Star vs. The Forces of Evil: The Hidden Truth

The Hunt

The boy scurried frantically around the floor, knocking over small tables in his panic. It was midnight, the moon shone furiously outside, the stars gleaming bright. But the boy saw none of this. He was focused on one thing and one thing only. To run.

His feet scampered across the floor, left after right. Sweat flicked down his neck as he attempted to escape the terror that was prowling. Searching. Hunting.

He stopped. A dead end it seemed, a tapestry (thankfully a normal, non royal one) covered the wall. A sinister voice could be heard, creeping up on him from behind, threatening to swallow him up.

"Maaaarcoooo, where aaaare youuuu? I just want to playyyyy!"

Marco's face paled. How had everything gone so wrong?

16 hours ago

Star shot up from her bed as she stared up at the bookshelf in front of her, wondering if she could just lie there and die alone. After a few minutes of just sitting there, blank faced, she turned to her alarm clock.

8:00

"Oh no."

The frantic Princess ran straight into her wardrobe, hurriedly searching for her clothes. How had nobody woken her up?!

Right as she pulled her stockings up, her door snapped itself open to reveal a startled Queen Moon.

"Star? You're awake?"

Star tried to grin at her mother as she fastened up her boots. "Yes yes yes, oh my gosh, I'm going to be late for-"

She became rigid, her mind working out her situation.

"Oh. That's right, no school, I'm on Mewni. No training with Glossaryck either, it's a Flacks day."

Star calmed down considerably, but an aching feeling still shivered down her spine. Why was she so nervous, like everything was going to explode?

Her mother eyed her candidly, "Well, while you're here, I was going to wake you up for breakfast, but I suppose you've done that yourself."

Star groaned as she pulled herself out the door, intent on getting to the royal dining room before her mom. What a start to a day.

Star and her mother made their way over to a large rectangular table, decorated in an elegant buffet of Mewnian cuisine, where the rest of the castle's inhabitants waited.

Moon and River's seat were at the very front, Marco sat to River's right, and Janna two seats from Moon. Star meticulously sat down next to Marco, her brain pounding her with incessant headaches. It was so bad in fact, that Star almost didn't notice Marco's instant recoil as Star sat next to him, like someone placed a viper on his nose. Almost. Since their adventure in the tapestry room, both had been a bit distant, although not by choice.

"Oh- ugh- Hi Star." The welcome rolled out of his tongue like sandpaper. The boy didn't expect Star to sit next to him, although he really should have, as they were supposed to be 'best friends. Star stared at Marco for what was really seconds, but felt like hours.

"Hi there Marco." She emoted with an artificial excitement in her voice. Sweat kept running down Marco's face. This wasn't the first time they'd eaten next to each other but it never the less felt like a first.

The countless servants walked up and down the hallway, serving each diner a beautiful looking meal (mostly corn related). Marco always asked for a normal Earth breakfast in fear of not liking mewnian food, and therefore offending his hosts. Janna, on the other hand, would always ask for something new, really enjoying her stay in the foreign kingdom. The Royal Family, of course, would pick their favorite corn dishes.