#i need to draw my ocs and also sun n moon and also commission

[bamsara]

ok no yeah i hate human hormones and body chemicals actaully because the anxiety caused some physical symptoms and i had muscle spasms and speech problems for 30ish minutes and i havent had a Moment™️ like that in like 6 months, i think this game is rigged

also, i should stop drinking caffeine. again. attempt 2# at quitting caffeine i believe in us

also 2x i want to art stream. i want to draw. i will force this body to my will

[thdorkmagnet]

Light of the Sun and Stars Chapter 23: Big Brother Marco

Summary: His whole life Marco Diaz has been raised by monsters, living under the cruel rule of their leader, Toffee. But one day Marco escapes into Mewni where he meets a magical princess and Mewman like himself, who begins teaching him all about her world. Together they will learn about life, love, and the lights within each of them, as they change their world forever.

Chapter Synopsis: There are some visitors to the castle today and Star is excited to see her Aunt Lily and her two young nieces, Daisy and Violet. Marco especially finds some enjoyment spending time getting to know the two young Butterflies. But playtime gets a little bit out of hand.

A/N: For the record Daisy and Violet aren’t quite OCs they are actually based on this Disney XD bump made by Daron Nefcy herself. Their personalities and everything else about them was crafted by me. Lily however is my OC.

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The next few days passed by quickly on Mewni as Star, Marco, and Jackie worked tirelessly to set up their peace commission, hoping and praying that it would be a success. The three debated and planned all they could for their new organization, creating a set of rules to be followed and what all their jobs would entail. Meanwhile, Moon spoke with the Magic High Commission and after a bit of convincing was able to talk them into agreeing to let Star follow through with her plan. As expected there was a condition, though one that no one could have predicted. They would allow Star to form her commission on the terms that one of their members join as well to make sure things “ran smoothly”. Which to Star meant that they would have one of their own spying on them and would report back in case they slipped up. This only added more pressure and worry onto Star, but she did her best to not let it get to her, reminding herself that all would work out so long as they stuck with her plan.

Besides, they still had a bit of a ways to go before everything was ready yet. They were still working on getting all the members together, Star quite adamant on neither Tom nor Pony Head being allowed to be representatives of their kingdoms. Jackie did her best to talk her into it, reminding her that they were the future rulers of their kingdom and she would have to face them eventually, to which Star merely sighed and said that she would think about it.

As for the other members, Star had already gotten into contact with them, and many seemed on board with joining, much to the three teens' delight and relief. And it was one of those future members that had Jackie, Star, and her mom standing outside the castle gates that bright afternoon as they waited for their inevitable arrival, though they had no idea when that would be. None of them said a word to one another, all lost in their own thoughts, as they just stood in silence, hoping that they would soon see a carriage approaching down the way.

Jak and Dex, as always, were guarding the gates and they seemed quite pleased that they were there to witness this crucial and important meeting, Star able to feel their inquisitive stares burning into her back. Star had officially announced her plans for the MMPC publicly just after she had been given the okay from the Magic High Commission and many seemed quite thrilled at the idea. It was a big change, but a good one, many already feeling much safer knowing that their future leader would be looking after them and actively working on protecting them.

As a result, Star's MMPC was a popular and trending subject on not just Mewni but also on Earth and several other neighboring dimensions as well. So the blond couldn't really blame the two guards for their curiosity, everyone seemed eager to learn more and the chance to gain any tidbit of knowledge on what her and her friends were up to would be a hard thing to pass up or ignore. And she had no doubt that Jak and Dex would be sharing whatever they saw to as many people as possible the second they could.

Finally, Jackie decided to interrupt the very, very important and incredibly boring task of watching the road ahead to ask, “Soo, any idea when they're gonna get here? It's already been over an hour and there's still no sign of them yet.”

“Well it is quite a long ways for them to travel, so we could be looking at several more hours before they arrive,” Moon replied, matter-of-factly.

Star and Jackie both released deep sighs at that, as they slouched slightly in boredom. “Why didn't they just use dimensional scissors then,” Star muttered under her breath, though her mother was able to hear every word but chose not to say anything.

After that, Star and Jackie chose to sit on the ground and rest as they continued the excruciatingly long wait, despite it not looking the least bit regal or commanding. But they had some time to kill before their guests arrived, might as well be comfortable while they waited. Moon, surprisingly didn't reprimand her daughter like Star expected her to, though she did remain standing herself, keeping a tall, dignified stance as the minutes dragged by.

Star knew her mother had to be uncomfortable (who wouldn't be having to stand straight and poised at all times) and so asked very lightly, “Mom, you maybe want to sit and rest a bit before they get here? You said yourself that it could be a while.”

Moon did really want to, but part of being a queen was looking the part at all times. Her daughter was just too young to get that yet. She opened her mouth to decline but was interrupted by one of the guards who, overhearing the conversation, were eager to please their ruler.

“Would you like a chair to sit in while you wait, Your Highness,” Jak quickly blurted out, his obvious need for attention shining in his eyes as he addressed his queen. “I would be happy to go fetch you one-”

“No, thank you,” Moon politely declined, smiling to the guard. “That's quite all right, umm...”

“Jak,” Star whispered up to her mom, seeing her freeze up.

“Yes, Jak, thank you, Star,” Moon quickly said, shooting her daughter a grateful look. “But that won't be necessary.”

“Well if there is anything we can do to make you more comfortable, just let us know, Queen Moon,” Dex now pitched in.

“I will, thank you,” Moon said, before looking to her daughter for help again. Star rolled her eyes, unable to believe that her mom had no clue what any of the guards names were, or most of the staff for that matter. She knew that her mom had been gone a while but, sheesh, seriously, how hard was it to remember a couple of names?

“Dex,” Star said and Moon quickly nodded, before repeating, “Dex. I quite appreciate the concern.”

“Of course, Your Majesty,” Dex said, neither looking even slightly bothered by their queen not knowing their names, as they bowed low to the ground.

“It's too bad Marco isn't here,” Star said suddenly. She froze up as she realized she had just voiced that thought out loud, out of completely nowhere. She blushed as four pairs of quizzical eyes landed on her and she quickly added, “Because, he'd somehow find a way to make all this entertaining.”

Star tried to ignore the knowing look from her mom as she towered over her or the short exchange between Jak and Dex behind her, who were undoubtedly cooing over the young couple, as she just focused on stopping anymore blood from rushing to her cheeks.

Thankfully, Jackie (her saving grace) merely nodded her head in agreement. “Yeah, it does seem to be a gift of his,” Jackie said, knowing exactly what Star was talking about. The two friends both found themselves missing the boy quite a bit right then and knew that he was probably pretty disappointed himself that he couldn't be there for this.

He had wanted to be but Higgs, her patience now stretched to its breaking point, had insisted that he stop putting off his self defense classes any longer and absolutely refused to take no for an answer. She had dragged the boy away, ignoring his protests, reminding him that if he didn't do this that she would go back to guarding him 24/7. This had instantly shut him up, though Star had shouted out to him in reassurance, “Don't worry about it, we'll make sure your there for the next one.”

Now it seemed like Marco had dodged a bullet, just sitting here, waiting for what felt like forever, watching the road so long your eyes started to go blurry, all in the hopes of spotting a...

Star felt her heart skip a beat, nearly rubbing her eyes to check and make sure she was seeing things right. Because, finally, there at the end of the road, a purple carriage was exiting out of town and heading their way. The blond royal jumped to her feet, shouting out, “They're here!”

Jackie jumped up as well, as the three women all looked at the welcoming sight with wide and warm smiles, all of them now standing as straight and tall as possible, hoping to make a good first impression with their guests.

...

The fancy carriage slowly made its way through the busy streets of town, accompanied by the sound of clopping hooves from the invisible goats that dragged it behind them. Civilians and passerby's all eyed the expensive looking vehicle with great interest. While inside the carriage, two of its residents looked out the windows at the Mewmans with equal amounts of intrigue as those outside. Two little girls, both at the age of eight, stood up in their seats, drawing back the curtains to gaze in wonder at the strange sights of their new destination.

“Are we here yet, did we make it? Is this where Butterfly Castle is?” one of them asked, practically bouncing in her seat, an excited and enthusiastic energy surrounding her. She had long peach colored hair, that hung down to her waist, with a small yellow flower poised delicately in it. She had tanned skin and bright blue eyes that shined with all the innocence in the world. She wore a modestly short, sleeveless purple dress, with small diamonds lining the bottom, peach colored legging that matched her hair and light blue socks with dark blue shoes. She had rosy cheeks that helped to accent her flower cheek marks which were peach colored just like her hair. She smiled brightly at the other occupants of the carriage, revealing the missing tooth she had.

“I wonder if we're gonna see any Monsters while we're here,” the other girl in the seat across from her said, looking equally excited at the idea, before she pressed her face against the window, trying to pick out any of the weird looking creatures from the crowd. This girl had short dark blue hair, combed back into a spiky style. She also had blue eyes, one of the only features she shared with her twin, though unlike her sister she wore red eyeshadow over it. She had black and white stripped t-shirt with a dark purple ruffled skirt. She also had on red stripped leggings and green boots with a small spike sticking up out of the top of it. Her cheek marks were small creepy-looking eyes, reminiscent to that of a monster, that glowed dark, nearly sinister purple. They each had a single blue bat wing attached to them.

“Or maybe we'll get to see a real unicorn!” the first added in an excited shout. She then squealed as she realized that they were in fact in the right place. “Wait, look I can see see it, Violet! There's Butterfly Castle!”  She pressed her finger against the glass, pointing out the large structure to her twin.

Violet, as she was apparently called, followed the pointing finger, before openly scowling at the sight. “This place looks weird,” she remarked, as she eyed the castle wearily, her nose crinkling in dissatisfaction. “It's too bright and colorful. Why would anyone want to stay in a place like this?”

“Well I think it looks amazing!” the other girl shouted, her eyes shimmering in wonder. She turned to the third resident of the royal carriage, asking, “Are we really going to be staying here, mommy?”

Their mother closed the book she had been reading to pass the time, saying to the two with a bright smile, “Yes, we are. I'm going to be helping your cousin Star set up her peace commission.” Their mother had short peach-colored hair, that hung down to just below her ears, as well as blue eyes like her daughters. She had a single strand of hair that framed her face, braided with flowers of every color and variety. Her skin was pale, much like Violet's but her cheeks glowed rosy like her other daughters. She wore a long, light green dress, full of frills and layers, showing off her regalia and high position to any who looked her way, which was also accented with designs of flowers along the hem lines. She had on dark green boots with yellow legging. Her cheek marks were glowing lily flowers, which reflected either yellow or pink depending on the light that struck them.

“Yay, this is going to be so exciting, I can't wait!” the peach haired girl shouted.

“Yeah, of course you would think that, Daisy,” Violet scoffed, rolling her eyes.

“Hey, whats that supposed to mean?” Daisy asked defensively, putting her hands on her hips as she scowled at her twin, still standing up in her seat.

“Just that you're always into all that dumb frilly, girly junk,” Violet replied.

“Hey it's not dumb!” Daisy whined.

“Yes it is!”

“No it's not!”

“Yes it is!”

“No it's not!”

“Girls please,” their mother interrupted, sighing in exasperation.  “No fighting.” She had been listening to the two of them arguing off and on the entire carriage ride there and her patience was growing thin. She was beginning to wish she had just used dimensional scissors to travel like she had been advised rather than trying to take her two daughters on an exciting adventure through Mewni as a means for some mother-daughters bonding time.

The girls did grow quiet after that, the only sound now heard in the carriage being the gentle clopping of the invisible goat's hooves as they pulled the carriage along. Daisy and Violet took their seats once more, going back to just curiously staring out the window, taking in the sights around them with silent awe. Their mother sighed gratefully and leaned her head back against her seat, enjoying the moment of silence, knowing it couldn't last long.

The buildings began to lessen more and more as they drew nearer to Butterfly Castle until the carriage pulled onto the paved path that lead right to the palace. And just a few moments later, the carriage came to a stop at the gates, the giant goats finally able to rest after the tiring journey. The large, colorful structure towered overhead, looking as majestic and magical as possible. Daisy was in awe at the sight, openly gawking and muttering “wows” under her breath, while Violet was doing her best to keep the frown on her face, not wanting to show her twin that she was just as captivated by the sight as she was.

The two were so in awe of the castle that neither of them noticed the group standing in front of the gates patiently or the two guards who were practically racing each other to be the first to open the door to the carriage. Jak got there first, opening the door wide and startling the two young girls inside, who jumped at the sudden movement. The guard smiled in at the three occupants, his eyes freezing on the oldest one there as he said in the most respectful tone he could, “Lady Lily it is a pleasure to meet you-”

Jak was practically shoved out of the way, as Dex said to the girl's mother, “Lady Lily Butterfly please allow me to personally offer my assistance to you.” He held out his hand to her, which she accepted, using his hand for balance as he helped her to climb down and out of the carriage.

“Thank you, sir knight,” Lily said to Dex with a bright grin, her cheeks marks glowing pink, causing her cheeks to do the same until practically all of her face was lit up by the warm glow of her own marks. The guard felt his knees go weak a little. After all, the woman in front of him was quite beautiful.

“U-Uh, well I'm not a knight, ma'am, just a common g-guard,” Dex gulped out, feeling quite flustered in the presence of such stunning loveliness.

“Well thank you regardless,” Lily said flirtingly, before giving the guard a kiss on the cheek, the man nearly passing out from the sudden action as he stumbled back and into the arms of his fellow guard, who looked quite unhappy at being left out.

“Well she certainly hasn't changed a bit,” Moon commented, soundly clearly annoyed, as her, Star and Jackie watched their guest ten seconds since arriving kiss a random man on the cheek.

Lily spotted the three just then and waved to them, a bright, cheerful smile on her face. “Come along, girls,” Lily yelled back to her daughters as she started toward the castle, ignoring the blushing, unconscious man she left in her wake. Daisy and Violet quickly jumped out of the carriage as well, moving around Dex and following after their mother, Daisy skipping with every other step.

“Moon, it's been too long!” Lily greeted, once she was close enough to the three. Daisy and Violet, however, instantly bypassed their mother and Moon, as they immediately ran to Star, shouting, “Star!” They quickly began bouncing and circling their cousin, talking a mile a minute, both nearly shouting so they could be heard over each other, but ultimately making it impossible to understand a word they were saying, but Star just smiled and laughed at the two.

“Yes, hello Lily, I trust your journey was pleasant,” Moon said in an almost emotionless tone.

Lily scoffed at that, before saying in near annoyance, “Now is that anyway to greet your cousin whom you haven't seen for so long.” She shook her head, tutting chidingly. “Same old Moon, I was hoping after marrying that Johanssan barbarian of yours, you would at least learn how to relax a little and not be so stiff like the rest of the family.”

Moon frowned at that, saying in a clearly irritated tone, “So good to have you here as always.”

Lily laughed, as she surprised her dear cousin with a hug. “Oh Moon, I'm just teasing. I just wish you wouldn't be so formal around me, we are family after all.”

Moon's body remained tense for a few seconds before she allowed herself to relax, patting her cousin's back as she returned the hug. “Yes well, you can't really blame me, considering you are here for diplomatic reasons.”

“Speaking of which,” Lily said, as she pulled out of the hug, turning to Jackie and Star who were still being bombarded by excited shouts from her daughters. “There's my favorite neice!” she cried, a bright smile lighting up her face.

“Aunt Lily!” Star squealed in delight, before rushing over and embracing her favorite aunt in a bone-crushing hug.

“Oof!” Lily gasped out in surprise not expecting the startling hug, nearly stumbling over the blond girl's almost tackle. But she quickly began laughing as she returned the embrace, commenting playfully, “My Star, look at how much you've grown! The last time I saw you you were just a tiny little thing and now look at you. You're practically an adult.”

Star giggled at that, though her cheeks did turn the slightest shade of pink, causing her hearts to glow more than usual. “It's so good to see you again, Aunt Lily! We have so much catching up to do!”

“Yes, we do, I've heard you've been quite the busy bee lately. Even getting yourself a cute, little boyfriend.” Star's blush worsened at that, her cheeks turning beet red and her hearts cheek marks thumping against her will at the mere mention of Marco, but Lily pretended not to notice. “You'll have to be sure and tell me everything later!”

“Absolutely, I will!” Star exclaimed, giving her another short hug. “I'm just so glad you came, Aunt Lily!”

“Well of course I came,” Lily said sweetly. “The minute I heard my favorite niece was in need of my help, I dropped everything and left the moment I could.”

Moon held back a scoff at that, considering how long they had had to wait for her to arrive. But none of them of course commented on this, Jackie instead choosing to speak up and address their royal guest for the first time, “Well we're really glad you did.”

Lily looked over to the young skater now, saying politely, “Ah Jackie good to see you are here as well. How is your skateboarding going? Have you learned any new tricks since the last time I saw you?”

Jackie shrugged, saying modestly, “A few.”

“Great! You'll have to show me them later,” Lily said with a warm smile, which caused Jackie to grin ear to ear and reply, “Sure thing.” She adored Star's favorite aunt almost as much as Star did, she was just so cool and always seemed to know just what to say.

“Well, let's get inside, no sense in standing out here all day, not when there is work to be done!” Lily cried, taking the initiative and already strolling toward the castle.

“Yay!” Daisy cheered, grabbing her sister's arm and dragging her behind her as she raced after their mother, excited to explore the inside of the fancy palace. Moon frowned, not enjoying her cousin's often bossy nature, but followed after, taking a deep breath as she tried to remind herself not to lose her calm, with Jackie following right after her.

Star turned back to the carraige her aunt and nieces had arrived on, calling out to the two guards polietly, “Jak, Dex, would you please make sure the carriage is put away and bring in Lady Lily's things for us?”

“Of course, Your Majesty, it would be our honor!” Jak happily complied, saluting the princess. Dex, on the other hand was still too disoriented, smiling goofily and looking completely smitten with the visiting royal as he rubbed absentmindedly at the cheek she had kissed, unaware of the world turning.

“Thank you,” Star said gratefully, before turning away from the two, trusting them to take care of it, while also trying to hide her smile over how ridiculous the guard currently looked.

…

“Woooowwww!” Daisy and Violet gasped out in awe the moment they entered the beautiful castle, even the latter unable to hide her wonderment over the palace that held the most powerful monarchs in the land. It certainty lived up to their fantasies, the interior exquisite and massive, signs of wealth, power, and bright beauty everywhere you looked. Star and Jackie smiled at the two's amazement.

“So welcome to Butterfly Castle,” Star said, wanting to stay at least semi-formal since they were visiting royalty. “Umm, so I'm sure you must be tired and hungry after the long trip so we'd be happy to show you all to your rooms and then we can-”

“Oh no that's quite all right,” Lily interrupted. “I'm more than ready to begin work on your peace commission if that's alright with you?”

Star looked slightly shocked at the statement, but quickly recovered saying, “O-Of course. That would be great! We still have a lot to get going before its ready and we would love some help on it!”

“Hey, what about us?” Violet whined, crossing her arms and frowning angrily.

“Yeah, we wanted to spend time with Star,” Daisy added, looking equally annoyed as she stamped her foot cutely on the ground.

“Not now, girls,” their mother said simply.

“That's not fair, why do you get to spend time with Star and not us?!” Violet argued, pouting.

Jackie quickly took charge of the situation, bending down so she was level with the two and putting a hand on their shoulders. She looked between the two, saying reasonably, “Star has work to do right now, but she will spend time with you later, okay?”

The two shared a quick look, before frowning stubbornly, still not giving in just yet. But Jackie didn't let this effect her, maintaining her cool radiance as she added, “And if you two mind your mom, I might even show you a few tricks on my skateboard.”

The twins instantly perked up at that, their eyes twinkling excitedly as they gasped, “Really?!”

“Yep,” Jackie nodded.

“Okay then!” Voilet cheered, all anger forgotten.

“Yeah, we'll behave!” Daisy added, equally cheerily.

“It's a deal then,” Jackie said, rising back up to her feet and smiling down at the two. “Now you two go and play in your room, okay?”

The two nodded vigorously before taking off down the hallway, already pretending to be on skateboards as they zipped down the brightly lit corridors.

“Have fun, girls!” their mother yelled after them, before turning to Jackie with a grateful smile. “Thank you for that, Jackie. I owe you one.”

“Not a problem,” Jackie replied.

Lily nodded, before clapping her hands together, saying enthusiastically, “Now then, since that's all settled, let's get started shall we? After all, the sooner we get your commission up and going the better.”

Star nodded, saying, “Right.”

“Well then I will leave you all to it,” Moon said, politely excusing herself. “I have work of my own to do.”

“Uh huh, I know how that goes,” Lily said in agreement. Moon started down the hallway but, Lily quickly called out to her teasingly, “Be sure to say hello to that husband of your, Moony.”

Moon whipped back around to glare at her and Lily put on an innocent smile. She knew how much her cousin despised the nickname. Moon looked like she was on the verge of saying something, but she seemed to get control of herself once more, continuing on down the hall without a word, but still looking quite agitated. Lily just laughed, saying proudly to herself, “Still too easy.”

“Soooo, um,” Star said, wanting to get the conversation away from messing with her mom and back on the important stuff.

“Oh right, of course,” Lily said, quickly remembering why she was there. “Lead the way.”

Star obeyed, guiding her aunt and friend to her room, which was their makeshift headquarters for now until they could get a proper room dedicated to it. Her mother's situation room was quite often in use right now, what with Rasticore still on the loose and the Butterfly's still desperately trying to plan a way to catch him and the only other room for the job was the tiny meeting room that Star shuddered at the mere thought of being trapped in again. So for now, her room would just have to do.

She turned over her shoulder slightly, telling her aunt, “Just warning you, we still have a lot of paperwork to sign before the MHC will let us become official.”

Lily scoffed, waving a hand at that, not looking the slightest bit concerned. “Oh trust me, I've had my fair share of paperwork in the past,” she said calmly. The three reached the room just then, Star opening the door to let Jackie and her aunt inside. “Besides, how bad can it be?” she stated, as she stepped inside.

Her smile instantly vanished, as she stared wide-eyed and mouth agape of the piles and piles of paperwork that now crowded the large room, every inch seemingly filled with the unfinished documents. Star just looked at her sheepishly, waiting for her to respond, feeling bad for getting her into this mess and knowing she had to be regretting her involvement as well. The Magic High Commission had just decided to drop all of this off on her the day before, without any warning or heads up whatsoever. No, they just spring all this extra work on her last minute, while also requiring she have one of their own members join her group as their own personal spy. Part of her wondered if they had done this to her on purpose, in hopes of discouraging her or making her quit... or at the very least slow her down as much as possible. Nope, scratch that, she knew they were doing this on purpose. After all one more Monster attack and they were all in control of Mewni.

Her Aunt Lily, though, to her credit didn't run away like she expected her to. Instead after several awkward seconds, she just said in a shocked, uneven tone, “Well this may take us a bit longer than expected.”

Understatement of the year.

…

Marco groaned in pain as he sluggishly trudged through the castle on his way to his room, after a long and bruising self-defense lesson with Higgs. He was feeling quite sore, possibly worse than the last time he had gone head to head with the redheaded knight, his body not used to that level of physical exercise, yet. That and the young knight seemed incapable of holding back that much, despite her promise to do so. How the heck was Marco supposed to learn self-defense if she just kept knocking him down over and over again? All she was going to end up doing was giving him brain damage. Maybe he should just wear a helmet next time?

Marco sighed, holding onto his aching right arm, the part of him that probably hurt the worst right now, having taken the brunt of most of the hits. As his dominant hand it was the one that had to do most of the punching and guarding during the session, which meant that it was the most overworked part of him right now.

And the worst part of it was, because of Higgs's lesson (which he was still glad to be getting, even if it was exhausting) that meant he had missed greeting the newest member of Star's commission, who was apparently Star's aunt or something. So not only had he missed a chance to finally begin acting as a member of the peace commission but he had missed an opportunity to meet another member of his girlfriend's family. And from the way Star had talked about her, she was quite fond of her too.

Maybe he could try and make a good first impression later, whenever that would be. He would have to be sure to have some sort of speech prepared or something, he didn't want to dare risk upsetting her as literally everything depended on their first meeting going well. Both because of his important duties as a representative for the Monsters and his future relationship with his amazing girlfriend.

“Hope everything went okay,” he mumbled worriedly to himself. But there was nothing really he could do about it right now. For now, all he wanted to do was get to his room and take a long nap, hoping he would feel better once he did. Maybe then he could go and help the others out, as well as meet their newest member. He just hoped they were doing well without him.

“Hey stop it, Daisy, that's mine!”

“No, it's not, it's mine! Mom gave it to me for my birthday!”

“Uhh, we both have the same birthday, dummy! And she gave it to me!”

“You're lying!”

“No you are!”

“Are not!

“Are too!”

Marco froze on the spot as he heard the loud argument of what sounded like a couple of kids coming from the guest bedroom. Young girls it sounded like. He didn't recognize their voices at all, which was quite strange. Sure he didn't know everyone in the castle but he was pretty sure if there were any children there, he would have noticed by now. He looked over at the door to the guest room and sure enough could see light clearly peeking out through the cracks. Huh, so there was someone staying in there, a couple of young and very noisy girls.

Marco crept slowly over, making sure not to make a sound, not that it was necessary considering the loud racket the two were still making within as they continued to fight over what seemed to be a pretty precious toy or something.

The hooded teen cracked open the door, so he could see inside, surveying the room closely. The once-empty room was now filled with toys and children's decorations everywhere, most of which were sprawled all over the floor. There was a bunk bed in the room, that Marco was sure hadn't been there before, the top with a cream-colored bedspread and pillow covered in flower print and the bottom a very, dark purple with creepy-looking eyeballs coating it, a small hand-made monster plush laying on it Marco noticed. He smiled, allowing his eyes to continue to roam, spotting a small table and chairs with a tea set lovingly and carefully set up on it before being pushed into the corner, while the other had jars full of some kind of dark blue goop inside (which Marco didn't even dare think of what the contents could be) in the other corner. The closest was opened and he could see two sets of clothing hung inside, one side full of bright, cheerful colored dresses, while the other end had the opposite: dark, dreary t-shirts and skirts. It seemed whoever was going to be staying in this room were about as opposite as night and day.

And once he saw the two girls, this confirmed this completely in his mind. They were standing in the middle of the room, large piles of toys stacked behind them, which Marco assumed was them trying to divide their things in half across the room. They were currently fighting over a fake wand, the hilt painted a dark green, but covered in bedazzled crystals, the top a rainbow with fake spiderwebs meticulously painted on it. The center was another of the creepy looking eyeballs which Marco noticed matched the dark haired girl's cheek marks. The tippy top of the wand had what looked like a unicorn horn poking out.

Just by looking at it Marco couldn't tell who the toy belonged to. By the looks of it, it seemed like the wand belonged to both of them. That thought brought Marco back to the question at hand, who were these two? He definitely hadn't seen them before, but it looked like they were moving in. Could they be fellow members Star hadn't told him about? Though the hooded boy would think they were too young for such an important and mature position and he didn't know if there was any sort of age rule against it or not.

But whoever they were, he felt like he should at least try and do something, unable to leave them arguing and fighting with each other like that. Marco opened the door wider and this instantly drew the attention of the two girls, who stopped their tug-of-war to stare shell-shocked at the stranger in their doorway. Marco could see their suspicious and apprehension toward him, as the peach haired girl even backed away a step, while the other glared at him wearily. “Um, hi there,” Marco said, trying to sound as non-threatening as possible, waving a hand slowly in the air and giving them a small smile, which he hoped came across as friendly and harmless and not at all creepy.

And though it didn't seem to thankfully frighten them anymore, they still never lost their looks of skepticism. “Who are you?” the dark-haired girl asked, narrowing her eyes at him.

“I'm Marco,” the hooded boy cheerfully introduced himself, momentarily forgetting their fear as he shot his hand toward them to shake, causing them both to jump and take another cautious step back, the light haired girl moving behind her sister for protection.

“Are you... one of the servants?” the cutesy twin tried, keeping a close eye on the red hooded boy's hand as if it might suddenly attack her.

“No, I'm Princess Star's boyfriend,” Marco said, his heart skipping beat as it always did whenever he mentioned this to anyone. It was still almost too good to be true.

The two girls shared a look with one another at that, before the dark one asked slowly, “Your our cousin's boyfriend?”

“Ohh,” Marco said smacking his head, ignoring the pain that resulted from it, too deep in his own realization to actually answer the girl, all the pieces finally sliding into place in his mind. So that was it. “Your Star's cousins.” Marco thought for a moment, before adding, “So then your mom must be our new member of the peace commission.”

The two girls nodded, muttering, “Mmm-hmm.” They now looked a lot more relaxed around the boy then before, the peach haired girl stepping out from behind her twin.

“Wow, so sorry, for just walking in on you like that,”  Marco said, rubbing the back of his neck, sheepishly. “I just wasn't expecting anyone to be in here. Star didn't say anything about you two staying with us. So when I heard voices I decided to investigate.”

“That's okay!” the cutesy one said.

“So what are your names?” Marco asked.

“I'm Daisy!” the peach haired one announced loudly, pointing at herself and then at her sister. “And this is my little sister Violet.”

Violet glared at her sister for that, shouting angrily, “Only by three minutes!”

“Well it still counts,” Daisy said with a shrug.

“No it doesn't!”

“Yes it does!”

Marco looked uncomfortable as another fight began to break out, quickly saying, “Uh hey, do you two want to play a game?”

The two instantly ceased their bickering, whipping their heads around to the hooded boy, expectantly. “Like what?” Daisy asked curiously.

“Oh like, um...” Marco's eyes darted around the messy room, desperately searching for an idea to appease the girls. They stopped on the tea set and the boy blurted out, “A tea party!”

Daisy squealed and 'yay-ed' in joy, while Violet gagged at the suggestion, the mixed reaction troubling to Marco. “Lame!” Violet scoffed out. “And here I thought you might actually have something fun in mind.” Daisy turned to her sister with a look of anger and Marco knew he had to do something before another fight broke out.

“Well t-that's because I didn't tell you the catch,” he stuttered out quickly.

“Yeah and what's that?” Violet asked, raising a critical eyebrow at the boy, clearly calling his bluff.

Marco froze, sweat running down his face, as he tried to think of something that would please the gothic girl in front of him. Come on Marco, think, he urged himself. Okay, she's into all that weird, creepy stuff like Janna, so what would Janna do to make her happy?

“Weeee... were all just cursed by an evil witch!” Marco screamed out in fake panic. Violet and Daisy gave him confused looks and for a second Marco feared they wouldn't play along and just go back to fighting.

That was until Daisy gasped, looking horrified. “Oh no, really?”

“What do we do?” Violet asked, also looking aghast.

“The only way to undo it is with the cure that I have hidden inside this tea,” Marco said, dramatically pointing at the teapot.

“Then we better drink it quickly before the poison spreads to our nervous system and we become paralyzed,” the dark-haired girl said, joyfully. She really seemed like she was enjoying herself now and Marco smiled despite how strange it was that a young girl would be nonchalantly discussing the effectiveness of poisons. He was friends with Janna after all, this seemed almost normal in comparison to her.

“Oh no, I think it's already spreading to me!” Marco screamed, before falling over onto one of their beds, making fake dying sounds as he flailed around on the bed, causing both girls to laugh hysterically.

“Marco, you can't be moving if your paralyzed!” Daisy said, in between giggles.

“Oh right,” Marco said, before going still and stiff on the bed.

“Oh no he's dying!” Violet screamed. “Quickly Daisy, we need to give him the antidote!”

“I'm on it!” Daisy said, doing a salute as she raced over to the table, picking up her tea pot and a saucer and cup, before racing back over to where Violet, who was inspecting the immobile body of the hooded teen. “He only has seconds, hurry and give it to me!” Violet said, holding out her hand.

“No let me give it to him, I have more experience with tea,” Daisy argued, moving the teacup out of reach from her twin.

Violet huffed in frustration, but snapped out, “Fine, but do it fast!”

Daisy then preceded to pour an invisible cup of tea into the cup, before handing the empty pot to her sister, carefully crawling onto her bed, trying her very best not to spill, as if in fear of burning the boy with the hot, non-existent liquid. Once she was next to the boy, she held the cup out, saying, “Here you go.”

Marco sat up, taking the cup from her as he went to sip on it, but Daisy quickly stopped him. “Wait, you're doing it wrong.”

The hooded boy cocked his head to the side, as he asked the young girl, “Really how?

“Your supposed to hold your pinky out,” Daisy explained, holding out her pinky to demonstrate to Marco the correct way.

“Oh,” he said nodding, before obeying the girl, holding out his pinky before pretending to sip the 'antidote/tea'. He licked his lips and rubbed his tummy as he said satisfyingly, “Mmm, delicious.”

“Not really,” Violet spoke up, climbing up onto the bed, now sitting at Marco's other side. “Paralysis poison antidote is made out of the slime of the bitterbite frogs, which is one of the most disgusting creatures in the universe.” She paused for a second as the two just stared at her awkwardly. “Plus, tea is pretty gross anyways.”

“Well I like it,” Daisy huffed, her hands now on her hips. “Do you like tea, Marco?” she asked, the peach-haired girl looking up at him with cute, pleading eyes.

“Um, yeah I do,” Marco said. “Well I mean, I think I would, if I ever actually had any.”

Daisy gasped loudly. “You've never had tea before?” she exclaimed, looking like this was the most tragic, horrifying thing she'd ever heard.

Marco shook his head. “No, not that I can think of,” he said nonchalantly.

“Huh?” Violet commented, before quickly changing the subject to something else, “So now what are we gonna play?”

“How about dragon attack?” Daisy suggested, hopping up on her bed.

“Dragon attack?” Marco repeated in confusion. He'd never heard of the game before.

“Oh yeah, I love that game!” Violet agreed (for once), delightedly. “But I get to have the wand.”

“But you had the wand last time!” Daisy whined.

“Yeah, but I'm better at casting spells than you are. All your spells are just silly flowers and junk.”

“Marco who do you think should have the wand?” Daisy asked, looking up at the boy with pleading eyes and the boy froze, suddenly unsure of what to do.

“Umm, well to be honest I don't even know what dragon attack is,” Marco said, dodging the question for now.

The two looked at him in confusion. “How?” Daisy asked, looking dumbfounded that Marco didn't know what the very common game was.

Marco shook his head. “I just haven't,” he replied.

“But every kid I know has played that game!” Violet shouted in shock.

A sad look crossed Marco's face, as he softly replied, “Well, there were a lot of things I couldn't really do growing up. And I didn't really have other kids to play with to show me how to play these kinds of things.” And it was true, only Buff Frog or maybe one of the other Monsters would play with him. And even then it was pretty rare, most of the time Toffee wouldn't let them, having Marco had to stay in his room, alone, and not disturb the others.

The two girls shared a look across from each other, Daisy muttering sorrowfully, “That's so sad.” Marco noticed that the twins were on the verge of tears and quickly put a smile back on his face, saying in the most cheerful voice he could, “Hey it's not so bad. Now I get to try all kinds of new things. Like drinking tea...” Marco held up the tea cup, holding out his pinky and the two giggled. “Or playing with you two. Just tell me the rules and I'm sure I'll be fine.”

The two girls seemed to have perked up at this, the creepy twin quickly clearing her throat. “Well it goes like this,” she began. “You have a base, which is your castle.”

“ And then a dragon comes and attacks your castle,” Daisy quickly took over, jumping on the bed as she explained. “And then the princess, who has the wand, and her knights have to protect it from the dragon. If you beat the dragon you win, but if the dragon destroys your base then you lose.”

“And all your citizens get eaten,” Violet added dramatically.

Marco nodded thoughtfully. “Okay that sounds fun,” he agreed, smiling joyfully at the two.

The three quickly set up their game, making a make-shift castle out of building blocks and using pillows and stuffed animals as a defense system against the attacking dragon. Violet began taking down her jars of goop off of one of the shelves to use at their moat but was stopped by Marco, who told her that wasn't the best idea.

While the three were busy setting up, Daisy, out of nowhere, said, “Thanks for playing with us, Marco.”

Marco looked at the young girl in surprise.

“Yeah, none of the other adults ever play with us, they're always too busy.”

“And your way more fun than any of them!” Daisy added.

Marco blushed, looking bashfully between the two girls.“Aww, well thanks, I like playing with you two, too!” Marco said with a goofily wide smile, picking up the final remaining block and reaching up to set it in place. “After all, you are Star's family and anyone related to Star is alright in my book.”

“Do you love her?” Daisy asked and Marco, completely caught off guard by the sudden question, felt the blood rushing to his cheeks and released a surprised squeak, dropping the block he was holding, causing it to hit the unstable tower and bringing the whole thing crashing down to the floor, completely destroyed. Daisy and Violet covered their mouths in shock and Marco just looked down at the pile of unstacked blocks with a dazed look.

“Sorry,” Marco said, sheepishly.

“Guess we have to start over,” Violet sighed, bending down as she began re-stacking the blocks and the other two joined her. The three worked on the tower for a few moments in silence, until Marco suddenly spoke up, in a soft, embarrassed tone.

“She means a whole lot to me,” he admitted softly, his cheeks slightly tinged pink, keeping his eyes on the blocks as he began stacking. “She's my best friend. I don't know what I would do without her.”

Daisy and Violet both turned to the boy with wide smiles on their faces. “Are you two gonna get married?” Daisy asked, eagerly.

Marco thought that over. “I don't know, we haven't really talked about that yet. We've only been on one date so far,” Marco replied honestly.

“Well if you did get married, then we'd be related,” Violet pointed out, sounding quite pleased at the idea.

“Yeah, you'd be like our big brother!” Daisy exclaimed, clapping her hands in joy.

Marco smiled. “Huh, I've never had sisters before, that'd be pretty cool,” he said thoughtfully, imagining what it would be like to have siblings.

“Well we could be your little sisters now, if you wanted, even if we aren't related yet,” Violet offered.

Marco looked touched at that, giving her a wide, grateful smile saying in a chocked tone, “I'd like that.”

After that, the final block was set into place and the three stood back to admire their work, looking quite satisfied with their fake castle and defenses they had set up. “Okay, I think we're ready?!” Violet exclaimed, and Daisy cheered her agreement.

“Yeah, let's play!” the peach-haired girl yelled, pumping her fists into the air, before her and her sister ran over to their castle, crouching down behind the pile of pillow defenses, both of them now sharing hold on their toy wand.  

But Marco couldn't help but notice something was missing. “Wait a minute, I just realized, who is gonna be the dragon?” he asked them and they looked at him like he was crazy.

“Silly, we're gonna make our own dragon,” Daisy said brightly as if the answer was obvious.

Marco frowned at the cryptic answer. “But how are we gonna-”

The hooded teen lost his voice though, as the twin's cheek marks began glowing bright white in sync and out of thin air, a large, dark blue dragon appeared out of thin air. It had at least twenty eyeballs on its face, all of them looking just like Violet's cheek marks. Its body was long and snake-like with small multicolored gems covering its scaled body, a small purple flower at the tip of its long black wings. It hovered in mid-air, flapping its bat-like wings with sharp, steady beats.

Marco stumbled back in fright of the creature, exclaiming fearfully, “Where the heck did that thing come from?!” the hooded boy asked, wanting to run out of the room, but afraid to leave the two little girls alone and without protection.

“We made it,” Daisy said simply, not looking the slightest bit fazed by the dangerous creature currently in their room.

“W-What? How?!” Marco asked loudly, in confusion.

“It's our Trait,” Violet explained. “We can make imaginary things, but only if we both are thinking about it at the same time.”

“Yeah if we don't agree, then it won't work,” Daisy added. “So a lot of times we can't because Violet decides to be a big, dummy head.”

“I do not!” Violet argued, fuming in anger.

“Well anyways,” Daisy continued, ignoring her twin's rage. “You should probably get down behind something, before it eats you, big brother.”

“Wait, what?!” Marco exclaimed in surprise, looking over to see the dragon spiraling toward him and he yelled, quickly running over to the pillow pile, where the two girls were. He leapt to safety behind the cushion-y wall, the dragon pulling up at the last second. Marco sat up, as he and the twins watched the dragon fly in circles around the ceiling, letting out a high-pitched roar. “So, what do we do, how do we beat it?” Marco asked panting, out of breath.

“We just have to destroy it by hitting it with stuff,” Violet explained.

Suddenly, above them, the dragon seemed to get tired from its endless circling, as it flew down, scraping across the floor, sending toys scattering across the room, sailing right toward the three and their block castle.

“Incoming!” Daisy yelled.

“Protect the castle!” Violet shouted, authoritatively. The three began throwing pillows and stuffed animals at the dragon, which growled in anger, trying to dodge the barrage of soft projectiles with no luck.

It huffed, before flying over the three's heads, who all ducked low to avoid getting hit, the dragon's swinging tail, nearly knocking over their block tower.

“Whoa, that was close,” Violet said breathlessly, as they all sat up.

“It's too strong we'll have to use magic to beat it!” Daisy suggested gravely.

“Yeah but someone will have to distract it while we get the spell ready,” Violet pointed out.

“Who's that gonna be?” Marco asked, simply. The two turned to him with knowing looks on their faces, which Marco didn't catch, staring blankly back at the girls. “What?”

The dragon did a loop through the air, planning its next attack, this one sure to take out the block castle. It bolted down toward the castle, nothing able to deter its path of destruction. That was until it was hit in the face with a pillow, causing it veer off course, flapping its wind awkwardly, as it dizzily shook its head clear of confusion. “Hey, over here!” called a nervous voice below. The mythical creature looked over at Marco, who had pillows strapped around his body as make-shift armor, another pillow being used as a shield. He looked at the dragon in fear, saying in what was supposed to be a fearless tone, but his squeaky, shaky voice shattered any hope of that, “Come and get me.”

The dragon, forgetting all about its main target, now flew toward the hooded teen, who stood in place for about two seconds before screaming at the top of lungs, running away from the beast and diving under the nearest bed, as the dragon sailed right over it. Marco put the pillow over his head as he waited for the dragon to leave or the twins to destroy it somehow, not sure how he had gotten himself into this mess.

What was this day, anyways? Having to go head to head with a terrifying, unrelenting beast... and now he was having to fight off a literal dragon. And right then, his old aches and pains stirred up again, reminded of the beating he had already taken that day with Higgs. But Marco knew he couldn't hide from the dragon forever, he would have to face it eventually and it wasn't real anyways, so it couldn't really hurt him... right?

Marco peaked out from under the bed, looking around for any signs of the creature, and saw it hovering just on the other side of the bed, a soft growl in its throat as it glared at him with its dozen creepy eyes. Marco chuckled sheepishly, whispering nervously, “Umm, any way of you not trying to eat me and maybe just surrender and let us win the game?”

The dragon only growled in response and Marco sighed loudly. “Yeah, thought so.”

Marco dodged out of the way as the creature snapped at him, using his pillow to block its biting jaw, which resulted in it snapping up his make-shift shield and sending it flying to the other side of the room and far out of his reach.

“Uh oh, that's not good,” Marco whispered in terror, before looking back up at the dragon, which now had steam coming out of its nostrils. “Oh that's even worse!” Marco yelled.

“Hang on, Marco we're coming!” Daisy yelled as her and Violet jumped across their beds. But they were too far away and the dragon was already ready to attack, taking a deep breath in. The hooded boy grabbed another pillow up from the floor and  held it feebly in front of him, closing his eyes as he awaited himself to be burnt to a crisp.

But as it breathed out, instead of fire and flames shooting out its mouth, instead, small bubbles filled the air, drifting around the hooded teen and popping all around him. Marco opened his eyes and blinked once in confusion. “It breathes bubbles?” Marco muttered in disbelief.

“Well yeah, you didn't think we'd actually make it able to breath fire, did you?” Violet commented, putting her hands on her hips as she stood on her bed.

“Yeah that's way too dangerous,” Daisy added from next to her. “Then mom would never let us play this game.”

“So anyways,” Violet said, before yelling in a commanding tone, “Do not fear, knight! For we shall save you from this horrid beast!”

“Yeah, come and get us, ugly!” Daisy added, shouting up to the still hovering dragon.

The dragon obeyed the command, rushing toward the two, who both laughed as they jumped to the next bed, avoiding the creature. It shot more bubbles at them, which the two moved out of the way of, landing safely on the floor. The dragon did a needless spin in the air, before spiraling toward the two.

The two acted quickly as they both held up their toy wand together, shouting out their spells to end the dragon.

“Flower Heart Devastation!” Daisy yelled, as Violet at the same time shouted, “Evil Death Beam!”

The two shared a surprised look, before frowning at one another. “Violet, you were supposed to use Flower Heart Devastation, that's my most powerful spell!” Daisy whined.

“What, no way, Evil Death Beam is way more powerful than your dumb frilly flower spell,” Violet scoffed.

“It is not!”

“Is too!”

“Is Not!”

“Is too!”

Marco sighed, as the two ended up in the exact same place they had started from, arguing, all of his attempts in the end futile. He turned to stare at the dragon, as it suddenly faded from existence, the two no longer in agreement, meaning their power would no longer work. He walked over to the two, trying to think of something to say to get them to stop but nothing came to mind.

So instead he just said the only thing he could think of, which was, “Umm, girls, the dragon's gone.”

The two stopped their arguing as they turned to see that it was in fact gone, before frowning at each other again. “Great now you ruined our game with big brother,” Daisy huffed angrily.

“No you did!” Violet shouted.

“Come on, guys. Please don't fight,” Marco tried, his voice desperate. “You two are sisters, you shouldn't be fighting.”

Daisy and Violet turned to Marco in confusion, Daisy quickly exclaiming, “But Violet messed up our game.”

“She wasn't messing it up,” Marco spoke up. “She just had a different way of playing. That doesn't mean she ruined things.” The two went quiet at that and so Marco decided to try and take it a step further. “Now you two should apologized to each other for arguing,” Marco added, in the most authoritative tone he could.  

The two hesitated doing so for a moment though, Daisy kicking her foot against the floor, while Violet just stared at the far wall with her arms crossed in front of her chest. “Umm, sorry for blaming you for stuff,” Daisy muttered sheepishly, rubbing at her arm, still not looking in her sister's direction.

“And I'm sorry for calling your spell dumb,” Violet added, even softer than her twin had, Marco barely able to pick up on the small voice.

The boy nodded happily, trying to replicate his voice to sound like Buff Frog as he said, “Now you two hug and make up.”

The twins obeyed, pulling each other into a very awkward sibling hug, but Marco was satisfied that the two had seemed to of made up. Or weren't fighting still, at least.  “There, now that's much better,” he praised the two, as they pulled apart. But the two still looked upset, refusing to meet his eye and staring sulkingly at their feet.

“Hey, what's wrong?” Marco asked in concern.

“Sorry for ruining your first game of Dragon Attack, big brother,” Violet said woefully, looking near to the brink of tears.

“Yeah, we just wanted you to have fun, but we didn't even get to finish it,” Daisy said pitifully.

Marco gave them a sympathetic smile, before opening his arms wide to them. “Come here,” he said and the two rushed to give him a hug. He wrapped his arms around the two, holding them tightly. “It's okay, girls, I still had fun. Besides, I'm kinda not really a big fan of Dragon Attack, it's a bit more intense than I like.”

The two girls giggled, as Marco gently ruffled their hair, “Maybe next time we can play something a little less life-threatening.”

“Oooh, like a board game!” Daisy suggested cheerily. “We still have a copy of Magical Chutes and Ladders!”

“Or Castle Defenders!” Violet proposed.

“Sounds good,” Marco agreed.

Suddenly, there was a loud growl from the peach-haired girl's stomach, everyone turning to her in surprise. “Ugh, beating up dragons made me reeaaally hungry,” she groaned rubbing at her rumbling tummy.

Marco laughed, before saying cheerfully, “Well then let's go and get you two something to eat.”

The two cheered, each taking one of the boy's hands as he led them out of their room and into the hallway, the two practically skipping with every step.

“And then maybe we can get you some tea,” Daisy suggested and Marco shrugged.

“I don't know, we'll have to see,” the hooded teen said.

The two walked in silence for a moment, before Violet spoke up. “Um, big brother,” she said, hesitantly.

“Yeah,” Marco said.

“How come you never got to drink tea or play games with other kids before?” the dark-haired girl asked, looking up at him with curious eyes. Marco froze at the question, as a rush of memories flooded his system.

“Um, well..” he started, not sure what to say to the two. How much should he tell them? He didn't want to scare them with talk about Master Toffee, they were still a little young to hear about that?Plus, Marco wasn't too sure he was really ready to talk about that, anyways. It was still pretty painful.

“Were your parents really mean or something?” the peach-haired girl added.

“Well, no not really,” Marco said, trying to keep his voice calm and hide the aching he felt in every fiber of his being. “My real parents died when I was baby. I was actually raised by Monsters.”

Violet suddenly gasped, as she let go of his hand and instead grabbed onto the boy's arm, shaking him violently, causing poor Marco to cry out in pain, his body still sore from Higgs' training. “You were raised by Monsters!”

“Owwww!” Marco yelped, as he was helplessly flung back and forth. He was thankful when the young girl finally stopped her senseless shaking, though still clinging tightly onto his arm, now standing on her tiptoes as she just gave him an eager look, waiting for him to respond. “Uh yeah, Buff Frog and some other Monsters raised me after my parents died,” Marco explained, letting go of Daisy's hand so he could rub at his now aching neck, the hooded teen pretty sure the shaking had caused him to pull a muscle.

Violet screamed at the top of her lungs, unable to contain her excitement anymore and Marco quickly covered his now-ringing ears. “I can't believe it! You've met a real life Monster! That's been my dream! What do they look like?” Marco opened his mouth to answer, but the girl continued to throw out question after question with no sign of stopping. “Can they do dark magic? Cause see I heard one time that they could do dark magic even though it's forbidden. Did they ever try to use dark magic on you? Or maybe they tried to eat you? Do they eat Mewmans?!”

“What, no of course they don't!” Marco quickly exclaimed, horrified that the young girl could even suggest such a thing. “Monsters are actually really nice.” Marco paused for a second biting his lip, as a pair of sinister yellow eyes flashed into his mind and he nearly shuddered. “Well some of them may be bad,” he corrected himself. “But they definitely don't eat people. And as far as I know they can't do dark magic”

“Oh,” Violet said sadly, clearly disappointed. But her hopes rose once again as she asked, “Well, are there any Monsters in the castle that I could meet?”

“I hope not,” Daisy muttered, her eyes wide in fear. She was afraid of Monsters, all the stories about them eating children making her quite frightful. Violet often would tease her, telling her that if she wasn't careful the Monsters might gobble her up while she was sleeping.

“No, there aren't any Monsters here right now,” Marco said, shaking his head. Both Daisy and Violet sighed in unison, but the older twin was sighing in relief, while the younger was sighing in disappointment. “But maybe if your mom is okay with it, I can take you to meet my family the next time I go visit them.”

“Really?” Violet exclaimed, while Daisy looked terrified again. She quickly hide herself in Marco's side, the hooded teen looking down at her in surprise.

“No, I don't want to meet any Monsters,” she squeaked timidly, her small form shaking like a leaf and her tone muffled with her face buried in Marco's hood. “They're scary. They'll gobble me up and make me into a big Mewman stew!”

Marco looked down at her sadly. He couldn't believe such a young, innocent child could be so terror-stricken by the creatures that had raised him. What kind of messed up world did they live in if the children were instilled with so much fear at just the mere mention of the Monsters? There was still so much that needed to be undone before Mewni could be made right. “No Monster is going to eat you, I promise,” he said softly, wrapping a tender arm around the girl.

“Yeah, Daisy don't you remember what mom told us, the Monsters aren't bad anymore, we all made up,” Violet pitched in helpfully.

“In fact, right now Star, your mom and I are working on making a peace commission,” Marco added.

Daisy, finally lifted her head up, staring into Marco's brown eyes with shining pupils. “What's that?” the young girl asked, cocking her head cutely to the side.

“Duh, weren't you even listening before. It's something Star made up so that the Monsters and Mewmans won't fight anymore.”

“So the Monsters aren't bad now?” Daisy asked, nervously.

“No, most of them are really good,” Marco reassured the girl, patting her back softly. “And the ones that aren't, my dad, Buff Frog, is going to stop them from hurting anyone. He's the leader of the Monsters, y'know.”

“Is he gonna eat any of the bad Monsters?” Violet asked, innocently.

“No!” Marco quickly corrected her in a flash. “He's not gonna eat anyone.”

Daisy sniffed, wiping her eyes with her arm, looking less scared than she was before as she asked, “Your dad is the leader?”

Marco nodded. “That's right.”

“So are you like a prince?”

Marco's eyes widened. “Umm, I'm not really sure. I mean, Buff Frog isn't really a king or anything...” the hooded teens voice drifted off, as a million new questions swirled around his head. He made a mental note to call his dad later and ask.

“Well if you were a prince than that means you and Star could have an arranged marriage,” Violet said, as the two continued down the hallway. “That's what some royal couples do sometimes.”

“Maybe, we'll see,” Marco said casually. In reality, though, he had no idea what that meant, but didn't want to admit it to the two. He just made another mental note to ask Star about it later.

…

“Okay...” Star said tiredly. “I think that's a good stopping point for the day.”

She looked around her room with bleary eyes. They had made significant progress, so far, a large chunk of the paperwork finished. They had had to sort through it all, putting it into their proper stacks, before signing and filling out the most important one's first. Luckily, Aunt Lily had known which ones those were and that helped Star out a lot. With those done, they could at least get fully certified from the MHC, while they filled out the rest. So that was at least one problem down for the day.

The blond royal sighed, massaging her eyelids with her palms, thick bags now hanging under her normally bright blue irises. Jackie and Aunt Lily didn't look much better, the skater, leaning far back in the chair she was in, looking on the brink of falling asleep. Lily looked a bit more composed, sitting up straight on Star's couch, but her hair was frazzled in places and her eyes drooped with exhaustion. Suddenly, a voice out of nowhere spoke up, startling the group.

“Huh, it says here that if you cut off a mermaid's tail that you can never be queen, isn't that interesting?” Star and the others turned in shock to see Janna laying on Star's bed, examining one of the papers closely, looking comfortable and relaxed.

“Janna, how long have you been there?!” Star demanded angrily, putting her hands on her hips.

“Mmm, about two hours I'd say,” the creepy girl replied nonchalantly. “Man, there are some weird rules in here.”

“And you never thought about maybe helping us out,” Jackie questioned her roommate in obvious annoyance.

“Of course I did. I just didn't want to,” Janna replied calmly, not even looking away from the paper. “Did you know that if you refuse to eat corn offered to you by a member of the MHC that you can be sentenced to up to 2,000 years in crystal?”

Star let out a frustrated sigh, running a hand slowly down her face. “No, I didn't know that,” Star said in exasperation.

“I also wasn't aware of that,” Lily piped up, sounding quite cheerful.

“Well, now you do, your welcome,” Janna said, before throwing the paper away, letting it fall randomly to the floor, not even bothering with their carefully planned out filing system. Star's eye twitched, before she covered her head in her hands, letting out a frustrated groan. Normally Janna's behavior didn't bother her, but she was too tired and frustrated right now to simply shrug it off.

Jackie put a hand on the blond's shoulder, telling her, “You know how she is. It's best just to ignore her.”

Star let out a deep sigh, releasing all her stress and anger. “Let's just... go get something to eat,” the blond royal said, deciding to take Jackie's advice.  

“Sounds great,” Janna said, rising from the bed and walking over to the door. She looked back at them with a smirking grin, saying, “Well, hurry up, slowpokes. Before it gets cold.”

Star growled in annoyance and both Jackie and Aunt Lily put a hand on either shoulder, giving her consoling looks. Jackie opened her mouth, but Star quickly said, “I know, I know. Just ignore her.”

…

The four were just passing by the kitchen on the way to the dining hall when Jackie heard giggles coming from inside the kitchen area. The skater stopped and said to the others, “Did you guys hear that?”

“Hear what?” Star questioned, giving her a confused look.

That's when they all heard the small and familiar giggles echoing around the room, along with a much older sounding one, that Star recognized in a second. “Marco?” she said.

This was confirmed a second later as they all heard the clear voice of none other than Marco Diaz. “Are you two sure your mom lets you eat this much chocolate?” his muted voice asked.

“Positive,” the voice of little Daisy replied.

“Yeah, don't worry so much, big brother,” Violet said a second later.

“Okay, if your sure,” Marco replied, though he himself sounded slightly unsure still.

“Did he say chocolate?” Lily asked in concern. She knew all too well what too much sugar could do to her daughters.

“Oh Marco,” Star sighed.

Lily quickly rushed over to the door, the three teens right behind her. She threw the door open to reveal Marco and the twins on the floor of the kitchen, a bowl of chocolate pudding between them, being shared by all of them. Everything around them was covered in the substance, including them, chocolate on their faces, clothes, and hair. They all froze when they saw the group enter, Marco in shock and Daisy and Violet in alarm. Their faces both switched to guilt and regret as they threw their spoons of pudding back in the bowl in Marco's lap and tried their best to hide behind the hooded teen.

“Um, hey guys,” Marco said in uncertainty seeing the looks on their faces. “What's up?”

“Oh Marco,” Star sighed again, her heart going out to him. Her sweet, naive gullible bestie. By the looks of it, it was obvious that her mischievous cousins had tricked her poor, innocent boyfriend into breaking the rules.

It seemed her aunt had realized the same as she asked in a scolding tone, “Daisy, Violet, did you trick this young boy into giving you chocolate?”

“Ummmm...” they both said, unsure how to answer.

“Nice,” Janna said in appreciation of the two's level of skill. Jackie shot her a glare to let her know to keep her mouth shut.

“You know your not supposed to have any sugar before dinner,” Lily continued.

Marco just watched the situation progressing in confusion, looking quite uncomfortable being caught in the middle of whatever this was and Star gave him a sympathetic look.

“Sorry mom,” the two muttered, lowering their head in shame.

Marco's eyes instantly widened in realization and he shot to his feet, causing the bowl of pudding to tumble over, landing face-down creating an even larger mess on the floor. “Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, ma'am,” the hooded boy shouted, looking panicked. He shifted hesitantly for a moment, debating on if she offer his hand or bow, sweat beginning to surface on his face over the difficult decision. Finally, he dropped into a late bow, saying in the most remorseful tone he could, “I had no idea... I mean, if I had known I never would have...”

“That's quite all right, young man,” Lily interrupted, before the boy could continue stumbling out an apology. “This is on my daughters, not you.” She gave them a scolding glare and they both shifted nervously on their feet. She turned back to the boy, adding, “I'm sorry they roped you into their little scheme.”

“Oh no, they didn't have any rope,” Marco replied, innocently.

Star, Jackie and Janna all smiled at the boy, shaking their heads at his naivety. Lily raised an eyebrow for a second, before turning to Star. “So I'm assuming this is the boy you told me about?”

“Yep, that would be Marco,” the blond royal replied, glad she had told her aunt all about Marco's innocent and adorable tendencies while they were doing paperwork.

Lily stepped forward, before offering her hand to the still bowing Marco. “It's a pleasure to meet you, Marco. I'm Lily Butterfly, Star's aunt. Star's told me a lot about you,” she said pleasantly.

“Oh no the pleasure is all mine!” Marco replied, shaking her hand far too enthusiastically, but Lily didn't seem to mind, still just smiling warmly at the boy. “Star's told me a lot about you, too,” Marco continued, still not releasing her hand. “She said your really cool and fun to be around.”

“Well I try,” Lily said modestly, allowing the boy to vigorously shake her hand.

Meanwhile, the twins slowly tried to creep away, tip-toeing toward the exit. But Jackie blocked off their path, looking down at them with crossed arms. “Oh no you two don't.”

“Drat,” Violet sighed, Daisy adding in, “Busted.”

“Marco would you mind releasing my hand so that I can finish scolding my daughters,” Lady Lily asked politely.

Marco blushed and obeyed, muttering a quick apology. Lily went over to Daisy and Violet, the two looking up at her with nervous frowns. “Now then, you two know that you aren't allowed to eat chocolate without my permission, right?”

The two nodded silently.

“And you also know that lying to others is wrong, as well?”

Daisy and Violet just nodded again.

“So what do you two have to say for yourselves?”

“Sorry, mom,” Violet mumbled.

“Yeah, sorry,” Daisy sheepishly apologized, hanging her head.

Lily let out a breath, before saying, “Very well, if you are sorry, then I will let it go this time. But I expect you two to clean up your mess.”

“Yes mom,” the two said in unison, though they looked relieved that their punishishment was only minor.

“And I want you to apologize to Marco, as well.”

Daisy and Violet turned to Marco, saying, “Sorry, Marco.”

“Good,” Lily said, her tone light once again, giving the two a quick hug. She looked over to the hooded teen again, saying, “Thank you for looking after my daughters, Marco. I hope they weren't too much trouble.”

Marco shook his head. “No, not at all. I had fun playing with them,” he replied honestly.

“We had fun with you too, big brother,” Daisy said, with a grin.

Lily looked down at her daughter. “Big brother?” she asked in confusion.

“Yeah, that's what we're calling Marco,” Violet explained.

“Why?” their mother questioned.

“Cause he's like our big brother,” Daisy said, as if the answer should be obvious. “He plays with us and stuff, like a big brother is supposed to do.”

“Plus, he's Star's future husband,” Violet added, causing Star and Marco's cheeks to light up and Jackie and Janna's mouths to drop open.

“W-What?” Star stuttered, her mind going completely blank at the thought and her heart thumping away against her will.

Violet shrugged. “I'm just saying.”

“What have you three been talking about?” Jackie asked, looking over at Marco.

Marco looked around the room, flustered. “Well, I mean, um.... I didn't say we were going to get married. I just said, me and Star hadn't really... umm... I mean...” Marco's voice drifted off in embarrassment, not looking in Star's direction.

“I-It's fine, Marco,” Star said, her voice cracking against her will. “I know you know were too young for that still.”

“Right, of course,” he said, nodding, hoping they could please change the subject now.

Janna did just that, as she approached the two girls saying, “You two squirts really need to learn how to cover your tracks better.”

“Janna!” Violet exclaimed, wrapping her arms around her in a tight hug. “It's you! I missed you!”

“Missed you, too,” Janna said, patting her head softly. “So how's my young successor been doing?” She lowered her voice, whispering, “Found any new species of creepy crawlies while you were away?”

Violet tried to replicate Janna's signature smirk, coming remarkable close. “Yeah, I did. But mom took it away, after I hid it under Daisy pillow while she was sleeping.”

“That's my girl,” Janna said, ruffling the girl's hair.

“Great, now there's two of them,” Star muttered, watching the display in annoyance and exasperation.

“They're multiplying,” Jackie added in concern.

“Should we be worried?” Marco asked.

“Yes,” both girls deadpanned.

Star once again changed the subject, asking Marco, “So what were you two doing in here anyways?”

But it was Daisy who answered, shouting, “We were going to make some tea for big brother to try.”

Star looked at her boyfriend in confusion. “Tea?”  

“Yeah, I've never had any before,” Marco said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck. “But then we saw the chocolate pudding and well... y'know.”

Star laughed, leaning over and giving the boy a quick peck on the cheek. “Your adorable,” she sighed, lovingly.

Marco just blushed, his throat closing up and not allowing him to reply. He felt a small tug on his hoodie and looked down to see Daisy, who whispered none too quietly up to him, “Now you say she's adorable and kiss her back.”

Marco looked back at Star, nervously saying, “Um, she's adorable. I mean, your a-adorable too,” He leaned in and kissed her on the lips and Star closed her eyes as she allowed it to deepen.

“Nailed it,” Daisy said proudly to herself, doing a small, little fist pump in the air.

Once, the two pulled out of the breathless kiss, Star panted out, “So I guess there is only one thing left to do then.”

“What's that?” Marco asked, equally short on oxygen.

…

Marco, with the rest of the gang all gathered around him, looked down at the small cup of tea that sat waiting on the large dining table, steam steadily rising from the cup. “Will that be all, Your Majesty?” the servant who had prepared and brought them the drink asked.

“Yes, thank you,” Star replied kindly.

The servant bowed, before leaving the dining room, everyone's attention back on both Marco and the cup, which caused quiet a bit of embarrassment for the boy, as he stood unmoving, his face bright red. “Well go on, Marco, drink up,” the blond royal encouraged and the hooded teen nodded, gently grabbing the small handle on the teacup. He lifted it slowly, making sure not to spill and being sure that his pinky was sticking out like Daisy had shown him. He seemed mesmerized by the dish, as he just watched as the liquid within swirl around from his movements, gently blowing on the cup to try and cool it down enough to drink.

Finally, Violet grew too impatient to wait any longer, yelling, “Just hurry up and drink the stupid thing!”

Marco yelped at the sudden interruption, jumping a bit and nearly spilling the drink all over the floor and himself, stumbling as he tried to quickly right the cup. Lily shot her daughter a glare, which Daisy mimicked and Violet just looked begrudgingly back at them. “What? He was taking too long,” she grumbled defensively.

Once, Marco gained a steady hold on the cup, he let out a sigh, before a finger ran up his spine, causing him to scream again this time actually dropping the drink, which Star caught using her magic, lifting the wand up as she put the liquid back in the small teacup setting it back down on the table.

The hooded teen panted breathlessly from the scare, looking behind him with no surprise to see Janna smirking at him. “Janna, why did you do that?!” he asked via panicked shout.

But the creepy girl just shrugged, saying calmly, “Couldn't resist.” Violet and Daisy couldn't quite stifle their giggles, covering their mouths with their hands to try and silence themselves.

Marco just turned back to his drink and lifted it up once more, this time actually bringing it to his lips as he slowly sipped on it. Daisy and Violet leaned forward a bit, both highly anticipating his reaction to the drink.

Finally, Marco lowered the cup, licking his lips, a thoughtful expression on his face. “So Marco, what do you think?” Star asked.

“It's...” Marco looked down at the small cup, trying to find a way to put it into words. “It tastes kinda different than I expected,” he admitted.

“Good different,” Jackie pressed.

“Yeah, I like it, it's just y'know not that great,” Marco said with a shrug. “It's just sorta average I guess.”

Daisy and Violet both shared a look with each other, now at a complete loss. Who had won? After all that their big brother Marco just seemed kinda indifferent. The room was quite for a moment, before Lily spoke up saying, “Well that was a bit anti-climatic, wasn't it?”

“Soooo, who wants some popcorn?” Janna suggested and the twin's hands instantly shot up.

“I do! I do!” they shouted in sync.

“Movie night in our room?” Jackie suggested and the twins cheered as one.

Star nodded, “Yeah that sounds good, thanks Jacks,” After all the chaos that had been going on lately it would be good to just relax and have some down time.

“I'll go speak to the chef and have him bring it up to your room,” Lady Lily said, heading toward the kitchen.

“Wait,” Star said, grabbing her arm to stop her for a moment. “Aren't you going to watch it with us?”

“Of course, I will join you shortly,” Lily said, smiling at her favorite niece.

“Well then let's go and get things set up,” Jackie said, turning to her roommate and asking, “Do you still have that magic mirror hidden in your closet, Jan?”

Janna scoffed, before saying proudly, “Oh Jacks, I've got several.”

Jackie opened her mouth to reply, before she shook her head, saying, “Not even gonna ask.”

“That's probably wise.”

The two headed for the door and Marco turned to Star, the two locking gaze, their hands reaching out for each other. But just then two small hand gasped onto his own. He looked down to see Daisy and Violet, holding onto him eagerly, both bouncing on the balls of their feet. “Come on, big brother, let's go!” Violet shouted, before the two began practically dragging the boy across the room and Marco laughed, as he once again allowed himself to be led out, turning back to his girlfriend with an apologetic smile.

Star shot him a look to let him know it was okay, before following after, watching with a wide smile at the adorable display. Though she had wanted to be the one to walk with Marco and spend some time with him, she was also glad to see that her cousins had taken a liking to him.

…

Later that night, after the last movie was done, the group all just sat around Jackie's bed, Star, Jackie and Janna just chatting as the credits rolled on the magic mirror. Lily just sat listening to the three, a small smile on her face. But as the girls' voices unknowingly raised some, she quickly shushed them, drawing their attention to her. “Shh, you're going to wake them,” she whispered softly.

The 'them' she was talking about was none other than, Marco, Daisy and Violet, lay fast asleep, the two girls cuddling close to the hooded teen, a large blue blanket drapped over them. They all snored softly, looking both peaceful and far too cute for words as they just snoozed, unaware of the world turning, looking safe and content, cuddling close there together.

Star smiled at over at the three. It was so nice to see her youngest family members and her precious Marco getting along, the two easily accepting Marco into their lives, much like she had, and that thought sent her heart fluttering, barely able to contain how cute her boyfriend looked right now. It reminded her of  why she had fallen for the boy in the first place.

She slowly leaned over to the boy, giving him a soft peck on the cheek,causing him to smile in his sleep, as she said quietly, “Good night, big brother, Marco. Sweet dreams.”