Homeless (A Starco Fanfic)

Storm the Castle

"I..uh..I have."

"Oh great!" Tom clapped his hands together. "Where is she? Is she hiding? I love it when she plays games, Oooh Star~come out come out!—"
Marco sighed and crossed his arms. "She's not here."

"What?"

"Star isn't here. She left. I don't why, I don't know how, I don't know where."

"You never really answered my question. Who are you?" The demon looked up & down at Marco. "And how do you know my Star?"

"My name's Marco and Star's my best friend. She lived here, in my house, for a while because she didn't have one. I consider the two of us pretty close," Marco stood up and approached the purple-skinned boy. "Yet she never mentioned anything about you." He squinted.

"Star never mentioned anything about ME?" Tom's eyes lit up in flames and his face morphed into pure rage. His voice dropped and it made Marco flinch.

"Woah!" Marco's hands rose in defense, "Calm down! What's up with you?! No wonder Star never mentioned anything about you, you're nuts!"

The demon grabbed Marco, lifting him up. "YOU'RE JUST A WEAK TINY BOY, NO WONDER STAR LEFT YOU! SHE'S MINE AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO BACK OFF!" He threw the boy on the ground and his monstrous face morphed back into calm.

"Agh!" Marco tumbled, hitting his head on the ground. He angrily looked up at Tom but his expression softened when he realized something. "Tom–dude listen to me, we can't fight. Star needs us, me as her best friend and you as her..uh..boyfriend. I propose we team up."

Tom's flames extinguished and he walked up to Marco, offering a hand to help him stand. "Actually, Star isn't my girlfriend. She's my ex but I can guarantee when she sees me again she'll wanna get back together." He huffed and chuckled to himself.
"Let's start over then. I'm Marco." He held out his hand.
"The name's Tom." Tom took his hand and shook it. "But seriously, if you ever doubt Star's feelings towards me again I will burn you."

Marco shifted uncomfortably. "I actually have a couple of friends that want to help, can they join us?" The brunette balanced himself and dusted off his pants.
"Depends, who exactly are these friends?"

-cut scene-

"Woah! Marco! You didn't tell me you were friends with a demon..." Janna and Jackie were back inside of Star's room, both shocked by Tom's appearance.

"Friends? Eh..." Marco rubbed the back of his neck while eyeing Tom.

"Hello, my name's Tom Lucitor, Prince of the underworld." He bowed in front of the two, now blushing girls.

"Prince of the underworld?!" Marco rose his eyebrows.

"You got that right. Pleasure to meet the both of you, really. Marco says you'll be joining us on our voyage to find my Star?"

"Y-yes." Jackie nodded quickly, "That's Janna and I'm Jackie. Nice to meet you."

"Super nice." Janna was staring at the demon up close, studying all of his features. "Wicked, I've always wanted a third eye."

"Heh...let's go, shall we?" Tom's red and black carriage reappeared in the center of Star's room and he opened the door, motioning for the girls and Marco to get inside.

Once all four of them were sitting comfortably inside of the carriage they began to discuss all of the dimensions Tom already traveled to in a process of elimination.

"What about Mewni?" Marco suggested.

"Mewni? Star's dimension? People were warning me specifically not to go there. They said it had become corrupted, filled with monsters and evil beings. So naturally I avoided it. Plus, they said there was no chance Starship would be there."