binded souls

chapter 1

Sunday.
star was up in her room. still holding on to that phone of Marco's, waiting desperately for a call from Oskar. it's been weeks since they first met. and after the whole wand fiasco, she didn't want to think about it too much. Even though it was quite a big situation. she pulled her pillow under her stomach and dropped her chin to release the tension in her neck, her eyes squinted at the glass touch screen, nothing.
Marco slugged his (dry, thank goodness) socks on the wooden floor and plopped down. It was already 2:38 in the afternoon and he still remained in his pajamas. his head laid back on his chair up by his desk. Looking up at the cork board full of papers; karate con, dojo submissions, photos.  the simple things, the simple life. before everything went, wild.
he turned his head to his gray shirt on his bed from the night toffee captured him. marco lunged forward and grabbed the shirt, tossing it at the back of his closet.
*knock knock*
marco opened his door and looked in the hallway. usually whenever someone knocks the front door. Star always bolts down and answers it. it's a perk for her. along with making faces at the gardeners.
he stared at her door. not a sound came from her room,
marco walked quietly over to star's door and peeked in through the star hole. she was looking at his phone with a blanket over her head. it.. didn't seem like it was really a good time to bother her.
marco jumped down the stairs and opened the door. a man in a guard suit stood Infront of the doorway. with a somewhat scared face and. horrible acne. geez,
he knew instantly who is was though, marco saw him before at the mewni dimension. he didn't know him personally, but saw him before by the king's side.
the guard held a long, closed wooden box, and shoved it towards marco "the q-queen cleaned the w-wand for uh.. um princess s-star butterf-fly" the guard stammered.
marco leaned back and looked down "oh I, um" he turned his head up at the stairs. "hold on one second"
he ran up stairs and slowly knocked on star's door "star?" marco quietly said "I think your dad's royal um. guard brought your wand back" he stepped back.
"really?!" star squeaked from the covers. Marco sighed in relief, she's still her perky, monster fighting self.
star threw the blanket off her and placed his phone on her heart drawer, finally something good for a change has gotten her spirits up. she swung her door open while Marco jumped back, star ran down stairs but Marco stopped halfway down, watching her turn to the front door.
she looked down at the box the guard held, nodding him of thanks and shuts the door.
"marco!" she smiled "it's here! oh it's like receiving a package of crystal cantraolis!" star paused and looked up "I use to get a monthly box full of them back at mewni" she laughed and held the box closer.
marco leapt down the other half of the stairs and crossed his arms and smiled "aren't your gonna open it?"
"oh oh! yes duh." she kneeled down and carefully removed the wooden top. her new "upgraded wand" sat before her.
star's smile got bigger. she was about to say something, but stopped and retracted her hands from grabbing it.
Marco uncrossed his arms "what is it?"
she blinked and picked the wand up, tracing her finger along the brim of the star "it's broken"
marco stepped forward while star stood back up "what do you mean?" he asked.
star held the wand from the bottom firmly. Looking at it. "I.. I thought it was dirty and the middle star was just covered with ashes but, it's broken in half."  Her voiced cracked. "How can I ever use it again?"
marco looked at her and tilted his head forward at the top of the wand. "it was upgraded, right?" he asked "if the wand is twice as powerful as before, the usage is the same as the old version." marco looked at her.
star's eyes looked confused, but somewhat relieved. she tapped the missing half of the wand and took a deep breath "yea.. yea! your right!" her cheek hearts stretched wide "I mean, maybe it's not. um. a perfect wand like before, but it's bigger!" star looked straight into Marco's eyes. softly smiling "better"