Keeper of the Wand

Cheering Up Marco

Hey guys! Okay, I had a little bit of trouble with this chapter, because I was a bit confused on what to do. But I think I figured out the problem. This chapter is going to be focusing more on Star's problems; let's be honest, I haven't been getting her involved as much. So it's her time to shine! But not to bright to burn anything down. Anyway, here's the new chapter! :)

-Rose's POV-

"Duck!" I screamed, pushing Marco to the ground as a monster hand slipped the empty air where Marco's head used to be. I held my palms out and yelled, "Cupcake Blast!" Cupcakes flew out and hit the monsters. Star blasted another monster with with the same spell. Marco got up and we all started running towards the shed. I turned around and blasted another monster, before Marco grabbed my wrist and pulled me into the shed. It was pitch black and I could feel Marco's grip on my wrist. Star had grabbed buckets of paint and blocked the door, when her wand started to glow, lighting the shed.

I looked and Marco was standing right behind me as all of us backed away from the door. He was still holding my wrist, which I didn't mind, but his grip was growing tighter. "Marco," I said, "Could you, maybe let go?" He looked and let go.

"Sorry," he said quickly, getting up onto a stool. "Marco, what the heck is going on?!" Star asked.

"Uh...this could be all my fault," he said, grabbing a skeleton bust.

"Partially," I said, looking at Marco.

"What?!" Star said, looking between me and Marco. "What did you guys...." but then, we both heard heavy breathing. We looked and it was a three eyed monster. "Okay, that's creepy," I said, as Star closed the blinds.

"What did you guys do?!" she asked, finishing her question. Marco fell off the stool, but quickly got up. He gave me the bust, which I in turn gave to Star. "Hold this, We're going to need armor," he said, moving to another part of the shed. "Guys?" Star said, sounding serious. But I was helping Marco look for the blowtorch.

"Where did my dad put his blowtorch?" Marco said. The shed shook and I felt something hit my head. It bounced off and landed in my open hand. "Ow," I said, holding out the blowtorch. He smiled, "Thanks."

"Guys?" Star said, her voice getting louder. But Marco was putting the protective mask on and started the blowtorch. I grabbed some gloves and put them on, ready to go.

"Marco Diaz and Rose Butterfly!" Star shouted. Okay, when my sister says a full name of a person, she is being totally serious. Marco lifted the mask and looked at Star. I looked at her, surprised as well. She dropped the skeleton bust and said, "What..is going...on?"

"Look," I said, stepping forward, "Do you remember that day Marco and I were having a horrible day?"

-Flashback! *Brought to you by Rose Butterfly*-

I was sitting on the bus, next to Star, looking around as she looked out the window. "Star? Where's Marco?" I asked, as she closed the window. "He's jogging to school," she said, sitting down. I moaned; I TOLD her Marco wasn't up yet and that we should've woken him up this morning. I got up and was halfway down the aisle, when the bus suddenly stopped. I flew towards the front and hit the metal pole keeping students from the driver's seat in the front of the bus.

Thus, also giving myself a black eye.

I moaned and slowly got up, but the bus moved again and I fell back down. I heard somebody laughed and saw Brittany. "Well, that look totally suits you," she said, laughing. I growled, "Really? I think it would look better on you. Should I give you one?"

"No, because it wouldn't look as good as, THIS," and at that, she threw her lunch all over my favorite outfit. I gasped, and the whole bus erupted into laughter. The bus finally reaches school, and I march off, everybody laughing behind me. Only to trip on the last step and fall into a mud puddle. More students saw me and laughed. I got up and kept walking. But things grew worse. I see the school sign in the front and it said, "School Picture day."

"Are you serious?" I said, getting really mad. Suddenly, a girl in a nice outfit comes over and says, "Smile!" The camera she was holding flashed and I moaned, on the verge of tears. "I'm so done today," I mumbled. Then suddenly, I heard the sound of wood breaking and looked. My eyes grew wide at the scene; Marco had broken Jackie's skateboard. She picked it up and even though i couldn't hear the conversation, she looked upset and so did Marco. She sort of rode away on her broken skateboard and Jeremy walked away, laughing.

Marco looked up and saw me. I walked over to him, and all I asked was, "Bad day too?"

"What happened to you?" he asked, sounding sad.

"Got a black eye, got food thrown on me by Brittany, tripped and fell into a mud puddle, and I think i scrapped my knee."

He nodded, and we both knew it; today just wasn't our day.

-Flash to the present-

Star was helping us put the bust into a vise as she asked, "I'm sorry you guys had a bad day, but what does that have to do with now?"

Marco was looking for the saw, but it was by my feet so i grabbed it and passed it to him. He nodded at me and started to saw at the bust. "I'll get to that, since Rose talked most of the time," he said. Suddenly, a monster arm crashed through the shed wall and we screamed. It moved around, trying to grab something. Marco moved the bust a little to the arm and it grabbed the bust, ripping the head off. He stood up, and yelled through the hole, "Thank you!"

Star and I stood up as Marco put a painting over the hole. He looked at Star, "The both of us were so bummed out, but you tried to cheer us up."

-Flash to past-

Marco and I were sitting on the couch, not really paying much attention to anything. I had an ice pack over my eye, trying to reduce the swelling. Star had a mustache on and was doing some sort of caterpillar move with it. But we ignored her, and she walked away. Later on, still wearing the mustache and now a hat, she started to juggle the laser eyed puppies. But they started shooting lasers, and she nearly dropped one.

She continued doing it, but after she realized it wasn't working, she put the puppies down. I looked up and noticed that she was pulling something out of her top hat. It was a giant fish, that was see through. "Ta-Da!" Suddenly, the fish wiggled and stalled half of Star. I quickly sat up as she started running around, screaming. Then she tripped and thievish swallow her whole. She was curled up in a ball and floated in the fish, whimpering through the fish.

Suddenly, I couldn't help but giggle, and then laugh. Marco started laughing too, and soon we were ll laughing, even the fish.

-Flash present-

"You did everything you could to cheer us up," I said, smiling at her. She smiled but then Marco sighed, "Then you met Oskar."

"Oh boy..." I mumbled.

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Sorry for the shorten chapter. But I wanted to save the best part for last. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and I'll try to update ASAP. :)