The Undaunted Within | A Starco Fanfic

wings

He reaches over to me and pats my back lightly. I do the same to his.

I turn my body over so that I'm facing him completely.

"Marco?"

He turns his own body over, copying my pose.

"I won't believe anything positive you say about me right now, because I know I'm still terrible. But thanks. You're the best friend a girl could have."

I hug him tight with one arm, and the other is under my head.

He hugs me back, and we move closer to each other.

I love it when we hug. It tells me we're gonna be this close to each other forever, and nothing can change that, not even Glossaryck, Jackie, or anyone.

Plus, he smells like karate.

...

Wait, why did I think of Jackie?

I shrug this thought off and look in his eyes.

Hazel, soft, and that little mole under his right eye...

His cute little mole.

My heart starts racing. My Mewberty wings start fluttering and Marco is kind of creeped out by the sudden​ beating.

"What's that noise?"

"Oh, haha. That's just my wings, they don't usually... do that..."

I notice that we're extremely close to each other. Very close. On the bed. Hugging.

Our eyes are just centimetres away from each other.

Our noses, too.

Our lips.

I sit up as fast as I can, and Marco does so too.

"Star?"

I don't answer.

"Star, you okay?"

What is this? This feeling I have, it's weird. It's the kind I get when... Well...

Nah. That's not possible. I like Oskar Greason.

"Star. I thought we were done with this. Give yourself some time, I'm sure Glossaryck has a reason for all this. After all, he said this is what you needed."

I frown.

Marco places his hand gently on my back.

His hands. His little boy hands.

I feel something grow on my face with a soft pop. I touch it and it peels off.

A heart.

My Mewberty ones.

How do I still have them? They've been long gone. Why are they back?

This hasn't happened to me since I got my wings, but this time... the heart is glowing.

Glowing a deep purple, blinking and pulsing...

What?

"Star," Marco says, in a sing-song voice.

I snap out of my senses and quickly turn my head to him.

"WOAH!"

He flips backwards and tumbles off the bed, leaving me shocked.

He pops back up, kneeling, and points weakly at my face.

"Your..."

His voice trails off as I run over to my full-length mirror.

More of them.

The hearts are all over, literally covering my face and some are even growing on my arms and legs.

Hearts flake off as I jump backwards.

What the...?

My wings beat against my back, I'm not even controlling them. I wasn't controlling them earlier on the bed, either.

Is this a side effect of Mewberty?

Is this supposed to happen?

And that's when I feel a sudden, sharp, faint but painful sting coming from both of my wings.

"...What?"

I reach my arms over to my back and feel them. I pinch them together to stop them from moving, but that increases the pain.

"Ouch! Marco, help me take a look. My wings hurt."

He raises his eyebrows and strides over with his hands in his hoodie pockets.

Then his eyes go wide.

"What's wrong? What's happening?"

Marco shrugs nervously.

"Your wings... Wait, let go."

I release my grip on them and wait for Marco to reply.

Now the pain is more intense, and I can't keep in the winces and discomfort my wings are causing.

Marco examines them carefully.

"Marco, hurry. It really hurts, the pain's getting worse."

"Okay, just a sec."

"Ow! Quit poking, they're really sensitive, you know."

"What? I'm not poking them."

"OUCH!"

"Star, you okay?"

"MARCO, HELP!"

All the pain washes over me at full blast, it's as if someone's stabbing them out, tearing and slashing at my back to get my wings off me.

Marco grabs my wrist, panicking.

"Star! Stay still, I need to see what's going on for me to explain this to - "

I scream as my wings burn like they're on fire. The pain is starting to flow through every muscle in my body.

"STAR!"

My vision goes blurry as I stumble forwards.

My knees hit the ground with a thud and I fall to the floor.

"MARCO! GET ME MY WAND, HURRY! I KNOW A SPELL TO CONTROL THE PAIN!"

He dashes off to the bed, rummaging through the bedsheets to find my wand where I left it.

"HANG ON STAR! IT'S HERE SOMEWHERE, I SAW IT, IT'S UNDER HERE... FOUND IT!"

The pain in my wings are making me dizzy. Then, I lose my balance.

I fall to my side helplessly, writhing.

"STAR!"

The last thing I see is Marco kneeling in front of me, holding my wand. He shouts words that I can't hear.

Then everything goes black.