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Disclaimer: the redband trailer.
Meteora Butterfly - a Princess robbed of her Birthright
Eclipsa Butterfly - a Queen deprived of her Kingdom
Hestia Diaz - a Youth who challenges her Fate
Oblivion Pendragon - a Ghost without an Heir
Star Butterfly - a Princess who stakes her Crown
Tom Lucitor - a Prince living a Lie
Marrow-Eater "Buttercup" - An honorable lizard denied his History
Those who "Don't Give Up"
Marco Diaz - A Fallen Knight
Chapter 13
Peace Talker Incident cont.
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"Before my combat with the Queen of Darkness and Meteora, I went to gather myself weapons, armor and allies before happening upon Eclipsa's domain. There I first negotiated with the queen, it didn't turn out too well and we came to blows, her posse and myself. After I thinned her numbers down, I tangled with Meteora while I sent Eclipsa down a hole. It was a hard battle but before things escalated further, Eclipsa popped back and I teleported the three of us to a fringe dimension. There I let loose my full power upon them; fighting Meteora and Eclipsa until we were exhausted and brought ourselves back to Mewni where I finally triumphed over them. From then on I kept an eye on her and her daughter from doing anything…mischievous."
"…" "…?"
"And that concludes my battle with Meteora and Eclipsa respectively." Marco finished after a pause, Eclipsa looked a little rueful at the recollection, remembering how rough the Dark Knight was.
"That was a very brief explanation."
"You want to see 3 Chapters of an explanation?"
The royals raise a brow at the odd wording.
Moon ignored the reply and looked solely at the elder Butterfly, "You're not going to rebuke him, Eclipsa? Say he only won because you let him?" "No, everything he stated is the truth." "Even after he ran you through the mud?" Eclipsa gave Moon a rather stony face, Moon smiled to herself at the small but satisfying jab.
The royals looked a bit nervous at Moon trying to bait Eclipsa out however, they turned their attention on the Traitor's Sword, it hadn't so much as arc with lightning at the recounted tale.
"…" "…um, no. Your story checks out."
The rest of the kingdom royals weren't too thrilled to hear the exploits, they half expected Marco striking up a deal with the queen as some sort of plan in the long run. Instead they got something far worse than they could imagine:
Marco Diaz outright defeated the Queen of Darkness along with Meteora.
Mentally, Marco sighed with relief, he was exceptionally lax with the explanations, had he spoken more in depth they would have find out all the things he had used along with how much power he had accumulated.
He refrains from glancing at Eclipsa, knowing he was being watched. The queen was silent the entire time, knowing her she was just happy to see the royals of Mewni squirm. On the other hand, he could never be too sure what the queen of darkness was planning; she was a literal wildcard.
The royals began to discuss the story, many of them unable to comprehend how such a…human would gain the favor of the elements of nature. It was unheard of.
Magic was indeed a shortcut of sorts, bending nature, law, reality and such to one's whims but to use the full extent of something as powerful as nature…it was a dangerous feat.
Many Mewmans in the past attempted to reconnect to nature as sages but they could only vaguely feel nature. Marco conversed and brought the entirety of their powers to bear against Eclipsa and overwhelmed her.
The SpiderBite Queen looked at Marco, still smarting at being hoodwinked but she masked her face, she wanted some prime information. Even if she had to share with the other royalties…
"So…is it possible for you, Dark Knight, to beat Eclipsa without the Elementals?" the queen inquired loudly, the room's activity froze at the sudden question, they looked between the queen and dark knight.
Marco looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Yes, I quite believe I could." Eclipsa rolled her eyes, "However, I would have to be prep a myriad of weapons, supplies and tools to subdue her and Meteora. Option 6 if you will and it would have to rely on luck to be honest."
"Could you do it without the Traitor's Sword?"
"…"
Eclipsa looked at Marco expectantly.
"…I will say a soft maybe. Again luck would have to be on my side. But I could devise a way to beat her, the Traitor's Sword just made things…more convenient and timely. It could have been a really drawn out fight."
The royals muttered to each other while Marco waited as the royals came to the same general consensus.
So it was possible to defeat Eclipsa the Queen of Darkness without a relic. However the perquisites were quite steep…they hated to admit it but Marco was a fearsome warrior for one so young; strategic and resourceful to boot as well.
But it was possible…and that got them hopeful…and scheming.
"Alright, so does my exploits suffice? Is there any doubt that I can't contain Eclipsa and Meteora on my own?"
Marco's loud words startled many of them, something them so deep in thought they forget they were in a meeting.
"…" "…?" "…!"
Every royal sat there quiet, even the Magic High Commission kept their mouths shut, unsure if they could even stop Marco now if he decided to go on a rampage.
"I thought so." Marco said quietly, "Now, as for my proposals."
The royals glanced at one another, trying to feel out each other's intentions,
"Er, Dark Knight—"
"Marco is fine."
"…right. Marco, your feats are without doubt, are we agreed?"
The royals muttered to themselves but agreed in various chorus: "Yes." "Agreed." "I'd prefer just a dead Eclipsa…" "I suppose." "I guess, I mean this is Earth Turd."
The Lucitors, Spiderbite and Johansens grunted.
"So Queen Eclipsa and Meteora is contained solely by you, correct?"
"Yes."
"…what if you died?" The Waterfolk Queen deadpan.
The royals gave her an alarmed look, Marco shrugged.
"Then the pieces will fall where they may. I can't do anything if I'm dead, yes?"
Her eyes fell on the sword, "Then whose to police Eclipsa and her daughter in your stead?"
Marco chuckled where the questions were leading to, "Hmmm, I guess I never thought that far ahead. No one, I suppose. But I do believe by then you all would have made peace with one another by the time of my death, at the very least wouldn't start a goddamn war with each other. As for my sword, yes, I know everyone has it in their forefront of thoughts and schemes, the Traitor's Sword will choose its new master and serve them honorably."
"Will it choose a new one even if you're alive?" asked King Jagged Mountain, Marco shrugged again, "I've never really tested that before mainly because the sword has the tendency to be violent with everyone besides myself and Oblivion."
Moon frowned at Dark Knight's words, "Marco, that means any of your proposals will…not stand the test of time. Surely you do have a more concrete plan than this?"
"I do. It's what I said already: communicate and grow alongside each other, do not let fear completely control your thoughts and actions, and let Eclipsa manage her domain. I do have faith that what I do now would at least continue towards the future. It won't last forever, to be sure, but the very least Mewni will have some respite. It will be an era in Mewni History that future generations will look back on and endeavor to have more frequently than not."
The royals whisper to each other, Eclipsa merely waiting to be dismissed, she cast a careful eye to all the royals, making a point to catch Star, Moon and River's eye. The first looked betrayed, the second was spiteful and the last a mixture of fear and upset.
Please with what she saw Eclipsa whispered to Marco, "It's been a long time since the Mewni royals talked so civilized. All thanks to you."
Marco ignored her.
You know Marco I never realized…
"That you're a hellish parasite, leeching off me."
Oh, you got my good qualities but besides my devilishly good looks, Moon is quite the looker.
"…?"
Y'know, if she let her hair down…smiled a little more, wore more flattering dresses, I mean she has to be in her 30's yeah? She's total a MILF!
"You—!"
No! QILF! So much better.
"I don't believe I'm having this conversation with you again."
I mean Eclipsa is in the same age range, yeah? The fruit maybe over ripe but still quite fu—
"ENOUGH. I don't believe you're leering those two."
I'm making up for all the times you DON'T. Next time Marco don't be such a baby back bitch. Hell, Kelly would agree with me and she DESPISES me.
Marco muted out the rest of Monster Arms suggestions and observations.
The Dark Knight watched the royals speak to one another, some looking nervous or stiff, a telling sign of them not on the best terms but now working together even if the reason was the threat of a Dark Knight and a renegade queen.
So long this keeps them in line…so be it.
"Ahem, Marco?"
"Yes?" Marco looked around, unsure who he answered, Moon gave a little wave at him.
"Since this meeting had started, wouldn't you say it is in need of a little recess?"
Marco gave a thoughtful look, "I suppose…we've been all sitting on our laurels, well minus the MHC, Eclipsa and myself."
The royals didn't respond verbally to the jab but their face showed they didn't take it well.
"Why not? If it get us to come to a better compromise, I'm sure everyone here is famish." Marco declared in a measured tone.
Moon saw to this and twisting a knob on the meeting room door, ringing a bell on the other side. The door opened cautiously as the queen told the standing attendant for a cart of refreshments from the private meeting. Thankfully, she magically and conventionally soundproofs it, although her knocking would not make it through so she needed alternative means. She waited for the attendant to return, wheeling the cart in herself letting no servant inside while they discuss such private matters.
The royals eyed the massive cart while Moon was finding it a bit difficult to move, "What on Mewni did they put into this? A warnicorn?!" she muttered darkly under her breath.
She pulled the linen cloth off and the royals drooled at the spread of cornbread, corndogs, dinner rolls, Mewni buttered corncobs, a variety of roast meats and poultry with smoked sausages, wheels of cheeses, cured ham and savory mutton, salted and mixed greens, picked vegetables, an assortment of broiled fishes, a bowl of cooked shellfishes, finger food sandwiches, mashed tuber salad and steamed mushrooms, thick slice bread with a variety of jams, jellies and spreads, some red and white pasta and a bowl of night-crawlers for the Pigeon royals.
On the lower compartment were an assortment of desserts things like cakes, sweetmeats, parfaits, sweet rolls, gelatos and flavored cream dishes. Alongside that was pitchers of water, juice, tea, milk, wine and latte.
Marco held on Eclipsa's collar as the royals descend upon the cart, busily getting in line and grabbing plates of grub. The MHC looked at the cart longingly, but Marco merely coughed, "Hey, we're not going anywhere. Not when we got the royals thinking sense for once."
"Oooh, c'mon they are almost out of cinnamon rolls!" Rhombulus squeal and bodily pushed his way through, stepping on as many toes as possible. Omni looked at them for a moment before he drifted and picked out some Mewni corncobs.
Hekapoo looked at them before she stride onto Marco, thankful the entire room was occupied, especially when River leapt upon King Ponyhead to cut ahead of the line.
"This better not be some elaborate setup, Marco. You got some royals' hopes in the air and you probably wont live if you smash it."
"Why thank you for believing in me."
"…" Hekapoo sighed, before looking at him, "Why did you run, Marco. Why did you lie to me. Again I might add. If you were just truthful—" "I may be a terrible friend, Hekapoo, but I'm no traitor…even if I was the one betrayed."
Marco sighed, not meeting her eye, he took a few steps back so Eclipsa couldn't hear and the blacksmith followed.
"I did it to protect Star. But you already knew that."
"You're still doing that. After what she did to you?" Surreal surprise etched into her voice.
Hekapoo tried to trace his scar and he slapped her hand away, she frowned, "Yes. Begrudgingly now. H-Poo, I wish these were different: but it's not. I have to fix this mess the best I can so at least one of us will get a happy ending."
"Even if it isn't you?"
"Especially if it isn't me…what I have done, well, I don't suppose I get to fight for my happy ending given the chance."
Hekapoo watched the royals eat and be merry, some of them already talking in lighter moods.
"You've changed."
"I can say the same for you…did you really try to break into my dimension."
Hekapoo looked furious for a moment, before it turned somber, as if remembering something, she touched her head, frowning.
"Yea—ah…I did…eventually I stopped. I couldn't spend hours trying when I had a job to do."
"Sorry, I never meant for you to lose so much precious time over me."
Marco said apologetically to the blacksmith, she kept herself from smiling at his sincerity.
"Time…heh, that's funny Marco, time isn't something I'm concerned with."
"Hm, I suppose so. It's like you're ever gonna get old and die…like me."
"…that's actually depressing to hear." You'll be gone one day…
"No one lives forever." …not even Immortals.
The two stood there for a hot minute, the morbid subject putting a damper on everything. He glanced at her before looking forward again, "My ward will be coming down by the end of this meeting…I'm debating about putting another up afterwards."
"…"
The two continued to wait until the lines thinned and Marco walked to the cart, picking whatever food that was left, he grabbed a slice of chocolate cake for Eclipsa while Hekapoo walked over and frowned at the lack of spicy food. She took a plate of pepper jack cheese, a slice of smoked meats and slices of bread and made herself a sandwich and ate it, taking a mug full of piping hot sweeten latte.
Star frowned as did Moon and Hekapoo as Marco had to feed Eclipsa as both hands were stuck to the Traitor's Sword. The queen took exaggerated bites, chewing and gulps, her eyes meeting a select few before she was done with her cake.
"Thank you Marco, you're such an accommodating Dark Knight." Eclipsa couldn't help but purr, Marco raised a brow, as if used to the antic and put the plate back to the cart and wheeling it away from the tables and royals. Marco returned to his post next to Eclipsa and answered the room again,
"You all look happy."
The royals immediately frowned at the voice of the Dark Knight.
"Now that you are all nice and plump, what are your answers to my proposals?" Marco asked, getting straight to the point, they looked at each other before looking at Moon, she looked at them in disbelief being elected as the mouth piece.
"What? Oh for Mewni sake…Marco, yes, we are in an agreement for your first proposal, it's…foolish of us NOT to speak to one another—"
"But we'll do as we please in our kingdoms, no one will police what we do within it."
Moon looked at the Spiderbite King for a moment, shaking her head, "Yes, we'll commence regular trade and business, just like before."
Marco nodded, pleased with the verdict, Eclipsa smiled at Moon even giving her a bow of her head, the queen narrowed her eyes. Moon turned to the royals and they spoke to each other, some shaking their heads but most nodding.
"For your second proposal…while we do believe you would mean us no harm Marco, beyond annoying and poking your nose where it doesn't belong…you can not expect us to not fear retaliation from Eclipsa, Meteora and her ilk."
"But that includes you too, dear Moon, you're my grand daughter and sometimes the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree." Eclipsa chirped.
"Enough, Eclipsa." Marco said warningly, seeing Moon turn livid. The queen took many calming deep breathes before deflating before she continued, Star looking a little worried at the words.
"Until you have something in mind to keep her, Meteora and her accomplices in check…we'll still be extremely wary of her."
"Understandable, but that's as far as I will go for Mewni. You have some faith that Eclipsa will sit still and her daughter and her citizens will do the same."
The royals were not swayed by Marco especially after he stated he wouldn't go any further to contain her.
"And lastly we have come to a vote…I—we have chosen…" Moon chewed on the words, everyone looked at her forebodingly.
"NOT to recognize Eclipsa's sovereignty over her kingdom. I'm sorry, Marco."
Silence.
The Dark Knight sighed loudly closing his eyes.
Moon Butterfly stood up regardless, "Since I'm the mediator, I have the obligation to Abstain to keep things from being a stalemate. Even though I took the full brunt of your Dark Departure and Eclipsa's Escape, along with raids against my kingdom and my attempts to mend the situation…I will dutifully Abstain, I hope you understand this, Marco."
Marco opened his eyes, looking at the Queen and gave a curt nod.
Moon looked at the next royal.
King and Queen Pigeon flutter up and shit all over the floor: ABSTAIN.
King Pony Head and Pony Head Princess floated up, "In light of recent events and revelations, Cloud Kingdom will Abstain."
King and Queen Kelpbottom, Queen and King Jagged Mountain stood up, "We chose to Agree with your proposals."
King River Johansen-Butterfly and Johansen family member; King, Queen and Prince Thomas and King and Queen Spiderbite stood up, looking at him with livid faces, "We chose to REJECT your self-serving proposals, Dark Knight."
"May your bones rot, traitor." The Johansen member spat, River merely looked away as Moon and Star looked at him horrified. He shook his head, "I'm not a Johansen…not anymore…even if I wanted to, Marco is right…"
"Food will turn into ash, water will be sand upon your tongue!" sneered the King Lucitor.
"Never step foot on Mewni again, human." Snarled Queen Spiderbite.
The insults dripped with venom, MHC looked at the Dark Knight, watching for sudden moves that would lead to corpses. Eclipsa comfortingly patted his shoulder, "You mean well…doesn't mean it will be taken as such."
Marco brushed her hand off.
"Honestly…I'm not even mad."
Marco looked at all of them, his expression changed; it was as if some colossal weight had been taken off his shoulders.
"I'm in shock, in awe and aghast that you could all be this fuckin' stupid to a simple problem." Marco lifted his arms up halfway before it fell and slapped his sides, "I guess that's it then. Thank you for your time and this showcase of unity and steadfast beliefs in yourself, royals of Mewni. May your reign last."
"Is that a threat Marco?" Tom snarled, Marco raised an eyebrow at him.
"That's my closing remarks. I came here, you said your piece, I said mine, we came to a decision and now we part ways. Not really a waste of time, but…I feel like I've done enough." He said the last bit relatively…happy.
He turned to Eclipsa, "Alright, back to your castle with you."
Marco took up the sword, ready to slash open a portal.
A shadow leapt at him and he shoved the Queen behind him before Tom punched him across the face, the MHC in motion as was the royals, some surprised, others not so much.
The demon spawn yelled when a pillar of fire and erupted over Marco and nearly singes Eclipsa. Everyone backed away.
You cowardly dick-less pathetic excuse of a 'prince'!
Marco pushed himself up as Eclipsa took the fallen sword, the Dark Knight wiped his chin as Ignis took shape.
Barefoot, dressed in a vibrant orange, red, yellow and black kimono, patterns of fire and dragons, vivid red hair flowing down her shoulders and back, eyes burning like charcoal, the Elemental Ignis wore a scowl on her face.
The Mewmans stared at the sight: an Elemental.
The first seen since the legends of yore.
And she was pissed.
Tom stared at her and she hissed, forcing him to scamper back. The royals stood up to get a better look of the fiery visage and she wasn't too please with the attention.
Yeah…get a good look, because this will be the only time an Elemental will ever grace this…shithole you call a home.
The words struck a painful chord with all of them.
"Why not?" River dared to ask. Ignis laughed mirthlessly and even so, it was quite lyrical although not on par with Musica.
After your so-called prince has done? After what you have done to your lands? No Elemental will ever awakening here, this land is dead.
Marco dusted himself, his lip bleeding but he didn't care, "Your sucker punch needs work, Tom."
"Got you on your knees." Tom spat.
"And I'll put you on your back; hornless." Marco sighed.
Moon looked at Ignis as the room suddenly gotten hotter, "Marco, we can't let you whisk Eclipsa away. She's has much to answer for. You have to leave her here."
"Honestly, I would, but you don't have much on her so she's going back to her kingdom where she's under house arrest."
"NO SHE IS NOT." Moon said hotly, "She attacked myself before escaping, magically knocked out River and Pony Head Princess and would be a threat to Mewni if left uncheck! No matter what you say Marco, Eclipsa will stay here in custody!"
The Magic High Commission came forward and Ignis made a hand gesture before the floor rumbled, the air thicken and a pitcher fell over.
Gnome, Sylph and Undine came in being, each donning a similar kimono however they work shades of orange-brown, green-teal and blue-white respectively. And they looked every bit upset as Ignis.
The royals gawked at them. The queens, Star and Pony Head feeling a little green as the four elementals were beautiful in ways they couldn't hope to match.
Sylph looked at the royals, these Mewmans will die this day…that one especially.
Tom glared at the four, Marco pushed himself forward, "No. This is between Tom and myself. No one is to interfere."
Tom smirked, a swagger in his step, "I'm waaay more powerful than you, asshole. I'll burn you to a crisp."
And you'll die in a crisp. Sisters, let's make sure this fight is fair. You, witch Queen, make it doubly so.
The Elementals walked forward, forming a box with Marco and Tom in the center, Eclipsa wisely walked out of the box with the Traitor's Sword.
"Marco! Tom! Stop this!" Star cried, she ran forward only to rebuffed by Eclipsa who called out coldly, "Stay out of this child. You can't begin to fathom how important this is to them."
The royals looked on, not wanting to cross the Elementals.
Dave tried his luck anyways and Sylph sent a whirlwind at him, smashing him back to his seat.
Get up again and I will flatten you through these stone floors.
Moon gestured for the MHC to intervene but Marco roared, "You step into this arena and I will personally run the Traitor's Sword through you! 'Gods' will die this day."
Everyone froze at the deathly serious edge Marco's tone etched on his words.
Marco looked at Tom, eyes full of fury.
"No magic. No demon fire. No weapons. No trickery. Just like before: only our body, our will and our pride. You try something stupid and the Elementals and Eclipsa will gut you silly."
Tom scoffed, "As if a puny human could beat me twice."
Marco said nothing.
He unzipped his hoodie and threw it over Eclipsa.
"Really?"
Next was his under shirt. He threw it over Hekapoo.
"I'm burning this."
Tom frowned seeing a collection of impressive scars all over his former-friend's body, his body lined with hard muscle, his abs coming along. He put up his scarred dukes, Tom frowned as he did the same.
The demon spawn blinked and Marco's fist came crashing into his face a second later, on instinct the prince threw a punch too, hitting Marco too.
Marco merely turned his head as Tom took the punch worse than he and stumbled back. He grunted as Marco immediately followed up, not giving him a chance as he savagely punched him again and again.
And by the sounds of it, Marco was not holding back at all. The sickening crunches made anyone queasy. Tom found his footing and rained counter-blows against the Dark Knight, fist-hitting-fist, along with the odd kick and tail Tom slither out of his backside.
Marco was undeterred.
Punches were thrown, kicks hitting limbs, the two savagely beat each other wherever they could reach. No finesse, no grace, just a slobber knocker between the two of them.
For about a minute.
The Dark Knight started to parry, block, evade and counter the princeling, squeezing in a punch and kick here and there, giving Tom a new bruise with each second. The royals could hardly tear their eyes away from literally two teenagers beating the snot out of each other.
Quality entertainment folks! Watch a lil bitch fight a child with chronic tantrums!
Winner bangs your mom! And dad!
Tom caught on that he was on the ropes and roared fire erupting from his nose and mouth but Ignis quickly stemmed it off. The demon put up his hands in time to stop the following barrages to the face as he shoved Marco aside and tried to gouge him with his horns.
Marco twisted his body and avoided it before viciously kicking Tom in the shin and watching him fall forward into the floor.
"Get up, Prince Tom, I'm not done with you."
Tom spun and tried to punch Marco, who merely backstep and kicked him hard in the chest before diving in with his knee and knocking him back down. Tom tried to scramble to his feet but Marco was on him, putting him into an arm bar and locking himself.
Tom roared in pain trying wrench himself free, he began to mutter darkly as glowing rock slabs began to push out of the floor.
Then it sunk back in as Gnome willed it to retreat.
Tom huffed feeling his arm about to be pulled out of its socket; he jettisons himself in the air with flames only to be stopped by Ignis. But that gave him enough leeway and he slammed Marco into the ground instead, turning the tables on him.
"You. Thought. You. Could. Beat. Me. Twice!?" Tom grunted each word to match each punch he delivered. Marco braced himself, taking the punches until the last one was thrown and he grabbed Tom's wrist and yanked him down.
Marco bunched up his right arm and viciously elbowed Tom in the face, and grabbed his horn and yanked him to the side pulling him off. Dazed and desperate, Tom flailed his head and his horn cut across Marco's hand; soaking it in blood.
Marco quickly got to his feet and grabbed Tom by the horns before he threw him bodily out of the box and into the meeting table, causing the royals to quickly dive away from it as the prince crashed through it.
Marco glared at Tom for a moment before walking up to Undine and showing her his hand. She raised an eyebrow at the sight.
It'll heal.
"Won't you kiss it and make it better for me?"
Undine glared at him before water seeped around his hand and healed the cut. The royals took notice of it, except for the Lucitors who helped their son and Spiderbite Queen who wiped Tom of blood he got on himself.
Star bit her lip torn between the two, she was midstep to Marco but caught her mother's eyes, she gave her a look and she redirected herself to Tom making sure he was all right.
Hekapoo readied to burn the shirt but Ignis quickly snatched it away, their eyes briefly meeting before she handed it to Marco. Eclipsa threw Marco his hoodie and he dressed himself, the royals and MHC finding their composure.
"Marco—"
"I'm leaving. Clearly I'm not welcomed here. Not anymore. I've tried to help you now you're on your own."
"What is this: you're exiling yourself from Mewni?"
"Yes. This time it's official instead of just being ousted like last time."
"…"
Some of the royals erupted in cheers, as did Omni and Rhombulus although Omni was quieter than the rest.
"Yeah. Lap it up." Marco shook his head, "Let's see how long that lasts."
The royals pretended to not hear him.
Although, one surely did.
Still bruised, Tom walked forward to him, Eclipsa watched him curiously, "So what Marco…what if we listened to you hmmm? What then? What's to say you wont come around again and boss us around? What gives you the right? Who are you to judge? Who are YOU to tell us how we are to conduct ourselves? You don't see any of us coming to Earth and changing your way of life!"
Marco glanced at Star
"QUIT FUCKING LOOKING AT MY GIRLFRIEND ASSHOLE."
"One, Mina Loveberry tried to 3 years ago. Although, Star stopped it cold."
"On that note, where did you send Mina Loveberry?" Moon loudly interjected, Marco looked genuinely flabbergast, "I don't know. I tried looking for her but I could find neither hair nor hide of her."
"So you killed her, Marco." Tom spat.
"You know what Tom: fuck you."
The royals gasped.
"At least Tom, I own up to my mistakes! I do what I can within my power to heal instead of harm, but what have you done? What have you all done!? You have vast powers and influence on Mewni, this entire fiasco could have, would have, should have: never happened! Instead you took the foolish route! The one that leads to annihilation and suffering!"
"You act as if your dimension isn't some shit either Marc—"
"SHUT YOUR CUNT MOUTH, I AM NOT DONE SPEAKING."
"…"
"Language Earth turd."
"I may have this mess I made on Mewni, but what you did hurts me just as bad. I have a bone to pick with you on a very personal level, the fuckery you put Star through, it's really scummy to use the Blood Moon Ball binding ritual on your ex-girlfriend! Now, it's up to me to un-fuck this fucked predicament you put me and Star under!"
Marco looked at him heatedly, feeling all the years and suffering unleashed, even if they all look at him like he as if he was a mental rabid warnicorn, he wanted some goddamn catharsis without violence if he could manage. And put someone on blast for once.
"Now Star and I are eternally bonded to one another despite how we feel about it! She's dating you and I'm here going through the Unbinding, you sick fuck, I've been through it for the past two years! You think I was knocking back soda pops and crushing pizzas over the multi-dimension?! I put myself in the grindstone completing and failing Impossible Tasks while you and Star cozy it up! And to make it official even the Blood Moon Goddess came down and gave us a piece of her mind, you better count your blessings that you'll never see her and rip you a new asshole, asshole!"
Everyone looked at him speechless.
Marco straightens himself up, feeling a lot better in years.
Waterfolk and Pigeon Queen fainted.
Star stared at him appalled and…relieved?
"…alright, c'mon where's your insults?" Marco made a rolling gesture with his hand, he looked at the royals, then the MHC, waiting for the worse, "Hurry up! Where's the part you throw me into a goddamn nut house cell!"
When no one spoke up, Marco blinked and looked at Eclipsa, she looked sheet white, his eyes looked over the room, seeing similar faces, Tom's own had gone near ghost white.
"Wait…wait a goddamn second…you believe me?"
They slowly nodded.
"Why?" Marco's mind raced with this sudden development; surely the Goddess took in account…
They all looked at the sword.
Not once did it light up with arcs of lightning.
No fuckin' way…
Marco took a step back, his hand over his mouth, both Marco and Star resisted the urge to look up. Somehow, some way, they knew the Blood Moon Goddess would materialize from the ceiling and swoop down on them.
"That…that dance…was a curse? A legit curse? You're cursed by a Goddess?!"
"Oh gurl…B-Fly, let me da first to say…what the [bleep] [bleep] shit have you been going through?! Why wasn't I there?!"
"LUCITOR! Did you—!" "NO! We had no idea!" "TOM!"
Marco looked at the sword, his mind racing, okay, okay, that sword is somehow nullifying the Goddess's powers…I better say the most important bits.
"Tom is a twat!"
The sword didn't respond.
Queen Pigeon woke up.
Just to faint again.
Star looked at Marco, "Okay, just making sure the Traitor's Sword is nullifying the Blood Moon Goddess powers. Alright, three years ago Tom tried to get Star to dance with him under the Blood Moon, however I intervened and instead I'm the one that's bonded to Star for eternity."
"How romantic~" Eclipsa chirped, "Congratulations!"
"…"
The royals looked at the Lucitors.
Hah ha! This demon sweatin'!
"But I'm unwinding the red string of fate."
"Boo!" Eclipsa gave him a thumb down.
"Shut up. Star deserves to choose her soul mate and without something like a curse forcing her to. When I complete the Impossible Tasks…Star will be free. She'll pursue anyone she wishes."
"Can't this curse be broken some other way?" Queen Moon asked, her eyes darting to the Lucitors.
"Yes, if we both choose to lift it, the curse will be gone."
Star looked hopeful at the words.
"But I will not. Too many good people died lifting it. I'm not going to sully their memories because I want the easy way out of this."
"Then you're just torturing her, Marco! You just want her to be miserable! Like you." Tom spat, Marco rounded to him, "Torture? Let me tell you something about torture…and misery, Tom. Let's put you in a cell with your family...with those you've come to love…called you a friend…whoever put their lives and trust in you…and you choose who dies in what order. Until they are all dead. Then you walk out of that cell."
They looked at Marco, eyes wide.
"If that thought scares you…I've been through that for lifetimes in the span of two years. I did that for Star so she could have a choice…when I did not."
"But Marco I didn't ask you to! You shouldn't have!" Star cried, Marco glared at her.
"You know…that's exactly what I asked when I pulled the Traitor's Sword out of a friend." Marco shook his head, correcting himself.
"Friends."
"…"
"You could have just loved her, Marco. You could have skipped all this bullshit." Hekapoo said quietly, he laughed hollowly, Ignis looked at him sadly.
"And what? So I can rob her of her choice? Can you really say that Star and I would have ended up together? With all that has happened? Anything could happen. The future is not written and I do not peek into the future. Star had to settle with me? No matter how much it would destroy her life? Ohhh, don't you say something out of a romance novel like 'love will conquer all'...because it's not fair kingdoms will perish over two dancers. The Goddess would go the extra mile...just for her precious Binding."
Marco stood there, looking at them all, he glanced at the ceiling and mentally sighed when the Goddess wasn't there.
"But…now I'm done with Mewni. And Mewni is done with me...and my dimension."
"What are you…?"
"Marco?"
"He's going to Ward his dimension again!"
Marco willed the two pearls out of his heart, he huffed feeling the strain it caused before he began to mix it together, the two forces of Creation crystalizing, ready to become what he wanted, what would be…the Silent Century Ward Crystal. It's potency unlike the Ward Crystal lasting a little over two years with dozens of like crystals helping power it.
This crystal…could Ward his dimension for nigh a 100 years…alone.
He looked upon the Mewni royals with livid eyes, he wanted to keep the last bits of Seraph and Hallow for something drastic…but this would have to do. The Elementals stood between Marco and the rest of them, they gave him cautionary glance.
Such a waste…
Marco grunted as the procedure was nearly complete, it would take but a momen
[inaudible] nnnnnooooo! Please, no more! NO MORE! I CAN'T! I CAN'T, [inaudible]!
The Dark Knight flinched and looked around wildly, his heart nearly jumping through his ribcage.
…what? Who?
Marco looked around questioningly.
Everyone was staring at him.
He looked at his palm; the crystal was half-form.
He felt this sense of overbearing sickening dread before, he drily swallowed, feeling a familiar clammy cold creep on him.
That scream…those cries for help…it was misery…absolute torment…no hope, just despair upon despair.
Memories flooded his mind and Marco looked at the deformed crystal, trembling in his palm.
Tears threatening to burst.
You can't save them all, hero…
I can try.
…then get ready to be disappointed. Guilt…is a heavy burden.
You would know?
…I do.
Shakily, Marco squeezed his fist closed and planted his palm over his hammering heart, feeling the warmth of the pearls seep into him. He breathed deeply, please...don't make me regret this.
"On second thought…I'll keep Earth Ward-Free."
The royals blinked.
The MHC blinked.
The Elementals looked at him with concern at his decision.
Is that wise?
Marco...they'll come to your dimension...you'll never have a peaceful day again.
"But just so you know…come into my dimension without my say-so: I will punish you without consequence."
They all looked at Marco, his sudden change of something he was hell-bent on was…unnerving. However, a few only found the news good, the rest didn't give two shits what Marco did, so long it wasn't detrimental to them.
Eclipsa coughed loudly.
Everyone looked at her irritated.
"Alright, since this entire meeting has been an colossal waste of time, I have only one thing left to do before I leave." She glanced at Marco who took the sword and slashed a portal open before he pointed to it. Eclipsa merely smirked at the gesture.
The MHC moved forward as Moon pointed at the renegade queen.
Marco frowned and shook his head slowly.
They ignored him and charged.
The royals flung themselves back as the Elementals turned Primal; their elements tearing through their beings and blasted the three backwards. Moon raised her hand magic shining, Star had her Wand, River took his axe and Tom limped forward with Pony Head.
"Marco!"
"Queen Moon, if you go looking for trouble with Eclipsa: you're going to lose. Keep her far from your thoughts and just focus on your people and the rest of Mewni. Eclipsa is already contained. Just go about your business."
"You should listen Queen Moon, so long you keep your cute nose out of my affairs~ I wont try to get into your guts with a rusty hairpin…that goes double for all of you~!"
Her little speech over, Eclipsa faced Marco, taking in all that he was, some very wary she wasn't holding the sword but the golden runes showed up on her neck. She ignored everyone before taking Marco's hand and knelt down, on one knee. Everyone in the room gasped, Hekapoo, Star and Elementals looking more agitated than surprise. The queen kissed his knuckles for a moment, before looking up demurely at the Dark Knight.
"Marco…"
"…?" the Dark Knight stared at her, his face couldn't resist reddening at the gesture.
Oh hell yes! Blow job right in front of the family, this queen is all about the taboos!
"I—" Marco felt something pulled from him, a cool draft followed, "—can't believe you keep falling for that one!"
Marco sighed as Eclipsa pants him again, his jeans around his ankles as she skipped away into the portal. No one even attempting to stop her from fleeing.
…damnit, how she get you every time? But in your defense, even I was fooled…even after the 8th time this has happened.
"Nice underwear, Marco!" Hekapoo sneered.
"You didn't get shocked. Guess you really like them, H-Poo." Marco said coolly.
The MHC member showed him the middle finger, before the royals came back to their senses.
"Quick the portal!"
The portal closed.
"FUCK!"
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Ta-dah, I am back. And heavily medicated. I've been sick for a whoppin' 2 weeks...that really cut into my writing time. (´ж｀;)
I know the show had their character development arcs, so will I but I'll have it aimed in so many better ways.
And now since the cat is out of the bag...let's see where things lead to hmmm?
For clarification Eclipsa had two children: Festiva and Meteora. She views Meteora rightful to the throne because she married Globgor out of love not duty. So Star is still a True Butterfly unlike the series, this way is a lot easier. Also Tom hasn't gone through the development arc like the series so don't be surprised if Tom is still a fuck boi, I know he's a bit more likable in the series but here: he isn't.
And for those who want Hestia back in the limelight, she'll get her chance. A lot sooner than you think.
Time to crank out these updates.
I don't know what else to say but say I'm glad to be back. Show this fanfic writer some love •́ε•̀٥
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Marco looked at the seething royals.
"...so you guys hyped for Hazbin Hotel?"
They just looked at him.
"What? I like the premise. Oh, whatever, you all suck anyways."