Chapter 12 - Gray Hills

Hey everyone, sorry for the long period between the last update and this one but I've been busy with graduation and the likes. This chapter is also pretty short, because I divided this chapter into two to make it flow better, and I think it turned out well. I will probably upload the second part in a few days, and get back to regular updates soon.

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synnworld - Haha, no she didn't but remember that she can only do that when she really needs to do something, and it is also unintentional. She doesn't know how to do it per-say, it just happens. However regarding that, it will take part in the story in a major way, but if I just threw it in left and right for minor things I feel like it wouldn't still hold the meaning of when it happens in the show.

Guest Sorta - Thanks for the continued support of my story.

Disclaimer - So I have developed a multiverse-machine which lets me go through the multiverse, and I am still searching for a universe where I own Star vs The Forces of Evil.

Star and Marco passed through a large set of wooden doors leading into what they guessed was a form of jail. Behind them, the guards, Rob closed the door and started walking down the dark hall, the odd light bulb hanging from the ceiling the only light present. Turning his head to make sure the two were following him, he started walking down the hall. Following Rob to a door, he opened it and walked through motioning for the teens to follow him. They entered a room with two beds, a dresser and a barred window facing the street.

"This is where you will be staying for now, until it's decided what will happen with you." Rob said to them, motioning for them to enter the room.

"How is that decided?" Marco asked, the man turned towards him. There will be a trial in front of the entire town where you will be given a chance to explain yourself, and after there will be a vote to see if you're guilty or not guilty of associating with Wallace, and after that it is decided what we do with you."

"What could happen to us?" Star asked the man.

"Depends on if you convince the people here you didn't know who Wallace was."

"What happens then?"

"Well, you will either be allowed to stay or given some stuff and sent on your way." This eased Stars nerves, until Marco asked another question.

"And if we can't?"

"Well, then we decide what to do with you. Keep you locked up, kick you out, or if you manage to really screw up, execute you." Rob turned to leave before he paused. "I hope for your sake, you can convince everyone." Walking through the door. It closed and they both heard it lock.

Star placed her pack down and sat on her bed, placing her head in her hands. "What are we going to do Marco?"

"We just need to tell the truth, that's all we can do." Marco said, as he sat beside her taking her hands into his and looking her in the eye. "We're going to get through this, just like everything else. Nothing has changed."

"Except now it's just the two of us, at least we had Glossaryck to ask for advice before, even if it was just riddles most of the time." Star let go of one of Marco's hands to reach into her pack. Feeling around. Her had eventually emerged clutching her wand. "Maybe, we can break out."

Marco wasn't going to lie to himself. He had come across thought had come across initially, but he had dismissed it. "Star, breaking out with do nothing for our case. If they recapture us, it will just make us look more guilty." Star looked at Marco, unsure about the plan, until Marco spoke up again. "Although, if need be, we are getting out."

Star smiled at Marco before yawning. "Hey Marco, where do you think Glossaryck is right now?"

Marco looked at Star and smiled. "I'm sure he is being a typical Glossaryck. Watching from a distance, and treating this as a test. As soon as we get out he will tell us about how it was all part of his plan and that will be that."

They remained silent for a moment, Marco having moved from holding Star's hand to holding her close with his arm around her shoulder. "Then he will demand pudding." Star said, causing the two to burst out in laughter.

Once their laughter had died down, Marco started talking again. "We've made it through a lot more than this Star. We beat Ludo and his minions countless times, Toffee, and even a dragon once! These are just people trying to survive. Everything is going to be alright, I promise."

Star turned her head and looked up at Marco. "Thanks Marco." The pair sat together for a while, enjoying the relative safety that came with being inside a settlement of people who, for the moment didn't want to hurt them.

After some time, the two laid down next to each other and drifted off to sleep in the comfort of each other's arms.

When dawn came, the pair was awoken by a heavy knock on the door before the latch was undone and it swung open, Rob standing in the door.

"Rise and shine, you two have a busy day ahead of you."

Marco was the first to sit up, as Star, only half awake mumbled something about five more minutes. He got out of the bed, deciding to give into Star's request, being the first time in over a month they had slept in a bed. "Is our trial today?" Marco asked, standing before Rob.

"Yeah, you have about an hour and a half to prepare. I'm here to bring you food and escort you if you need to relieve yourselves."

Star heard this from across the room and jumped up. "I need to uh, 'relieve myself'." She said, Marco agreeing. Rob escorted them out back to an outhouse. Outside the cold bit at their faces. The warm interior of their cell was a welcome feeling after the cooling temperature over the past week, and going from the warmth to a bone chilling wind removed any sleepiness that remained.

Star looked up to the sky, seeing only a depressing grey covering the whole sky. No birds flew through the sky anymore, and the clouds blocked the sun, making it look more like dusk than morning. To distract herself from the cold and overcast skies, she decided to strike up conversation with their guard. "You said yesterday that Wallace was from another group, where exactly are they?" She asked.

Rob decided to respond to her question, seeing nothing better to do. "He and his group are based in a small town just south-west of here called Dos Palos. They seem to be based in the center of the town. There were some nice folks there until they moved in."

"What... happened to them?" Star asked, pausing for a second mid-sentence.

"Well, we don't know exactly, but they aren't there anymore." They reached the outhouse and Marco allowed Star to enter first.

The two men stepped a short way away from the hut to allow Star for some privacy, and Marco picked up the conversation from where Star had left it off. "So, how bad is this group really?"

Rob grunted. "Bad doesn't even begin to describe them." Marco looked at Rob with a questioning look. "I didn't want to say anything in front of your friend, she seems to be a bit…" He paused, unsure of how to describe her personality.

"Yeah, Star is something else." Marco agreed.

Rob took a deep breath, and started to explain.