The Luck Of The Draw

The Butterfly Effect - Part 3

Setting; Star Vs The Forces Of Evil

OC; Hope Honey; OC I have used before in other stories

Death; Has no idea and doesn't really want to know or care about it

Reincarnated As; Herself, just in a different setting

Pairings; Decided for the most part - I will put them up as more characters start coming in.

-Chapter Start-

"-then she froze me in a block of ice!" Tom Lucitor, the Prince of the Underworld, yelled out, flames surrounding him and setting the grass he was pacing over top of on fire.

There were many things that Nicole thought she would be doing on this lovely weekend. Finishing her homework, lazying around, and then hanging out with her best friend in the whole world, Hope.

All three things she actually did. What she didn't expect was the demon they met before showing up at Hope's house, asking for advice. Then, Hope and her somehow ending up in the backyard of Hope's home, listening to what had happened at the ball Tom invited Star Butterfly to. 

Somehow she missed Tom giving Hope a little compact mirror that turned out to be some type of magical mirror phone or something and his number along with it, becoming friends with her.

This worried Nicole a little. Not because Hope made friends with a demon or anything like that, no, Hope honestly needed more friends in her life. It was the fact that Hope took the phone-like mirror and number without hesitation from a sorta stranger at the time. And it didn't help that this sorta stranger had anger issues like no other.

So, now here she was, lounging on the outdoor bench in Hope's backyard, listening to Tom complain about what had happened at what Nicole thinks of a sketchy ball of some kind, and wondering where her simple weekend plans had gone. Saturday had been fine, so why has Sunday forsaken her?

Hope, on the other hand, was wondering how much work was going to need to be done to get rid of the dead grass and grow some new grass in it's place. She can only hope that none of the flowers get set aflame, and that the small fire at Tom's feet doesn't spread out for whatever reason. She worked hard on this yard and doesn't want to see it on fire, thank you very much.

"Well, you were about to seriously hurt her friend." Hope eventually told the demon, making him growl lowly. Nicole straightened at the sound, looking on second away from tackling the boy, but Hope didn't seem to notice Tom's anger levels rising. Or the fire around Tom's feet growing in size.

"I mean, you tried to make everything fun for her, but you can't force love on someone else just like you can't punish someone for being in love." Hope went on to say, looking up at the blue sky in thought. "Whatever made you two break up in the first place, it might take more time for Star to come to terms with that and see that you are changing. Even then, there might be a chance that her feelings for you have changed. Meaning, she may not want to date you anymore. Then there's the fact that even if you two get together again, it's not going to be the same as before."

'Good advice from someone who has never been in a relationship before.' Nicole couldn't help but snort at the irony of it all. But, it's most likely those romantic fiction and healthy relationship books Hope reads in her free time. Why she does, Nicole has no idea and wasn't about to say anything about it. It lessens the worry that someone could come and take advantage of her friend. Also helps out to have someone with the knowledge just in case.

Tom meanwhile, was staring at Hope with his jaw on the ground and fire slowly going down with every word she says.

"So, the ball, dance, thing, whatever you called it, didn't work out. Not all hang outs or dates go perfectly or even good. Things happen. That's the chaos theory for you; What will go wrong will go wrong." Hope shrugged, now looking at a dumbfounded Tom - thankful to see no flames anymore. "The only thing now to do is focus on your anger management and decide if you want to still chase after Star when your better." Hope then frowned, a thought suddenly hit her. "Although, you should be respectful to Star's decision and choice on the matter - no one likes a stalker. No means no."