty spray. When she finally able to see. She gasped jumping back knocking various things off the bathroom counter.
Janna was in the bathroom her lips pulled into a smirk.
"Janna! Why are you in here?!"
Star stuck her head into the doorway, "We just need a few more supplies for our seance tonight."
"In my bathroom?!" Marcia exclaimed
Janna held up a pair of scissors, "We need hair from a fair maiden and you've got plenty of it Marcia." She snickered snapping the sharp instruments close.
Marcia jumped back putting as much distance between her and Janna.
Janna then chuckled dropping the scissors, "I'm just kidding. No need to be so wound up Marcia."
Marcia kept her distance, she didn't trust Janna at all.
"Just get out and let me finish getting ready," Marcia said
"Come on Janna, the stuffs in my room," Star said
About half an hour later Marcia was done, dressed and makeup ready. She had in a red party dress that stopped just above her knees, the skirt of the dress flaring out. She kept her normal boots on but added some black fishnet tights. Her hair was pinned back, full of curls, and her bangs pinned back to create a bump.
Marcia picked up her purse and as she slung it onto her shoulder the small bag vibrated. Reaching into the bag Marcia pulled out her compact cellphone to see Tom was calling her.
Confused she flipped open the device answering the call.
"Hello?"
"Marcia I-wow you look great." Tom complimented
"Uh," Marcia looked away from the screen feeling her cheeks heat up, "Thanks."
"What's the special occasion? Wait are you going to your dance? Did someone ask you to the dance?!"
Fire sparks behind Tom as he asked the last question with a raised voice.
"I am going to the dance but not with someone. I'm gonna be in the band," Marcia explained
"Oh," Tom's anger was quickly quelled, "Cool. That sounds cool. You play the guitar right?"
"Yeah, how did you know that?" Marcia asked
"I-uh-" Tom looked off-screen, "What was that? You need me? Okay! Gotta go Marcia!"
Tom hung up the call and Marcia rolled her eyes a with a playful pout. As she placed her phone back in her purse the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Angie called out.
Star bounced down the stairs, "Me too, me too, me too-" She tripped falling but easily got back up, "Me too!"
Janna dropped a bag over the side of the banister before sliding down it, Marcia followed, walking obviously.
Angie opened the door and smiled at the person there. "Is that you Oskar."
"Heey it's Mrs. D!" Oskar greeted
Star paused in her happy bounces, "Oskar?" She whispered
"Oh, I haven't seen you in forever. Are you here to pick up Marcia?" Angie asked
"That's the plan," Oskar said
Angie ushered Oskar in, past a confused Star. Marcia walked over greeting Oskar. Star stared at the two a frown slowly coming to her face.
Rafael entered the room.
"Double hey it's Mr. D!" Oskar exclaimed
"Is that Oskar?" Rafael queried
"That's me!" Oskar said
"We should take a picture. Oh, Star! Would you please take the picture?" Rafael asked
Star gave a forced laughed pulling out her phone, "Sure. Uh, smile!"
Oskar threw up a peace sign while Marcia just smiled. The princess stared sadly the photo as the two left.
A car pulled up to a cemetery. The back door opened and out came Janna and Star. Janna was excited anticipating tonight's events, while Star had this zoned out a pensive look on her face.
"Bye sweetie!" Janna's Mom called out
"Come on Star, let's go!" Janna said
A crunch of metal followed by a scream sounded through the air. Star's spell book broke through the roof of the car flying to the girls. The book hits the ground with a heavy thud startling Star.
The spell book opens pages fluttering and Glossaryck floats out.
"So where's this ghost?" Glossaryck asked
"Glossaryck? What are you doing here?" Star questioned
"Is that a joke? Dead clown seance!" Glossaryck cheered, "Now lead the way."
Janna switches the headlight on her headlamp and Glossaryck e mitts a strong glow from the crystal in his forehead.
"I like your natural headlamp, Glossaryck," Janna said
"It's not natural, but thank you."
"I wonder if Bon Bon's skull still has the clown nose on it?" Janna pondered
"Oh, no way. Maggots would have eaten it by now," Glossaryck said
"Maggots don't eat plastic," Janna retorted
Glossaryck chortled, "Plastic?"
"Uh, yeah. Glossaryck, all clowns have plastic noses," Janna said
Glossaryck shook his head, "No. Real clowns have meat noses."
Janna groaned, "Ugh. What do you think, Star?"
"Don't you think it's weird that Marcia said she didn't want to go to the dance, even when I said we could go for a girls night? That's like-That's like not cool, right?" Star said
Janna gave Star a confused look, "What? No! She's going as part of the band, that's different from you two going, besides you told Marcia you weren't going because you wanted to see Bon Bon. You do wanna see Bon Bon, don't you?"
"Oh! Yeah, of course. Bon Bon!" Star cheered but then her foot caught something falling to the ground. "Huh?" She looks to see what she had tripped over spotting a headstone.
Glossaryck and Janna hadn't notice Star's little tumble as the two were now arguing.
"Meat!"
"Plastic."
"Meat!"
"Plastic."
"Janna! Glossaryck! Check it out," Star called out interrupting the two's spat.
Star brushed off the headstone causing he and Janna to gasp.
"I will come back," Star read from the headstone.
"It's Bon Bon!" Janna and Star said
"I'm alive!" Marcia cried throwing herself out of Oskar's car and onto the sidewalk.
"Haha Maraca you always know how to bring the humor," Oskar laughed
The two enter the school gym, Marcia didn't know what she was expecting but not this. The atmosphere was awkward. Various teens standing around making small talk, boys awkwardly conversing with their dates. Lunch during school was livelier than this.
Marcia followed Oskar backstage where two more guys were setting up.
"Hey guys look who I brought," Oskar announced
"Whoa is that Marcia?"
The first guy was a blonde, who had dyed the tips d his hair green, matching his green eyes. He had a cheery atmosphere, all smiles. The second guy seemed to be his opposite, ebony hair styled up but with swooping bang so it covered one of his eyes.
"Dustin and…..?" Marcia pondered on the blonde trying to remember his name, "You wanted to be called Double J last time we talked."
"I go by J-man!" The blonde said
"How many names are you gonna give yourself? Ignore him," Dustin said
"Mean!" J-man stuck his tongue out. "Anyhow when Oskar said he had a surprise guitarist I didn't think it'd be you Marcia, but I'm glad. We haven't been able to play together in so long."
"Yeah it's good to see you guys too. By the way where's Lisa? She's normally with you guys," Marcia asked
"She's the one who got sick," Dustin explained
"Ah, I see," Marcia said
"Let's set up and rock this school!" Oskar said
At the Graveyard
"Bon Bon the Birthday Clown. First he was dead. Maybe he's alive. Does he have a nose? Maggots in his eyes," Glossaryck sun
"BAM!" Janna finished making the summoning circle out of tape, "If that don't say welcome back clown ghost," She placed a slice cake in the circle, "nothin' does. How's the shrine coming?" Janna looked to Star who was staring intently at her phone, "Hey Star."
"Huh?" Star looked up from her phone.
"The shrine. How's it coming?" Janna asked
Star placed a bottle on the shrine, "It's uh..It's coming along." The bottle falls off, "Ugh, it's not. Sorry, sorry. My head's totally loopy tonight."
"Take your time Star. This will be a long night," Janna said
"Sooo..As long as we're all just sittin' here chillin'..Would it be cool if I got your guys' opinion on something?" Star asked
"Is this about Marcia and Oskar again?" Janna questioned
"What? Nooooo..Yeeesss," Star showed the picture of Oskar and Marcia to Janna, "Could you please just tell me what you think of this one thing?"
"Uh, sure," Janna said
"Okay, notice anything off about it?" Star zoomed into the picture of the two, "See? Look how close the two are. There's like no space, Marcia normally doesn't stand that close to people. I mean its weird right, especially since it's Oskar, I mean it's not like they're close friends or anything."
"Well they have known one another since they were little kids," Janna said
"Why did Oskar ask Marcia to be in his band, why didn't he ask someone else?" Star proposed
"And by someone could you mean you?" Janna questioned
"Well I could be classified as someone," Star said
"Do you ever know how to play guitar?" Janna asked
"No but-"
"Hey Star, Star, Star-"
"Yes, interrupter," Star snapped at Glossaryck.
"Are...you gonna use this?" Glossaryck gestured to a page in the spell book.
"What is it?" Star asked
"I don't know. It's like a..spell. There's a..little drawing of a rat or something," Glossaryck said
"Uh, we're kinda in the middle of something," Star said
"...So I can do whatever I-"
Star didn't let Glossaryck finish, "Yeah, whatever, go."
Glossaryck burned the page using the fire to keep warm up his hands.
Janna pressed a button Star's phone, "Oh, whoops. I accidentally deleted the picture. Uh, problem solved? Can we just focus on the shrine, now?"
"Yes. Shrine time!" Star cheered with forced enthusiasm.
She started working on the shrine but had this uncomfortable strained smile on her face.
Marcia was tuning her guitar making sure it was perfect for the performance. She kept tuning the instrument but then kept untuning it.
"Hey is it just me or does Marcia look nervous?" J-man whispered
"Nah she's nervous, look she's doing that weird foot tapping thing," Dustin pointed out
As Marcia kept over correcting her guitar she was furiously tapping her left foot on the ground.
"Alright group huddle," Dustin announced grabbing J-man and Oskar. "We can't let Marcia go out on stage nerved up. Remember the possum incident?"
All three boys shiver thinking about it.
"Marcia hasn't been out on stage for a while she's' probably nervous that she'll mess up," J-man said
"We have to do something that'll keep her calm during the performance," Dustin said
J-man snapped his fingers, "I know! Let's play Red Phantom!"
"Why that song?" Dustin asked
"It was the song Marcia wrote, she knows it by heart. I bet she could play that song blindfolded, it'll be second nature to her. She'll play it so well that she'll be confident during all the other songs. Boom! Nerves gone," J-man said
"Awesome plan J-man!" Oskar said
The boys got out of their huddle.
"Marcia we're gonna play Red Phantom first," Dustin informed her.
"Wait? That song really?" Marcia asked
"Yup," All three boys said
"Oh," Marcia's foot stopped tapping, and she already looked calmer, "Sounds good."As she looked away all three boy high fived.
After some difficulty and more time than necessary Star finally finished her shrine.
"Okay, I'm done!"
Janna had found a hole and fell asleep in it, snoring loudly.
"Janna, wake uuuuup!" Star kicked some dirt into the hole onto Janna.
Janna just rolled in her spot muttering in her sleep, "No, you shut up.'
Star groaned sagging her shoulders, "Well I might as well be spending the night alone. In a graveyard. If any dead clowns feel like coming back from the dead, I think now would be a pretty good tiiiime!" Star stood around waiting for something to happen but only received silence. "Ugh! I should've just gone to that stupid dance." She pulled out her phone somehow reciting the "deleted" picture, "Bet Marcia's having a good time with Oskar." She stared at the picture before dialing Marcia's number.
Marcia took a deep breath standing at attention for the curtains before her to open. Off to the side Marcia's purse vibrated as a call was coming through.
"You guys ready to rock!" Oskar shouted
"Yeah!" J-man cheered
"Whatever," Dustin said
"Y-Yeah," Marcia said
"Who's ready to rock! We are Burrito and Nachos!" Oskar announced
"Wait you guys kept that name?" Marcia questions
Dustin and J-man shrugged their shoulders.
J-man started clicking his drum sticks. "One, two, one two three four!"
Marcia started with a long chord vibrating throughout the gymnasium signaling the beginning if the song. Dustin stated strumming the bass a steady beat matching J-man. Marcia started playing faster and louder in her guitar as Oskar joined in his keytar melodizing with Marcia.
The more she played the less nervous she was and Marcia started to really get into the music. She felt the tension leaving her body as her fingers expertly glided across the strings of the guitar.
"Hey, it's Marcia! I'm not here right now. But leave a message and I'll call you right back."
After Marcia's voicemail played Star hung up dialing the number again.
"Hey, it's Marcia! I'm not here right now-"
"Hrrrrn!" Star groaned hanging the phone up again.
This goes on for quite some time.
WHY AREN'T YOU PICKING UP?" Star shouted at her phone.
Snoring rung through the air and Star walks over to her spell book opening it.
"Glossaryck! Wake up. Hey, what's the name of that spying spell?" Star asked
"Oh! The All-Seeing Eye..um.. you're talking about," A groggy Glossaryck spoke.
"Where is it?" Star asked
"That would be eh.." Glossaryck yawned, "That would be in Eclipsa's chapter."
Star begins flipping through pages searching for the spell.
"Oh wait, wait wait! Uh..You don't wanna go there." Glossaryck said
Star ignores him and continues searching for the spell.
"E-e-e-Eclipsa..Dark magic. It's not nice..to..spy on people," Glossaryck lethargically said
Star gives a small unbelievable laugh, "Glossaryck, don't be ridiculous. I'm not using to spy on anyone."
"Uh-uh well s-spying leads to..crying," Glossaryck rhymes
Glossaryck starts snoring going back to sleep as Star continued to search.
"Well, I'm not spying! Ahaha!" Star declared locating the right page. "Here it is," She picks up her wand, "I summon the All-Seeing Eye. To tear a hole into the sky. Reveal to me that which is hidden. Unveil to me what is forbidden."
Her wand starts to glow as a magic window opens before Star. Within the window Star can see a smiling Marcia playing her guitar, at first Star smiles seeing her friend enjoying herself but that smile turns into a frown when Marcia goes back-to-back with Oskar as they played their song.
Star's brows furrow as she grips her wand tightly. Her wand begins to glow green then a flash of green erupts around Marcia and Oskar.
"Whoa!" Marcia shouted as the strings of her guitar all snap at once.
Star gasped quickly realizing she had done that. "Wha..?" The window closes as Star stares confused and crestfallen at her wand. She becomes uneasy backing away slowly, but she ends up tripping falling back into the hole Janna was in. Star lands on Janna waking the other girl up.
"WHA.." Janna snorts sitting up, "What did I miss?"
"Did I do that?" Star questioned lowly
"Yes, you fell on me," Janna said
"Nononono! I know I fell on you. I was there for that. There was this eyeball spell and then Oskar and Marcia, and they were-they were so close and then-"
Janna interpreted Star, "Woah! Slow down, woman! You are not making any sense."
Star collected her thoughts and tried to speak again but before she could she noticed the hole was filled with some rather large rat.
"Aaahhh! Okay. Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! Get out of there you giant rats!" She yelled shooing away the vermin.
At that moment all the candles in the area start blowing out as if a large gust of wind had struck them.
Janna excitedly grabs into Star, "It's happening."
With a supernatural force the candles relight themselves as a tall figure dressed as Bon Bon appears.
"You came back!" Janna exclaimed
Bon Bon steps forward out of the shadows cast by the candles revealing the real person. Ludo with a clown nose on.
"Ooh!" Janna winced, "That explosion did a real number on your face."
"AHAHAHAHAHA!" Ludo laughed taking off his fake nose, "Surprise!"
"Ludo?!" Star gasped
"Miss me, Princess?" Ludo brought out his wand blasting at Star.
Marcia stood stunned staring at her guitar and back at the crowd. She's never had a guitar string snap on her, and for all the to do so was just bizarre.
"Whoa….Maraca you rocked so hard you snapped all the strings! Awesome due!" Oskar said
Without their guitarist the band could no longer play, so they all make their way backstage.
"Sorry you guys got to only play one song," Marcia apologized
"Nah it's cool," Oskar said
"Yeah, we rocked so hard that I'm satisfied," J-man said
"Besides the crowd was boring anyway," Dustin said
Suddenly Marcia got a shiver down her spine, like a bad omen. She shakes off the feeling placing her broken guitar back in its case. As she picked up her purse she accidentally knocks it over causing her phone to fall out. She grabs the phone noticing the front was flowing singling she had some missed calls. Open the compact phone she reads that she had several missed calls from Star.
"Hey, Marcia the guys and I are gonna hit a diner and go get some-"
"Sorry I gotta go I think My friends in trouble," Marcia quickly grabs her things running to the exit.
"Marcia wait!"
Marcia paused looking back.
"Lets us give you a ride."
Star and Ludo were in an all-out magical shoot out. The princess was doing well holding her own, especially since she had to avoid both Ludo and his minions. Spider and Eagle dive at Star, but she dodges giving a swift uppercut to Eagle.
"Shimmering Crystal Seesaw!"
Spider is launched into the air by Star's spell.
"That's not getting her!" Ludo shouted sending another blast at Star.
"Rainbow Fist Punch!" Star shouted blasting Ludo.
Eagle shakes off its tumble going back for Star.
Star doesn't give Eagle the chance and performs another spell, "Syrup Tsunami Shockwave!"
Meanwhile, Janna is having her own skirmish against Ludo's rat army. She's batting away rats with a hairdryer.
'You guys are ruining my seance!"
"Mega Starfish Tsunami!" Star shouted
Ludo frowns, "This doesn't look good."
"Mystic Room Suck Transform!" Star said
A portal opens up and U starts getting sucked in.
"Not again!" Ludo cried
At that moment Bon Bon's ghost, the real one, appears from the shrine.
"I'm back! Just like my cand-AAAHHH!"
The ghost wasn't around for long as his spirit got sucked into the portal.
"No please! Please have mercy on me!" Ludo cried holding on for dear life as to not get sucked int as well.
A loud vrooming sound was heard as a van launched itself into the graveyard. The back sliding door opens revealing Marcia.
"Star!" Marcia shouted
"Marcia?" Star questioned
At first, she's confused but then frowns as Oskar appears in the van behind Marcia.
"I-I-I would have mercy on you!" Ludo plead
Star, who wasn't paying any mind to Ludo, frowns deeper looking at Oskar and Marcia.
The portals color turns green sending a narrative ripple of magic in the area knocking Star and Ludo off their feet. No longer having control Star starts getting sucked int too.
"Help! Bad vermin! Bad!" Janna shouted
"Janna?!" Marcia shouted seeing the girl being overrun by rats.
Her necklace flashed red and a holographic red bobcat appeared running to Janna's aid.
"Well that works, now to help Star," Marcia said
She hopped out the van running to Star but Spider blocks her way pouncing on her.
"Hey Giant Spider!"
The Spider pauses turning to the voice only to be met with a rolling bass drum smashing in its face.
"Score!" J-man cheered, "Is it weird that I've always wanted to roll something over with my Bass drum?"
"For you? No," Dustin said
Star cries out trying her best to hold on as the force of the portal gets stronger.
"Aww! Looks like you need a hand, Princess!" Ludo holds up his wand blasting at Star.
"What do you want with me?!" Star shouted
Ludo maniacally chuckled, "You think I'm here for you. Ah, so selfish. HA!" He snaps his fingers, "Fetch!"
Eagle swoops down grabbing Star's spell book.
"My spell book?!" Star gasped
Ludo smirked, "Yes. I figured it'd be okay if I took it, seeing how you probably not going to need it where you're going! Haha! Just like the humans say, destroying you will be easy as pie."
Star slid by the cake offering that was meant for Bon Bon, "I think you mean piece of cake!" She throws the cake at Ludo hitting him in the face.
Ludo growled wiping icing from his face. "Ugh. You will pay for tha-" The candle that had been on the cake ignites setting Ludo's head on fire. "AAAAAAAAAA! I'M ON FIRE! I'M ON FIRE! PUT ME OUT! PUT ME OUT!"
Eagle grabs Ludo and starts whacking the villain against the ground extinguishing the fire.
Ludo groaned buries but at least no longer on fire.
"Augh. Great job. Fetch Spider. We have what we want!"
Eagle takes flight grabbing Spider and the spell book.
"No! No! No! No!" Marcia cried
Her necklace begins to glow red as the pupils in her eyes start to contract. Marcia leaps into the air at an astonishing height reaching for the spell book but her hand just grazes the leather as Eagle flies to Ludo. Marcia agilely lands on her feet quickly turning to run after Ludo and his minions.
"You really want to waste precious time chasing me? I mean look!" Ludo pointed behind Marcia.
Marcia looks over her shoulder to see Star still struggling to get out of suction of the portal.
"Star!"
Abandoning her pursuit for Ludo, Marcia runs to save Star.
Ludo cackles flying off with Star's spell book in hand.
Marcia dives for Star grabbing her hands while digging her feet into the ground to stop the two from sucked in. She doesn't have much leverage as the two are slowly pulled into the hole.
"Marcia, let go! You're gonna get pulled in, too!" Star cried
"I'm not letting go!" Marcia said
Marcia's necklace goes red again as another portal opens up.
"Come another one of those things!?" Dustin shouted
But unlike the destructive portal Star had made out from Marcia's portal fell Liger.
"Liger!" Marcia exclaimed
The large animal used its teeth to grab the back of Marcia's dress, then brought out its retractable claws digging them into the ground anchoring both him and the girls.
The portal only lasted a few more seconds before disappearing. Star feel to the ground while Marcia hung midair, her dress still in Liger's mouth.
Star let out a sigh of relief sitting up, while Liger set Marcia down.
"You okay?" Marcia asked Star
"Yeah, yeah. Thanks to you," Star said
"You guys okay over there?" Marcia called out to the van.
"Doing great!" J-man called back as all three guys gave thumbs up.
"This made me think of the perfect song!" Oskar stated
Star held up her wand sadly, "I can't believe..Ludo took my spell book. It's got everything in it! That's my whole family history! All the spells..everything! It's lost!"
"We'll get it back," Marcia said
Star started crying and Marcia hugged her in comfort.
"I've lost Glossaryck!" Star cried
"W-we'll.. We'll get him back, too. I promise."
A black van with a band logo pulled up to Marcia's house. The back door opened and out came Marcia, Star, Janna, and Liger.
"Thanks for the ride guys," Marcia said
"No problem if you need anything just hit us up," J-man said
"I'll remember that. See you guys later," Marcia said
"You know even after everything that happened my night wasn't as crazy as I thought it'd be," Dustin commented as the guys drove off.
"Marcia who were those guys? anyway" Janna asked
"Oh, there the guys Oskar first started his band with. We all met during an after-school tutoring program. They go to Echo Creek South Prep," Marcia said
"That ritzy all boys school?" Janna questioned
"Yup. Come on Star lets get you inside. I'll bake you those fudge cookies I always make when I'm sad," Marcia said
Star sniffled, "That sounds nice."