An abrupt grip on Randy’s shoulders made him turn around to witness an angry Macro Diaz standing next to a human sized portal. With a mighty pull, Marco flipped the assailant over his back and into the portal, “YAAAAAAH-!” The Ninja yelled before the gateway cut him off.



Marco ran over to his best friend, carefully checking her condition, “Star! Are you alright? Where’d he hurt you? How many fingers am I holding up?” Marco shook his friend till she finally came to. Immediately, the princess went into a battle stance but calmed down since her opponent was nowhere to be found. After questioning Macro, he explained that he used the scissors to escape the locker and went to aid her.



Suddenly, a red scarf lunged from the open portal, wrapped around Macro’s head and quickly dragged the boy in. “Marco!” The princess yelled in horror. Grabbing her wand, Star didn’t waste a second more before jumping into the gateway as it vanished behind her. The remaining students looked on in confusion before calmly returning to their activities as if this were a normal occurrence.



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Amethyst Arcade...







“-Scarf Slam!” Randy yelled as he flung Marco high into the air before slamming him down into a token machine, upon impact a torrent of coins sprouted into the air as an unconscious karate boy was surrounded by strange rectangular aliens collecting the currency.



“Oooooo, scarfed the wrong person. Sorry bout that, karate guy!” The Ninja began to walk over to help the boy, but something else caught his attention. Something so important that helping an injured teenager was obsolete.



“No honking way! Is that Grave Puncher XV Final Mix Arcade Edition!? This place is amazing (besides the weird aliens), I gotta show Howard!” Randy gushed zealously staring at the 182 inch monitor located at the arcade's center.



"I got your grave and punch right here, pajama boy!"



“Whuuzat huh-?” As The Ninja turned around towards the furious voice, Star nailed his chin so hard it sent him a couple yards back. As Randy began to lift himself, she gave him a drop kick to the head, swiftly followed up with a Canadian Destroyer, and ruthlessly threw the disoriented ninja into an arcade machine by the legs.





Struggling to regain his bearings after the beat down, Randy nursed his head, "Ooooooow.. Y-you watch wrestling too-? Oh boy!" When everything stopped looking blurry, Randy noticed Star was charging up another magical spell. Thinking quickly, he pulled out a few black yellow striped balls.



"Honeybee Tornado Swarm!"



"Ninja Bee Balls!"









Both attacks unleash a torrent of bees which began furiously stinging both fighters. The two ran away hollering—swinging their arms about. Fortunately for Star, the bees fled as she took cover behind an arcade machine. The future queen used this time to do something foreign; think of a plan. Suddenly a non-metaphorical light bulb popped from her cranium as she got an idea; wait for the assassin to shout an attack.

"Ninja-"

"RAINBOW FLYTRAP!" Star yelled, popping from cover to stick the airborne ninja to a transparent sticky rainbow. Smirking at her successful trap, Star transformed her wand yet again—this time into a bazooka equipped with machine guns and smaller rockets, “Shimmering Destructo Cannon!”

The two mini rockets exploded upon impacting the flytrap, blowing the smoldering ninja into an arcade machine. Randy dazzlingly got up just in time to hear the whirl of Star’s minigun before running behind multiple arcade games. Star’s minigun demolished any machine Randy previously occupied as she followed his form around the game area; bullets shells littering the floor below. As more and more potential cover was destroyed, the princess noticed The Ninja was circling her the whole time, his speed ever increasing and more difficult to lock onto. Once he was in her blind spot, he immediately leapt for her back.

“Ninja-!”



“Winderstorm Hyperblow!” Star turned her bazooka into wand form and shot out a strong blizzard, instantly freezing the mid-air ninja and a few bystanders peeping on the action from their respective covers. His frozen body fell to the floor—still in attack pose within the ice block. Casually, Star approached her prone adversary while transforming her wand back to a bazooka, “You know, you reeeaaally shouldn’t yell out your attacks. Ninja 101." Star stated smugly.

'Come on, you do the same thing!' Randy would’ve retorted, but being bounded in ice wouldn't allow. Randy was forced to watch the princess shoot a large rocket at his head, unable to move as the explosive projectile got closer. Thinking quickly, he activated the Ninja Rage to set his suit ablaze with roaring fire—instantly evaporating his confines and the surrounding ice.







Randy immediately bent his body back, playing a dangerous game of limbo with the rocket as it past overhead, leaving pink exhaust fumes behind. This surprised the princess, but she quickly transformed her wand into a bow and took aim at her fleeing foe. Following the rocket, The Ninja threw his scarf, wrapping the projectile and pulled back hard—trying to change it's trajectory towards Star.

“HNNG, N-ninja-!”

“Ninja Nothing!” Star interrupted, firing her magical arrow at the vulnerable flaming Ninja restraining the rocket. The painful shot to his back blasted the Ninja in the air, letting the rocket carry the screaming boy by his scarf. The princess merrily watched the rocket disappear into the endless arcade and pumped her fist as a rainbow explosion went off in the distance.



*BOOM!*

[stop music]



Star kept her gaze on the colorful smoke, not underestimating this opponent. Once it finally dissipated, the Mewman ran over to her friend and pulled him out the token machine. "Marco, wake up! I need your scissors since I'm 20% sure he's not dead," Star spoke fast and searched through the half unconscious boy's hoodie.

“Wha- huh?” Marco fully awoke to Star taking out his Dimensional Scissors. He jumped into a battle stance ready to defend his princess but found not threat around, “Star, what happened? Please tell me we’re leaving because you won.”

“No, Marco. You’re leaving,” Star stated seriously, “I can’t truly let go while you’re still around. I know you’ll say, ‘I’m not running away!’”

“I’m not running away!” Marco yelled back.

“So, don’t run away. Get backup if you need- “

“Those scissors can cross dimensions?” A nearby voice questioned.

“UGH! Yes! Can you please not interrupt our conversation-!?” Star stopped as both her and Marco slowly turned their heads over to The Ninja (Ninja Rage deactivated) who somehow entered their little huddle with them noticing.

“Ninja Yoink!” Snatching the scissors while they were shocked, The Ninja ran with the two chasing behind. Using the tool to cut the air, a portal materialized ahead of the surprised ninja. Looking back, Randy spotted Star charging a spell and quickly escaped through the portal. Not wanting to lose his scissor, Marco was the first to blindly run in with Star not far behind.



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Land of Shadows...







The Land of Shadows was a strange place with nothing seemingly around except floating platforms in the bright void. This was diffidently an eerie world the duo wanted to leave immediately, “Um, is this his home world or something?” Marco asked nervously.



“Actually,” the two turned towards voice that belonged to The Ninja who causally lounged upon a small moving rocky platform floating by, “it’s the Land or Shadows. This is where big bads and dark magic stuff come from or something, I dunno. But, point is; gonna keep you guys here. Thanks for the scissors, PEACE!” With that, the duo watched Randy eagle dive off the platform and into the abyss below. Cutting through the fabric of space with the scissors, Randy fell through the portal which closed shortly behind him.



Both Marco and Star looked stared over the edge where their assailant disappeared. Neither looked concerned, but instead confused that The Ninja assumed they couldn’t escape this dimension, “Star” Marco began, putting a hand on her metal shoulder pad, “you were actually about to send me to Mewni during the fight?”

The princess sighed, took Marco’s hand into her own and looked into his eyes, “It’s not that you can’t defend yourself, but some enemies we fight are too powerful,” She stated carefully.

Marco felt insulted, “What are you saying?”



“Marco! You remember what happened with Toffee, if I hadn’t destroyed my wand you would’ve been a pancake! Or that time Meteora stole your soul! Then there was with Tom-” she was about to continue but stopped as she saw the hurt in Marco’s eyes. Calming down the princess sadly stared down at her boots, “it’s fun fighting villains like Luddo with you, but not serious threats like Toffee. Every time you get hurt it's because I failed to protect you. If this assassin ends up killing you I don't think I can-"



"Star."



The queen in training looked up into Marco's eyes. He had that same expression on his face every time she vented her feelings; a mixture of reassurance and understanding. "It's not your fault, I put myself myself in danger to protect you. I may not have powers like you, but that won't stopping me from trying. And it's not just me. Moon, Tom, your dad, and everyone else would put our life down to help you." He hugged her, and slowly she returned it, "Besides you know that wouldn't have kept me from coming after you again," Star rolled her eyes and chuckled.



"Alright, let's get your scissors back!" Star yelled. But, a green twinkle coming a few feet away caught her attention. As if in a trance, Star slowly walked over to a small green orb and picked it up. She continued to stare at the orb with her mouth hung open, it shined again and she sore voices began to speak to her. The voices began getting louder and more aggressive as Star's eyes began to turn green-



"Star!" Marco yelled smacking the orb aside. It bounced along the ground before falling off the edge into the abyss below. “Are you okay? Come on, let’s leave this place.” He started shaking her and stopped as she finally came to.

“Huh? What? O-oh okay,” She blinked her eyes a few times to regain her sense. ‘What was that?’ She internally questioned but began to focus on her magic. Slowly, the princess’ body began to glow brightly...



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Norrisville High Track/Soccer Field...







The Ninja fell from his portal in the middle of a soccer game in a generic super hero landing pose. "Ow. That's really hard on the knees," He whined quietly.



"Ninja's back!" someone shouted as the crowd and players cheered.



“The monster is defeated, citizens! You're all safe!" Quickly, Randy changed his voice to sound deeper and more heroic. The Ninja basked in the cheers and coyly waved to the audience before pulling out a smoke bomb ball.



“SMOKE BOM- “The Ninja stopped once he spotted the crowd gasping in horror and players slowly began running off the field.

“What?” He questioned. All they did was point to whatever was behind him.

“…oooo booy… she’s right behind me, isn’t she?” They nodded, still stunned for whatever they're witnessing.







"What the juice!? How many forms do you have?" Randy yelled, taking out a sword. Despite her beautiful appearance the princess sheer presence radiated power as it shined like the sun. Her appearance was identical to her purple mewberty form besides the color change and larger wings. Randy noticed a portal behind her as her Mexican ally walked through it (which closed shortly behind him), 'So they can make portals without these scissors?'.



"Assassin! Give back what you stole and I might go easy on you!" Star demanded, floating a few yards in the air. Though, her offer didn't convince Randy.



"That's a very convincing offer! Ninja Toss!" Randy threw the scissors high in the air, catching the attention of both Star and Marco.



"I got it! I got it!" Star yelled moving around to where she hopped the scissors would land.



"Ninja Distraction Sword Throw!"



"Star, watch out!" Marco tackled the blonde away from the projectile and instead stabbed his hoodie, sending him flying to a goal post which embedded his hoodie into the metal. Marco hanged there, struggling to free himself.



Star sighed in relief as Marco was unharmed before furiously turning towards Randy. "That guy has the worst luck..."



